├── 1__First_Page.md ├── 2__Second_Page.md ├── META └── book.yml ├── README.md └── images └── 500x150.gif /1__First_Page.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # First Page 2 | 3 | Below are a few examples of writting hypertext markup in plain 4 | text with markdown formatting conventions. Let's 5 | start with an image. 6 | 7 | ![](images/500x150.gif) 8 | 9 | 10 | ## Heading 2 11 | 12 | This is a standard paragraph, containing a **bolded word** followed by an _italicized word_, 13 | a [link](http://example.com), and a `monospaced word`. 14 | 15 | * Item 1 16 | * Item 2 17 | * Item 3 18 | 19 | Check out more examples on the next page. 20 | 21 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /2__Second_Page.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Second Page 2 | 3 | Here are a couple more examples of markdown elements. Here we have a blockquote: 4 | 5 | > The overriding design goal for Markdown's formatting syntax is to make it 6 | > as readable as possible. The idea is that a Markdown-formatted document should be 7 | > publishable as-is, as plain text, without looking like it's been marked up with 8 | > tags or formatting instructions. 9 | > 10 | > -- John Gruber 11 | 12 | And a numbered list: 13 | 14 | 1. Numbered Item 1 15 | 2. Numbered Item 2 16 | 3. Numbered Item 3 17 | 18 | And a code block (with syntax highlighting). 19 | 20 | ```yaml 21 | title: Your Book Title Here 22 | author: 23 | name: Your Name Here 24 | year: 2016 25 | ``` 26 | 27 | And a horizontal rule. 28 | 29 | * * * 30 | 31 | This is far from comprehensive. 32 | To learn more about Markdown, see [Mastering Markdown](https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/). 33 | 34 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /META/book.yml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title: Your Book Title Here 2 | author: 3 | name: Your Name Here 4 | year: 2016 5 | 6 | 7 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Book Quick Starter Kit (Manuscripts Edition) 2 | 3 | Write your own book in plain text (with Markdown). 4 | 5 | ## What's included? 6 | 7 | - A first page (see [`1__First_Page.md`](1__First_Page.md)) incl. an image (e.g. `500x150.gif`) 8 | - A second page (see [`2__Second_Page.md`](2__Second_Page.md)) 9 | - A book info record (see [`META/book.yml`](META/book.yml)) incl. title, author, year, etc. 10 | 11 | 12 | ## License 13 | 14 | The book quick starter kit is dedicated to the public domain. 15 | Use it as you please with no restrictions whatsoever. 16 | 17 | ## Questions? Comments? 18 | 19 | Send them along to the [wwwmake mailing list/forum](http://groups.google.com/group/wwwmake). Thanks. 20 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /images/500x150.gif: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/manuscripts/book-starter/5994d68afb4788cc6fc14371fd1186b0b1b8f7f8/images/500x150.gif --------------------------------------------------------------------------------