LaTeX eBook Templates

[ahi]

Originally Posted by frabjous

Why not strip out the content and leave us with a nice template, ahi? Or are you waiting until you have more time?

That's the only reason, frabjous!

When I get a little time... (there's a small chance it might even be this week) I will clean up this template, and try to post another one or two...

Originally Posted by frabjous

Personally, I don't think it takes a lot of bells and whistles to make a good LaTeX ebook. The key should be getting the content of the book looking right, and just using LaTeX does half the battle for you.

However, perhaps I'll post something minimal when I get a chance.

I agree, but with a bit of tinkering one can create more aesthetic and/or inspired documents than the defaults generally yield. (Even if, perhaps, only because the result doesn't look like the work of everybody else using the memoir class.)

Edit: I'm hoping to even try something fancy (but elegant) by taking consistent cues from "The Elements of Typographic Style" for at least one of the templates.

- Ahi

[MrsAmyBlake]

Hi,
I am very interested in finding out if you have developed/refined the latex template for ebooks. Any help you can provide would be extremely appreciated. Feel free to email me at mrsamyblake@gmail.com

Thanks in advance,
Amy

[frabjous]

Sorry I don't email people on the board.

If you want to know the basic template I use for LaTeX ebooks, for a 90mmx120mm screen, I'd probably just use this:

\documentclass[12pt,oneside]{book}

\usepackage[papersize={90mm,120mm},margin=2mm]{geometry}

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[charter]{mathdesign}

\usepackage[normalmargins]{savetrees}
\sloppy
\pagestyle{empty}

\usepackage{titling}
\title{The title}
\author{The author}
\date{\today}

\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{pdftitle={\thetitle},pdfauthor={\theauthor}}


% additional packages as needed

\begin{document}
\maketitle
\tableofcontents

% ... regular LaTeX stuff for the book ..., possibly tweaked if need be

\end{document}

But adjust the page size to the exact screen size of your device, if possible.