On 5/22/2020 4:37 PM, nicestep@gmail.com wrote:
I managed to get ebookmaker installed on my Fedora desktop and successfully generated a PDF from one of my RST files. It looks exactly like the one that PG generated for my submission. So far, so good.
I notice that what seems to be happening is that a Python program runs a docutils program called xetext to translate the RST to a LaTex .tex file and that is run through another utility to create the PDF. By changing what is in this .tex file I should be able to create the PDF I want. I am familiar with the concepts behind Tex but I don't know how to use it. Any reference that could get me up to speed would be helpful.
Much about the PDF is good, but for publication as a print on demand book I'd want to do the following:
1. ... 5. Eliminate pages coming before the title page, plus Project Gutenberg text at the back.
What do you intend to do with your print-on-demand books? Will you be offering them for a fee somewhere? It sounds like you are planning to redistribute PG books, but without the PG license information (the pages before the title page, and the PG text at the back). If so, that is certainly legal, but I'm curious why any of us should want to help you with your efforts. -- Walt