Chapisha: docx to standards-compliant epub3 conversion
What is it?
Chapisha provides an intuitive method for converting a well-formatted Microsoft Word .docx file into a standards-compliant EPUB3 ebook.
There are only a small number of steps required to create your .epub, and Chapisha will provide an appropriate stylesheet and take care of document structure:
Set the working directory where you want to create your .epub,
Define and validate the metadata required for your creative work,
Set the .docx file to import into the working directory,
Set the cover image to import into the working directory,
Define your creative work’s publication rights,
Add in an optional dedication,
Build your creative work as an EPUB3 standards-compliant ebook.
Why use it?
Chapisha is easy-to-use, quick, and fits into your workflow.
There are a multitude of .epub conversion tools but few that support the day-to-day workflow and tools used by most jobbing writers: Microsoft Word.
Chapisha draws on Pandoc for document conversion and ebook creation, adding a simple, stateless Python frame around it, which means you can also include it in a web application.
Licence
Chapisha is distributed under a 3-clause (“Simplified” or “New”) BSD license. The following components are licenced separately:
Samara logo is copyright Whythawk and Qwyre.
Cover photo is copyright Rodd Halstead, licenced under commercial terms to Whythawk, and used here for test purposes.
Usan Abasi’s Lament is copyright Gavin Chait, licenced CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 and used here for test purposes.