This looks interesting but as others have mentioned, I would also like to see an HTML version in action.
I've self published two draft books, one using a custom-rails setup and the other using the Octopress/Jekyll platform (http://ruby.bastardsbook.com and http://photography.bastardsbook.com)...but they are only books in name only...However, I think moving them over to Markdown won't be too much of a problem.
But my main concern is how to turn a list of markdown files into a decent website without too much hassle. For example, I would like the code snippets to "live" on github (or in an external directory) and pulled only into the page templates where specified by the publishing-script. Octopress handles this pretty nicely with its liquid tags. I haven't worked it out yet but I think it can't be too hard to design a rake task that compiles the Octopress site and delivers the Markdown to leanpub as specified...I'm eagerly waiting for Octopress 2.1 to come out.
I've self published two draft books, one using a custom-rails setup and the other using the Octopress/Jekyll platform (http://ruby.bastardsbook.com and http://photography.bastardsbook.com)...but they are only books in name only...However, I think moving them over to Markdown won't be too much of a problem.
But my main concern is how to turn a list of markdown files into a decent website without too much hassle. For example, I would like the code snippets to "live" on github (or in an external directory) and pulled only into the page templates where specified by the publishing-script. Octopress handles this pretty nicely with its liquid tags. I haven't worked it out yet but I think it can't be too hard to design a rake task that compiles the Octopress site and delivers the Markdown to leanpub as specified...I'm eagerly waiting for Octopress 2.1 to come out.