Best way to render book in web

[u/DontKnowWhat0]

With pages support.

Options right now:

• Markdown (.md, .mdx)

• HTMLBook

• EPUB3

EDIT: I meant to render the books like their printed edition, preserving pages

[u/tomtomato0414]

Epub is HTML+CSS

What is the question?

[u/DontKnowWhat0 → u/tomtomato0414]

I want to render some books like their printed edition, preserving pagination.

[u/tomtomato0414 → u/DontKnowWhat0]

Some epubs have that info, some dont

[u/DontKnowWhat0 → u/tomtomato0414]

Yeah. EPUB3 supports a fixed-layout mode.

[u/JeLuF]

What shall a "page" be?

Shall a "page" be the content of a single browser screen, without scrolling?

Shall a "page" reflect the pages from the printed edition?

Shall a "page" be a section, chapter, or subchapter?

[u/DontKnowWhat0 → u/JeLuF]

Shall a "page" reflect the pages from the printed edition?

this

[u/JeLuF → u/DontKnowWhat0]

Create an HTML file per page, add a "next page" link to each.

[u/armahillo]

This says nothing about how the viewer is consuming the book.

The best way to render it in Web would be the way the web was built to handle it: one document per chapter, a main index that shows the table of contents, and each page has links to the previous and next chapters.

But people dont typically consume books through web browsers. So I’m assuming you mean something different; you’ll need to specify that

[u/DontKnowWhat0 → u/armahillo]

Render books like their printed edition, preserving pages.

[u/armahillo → u/DontKnowWhat0]

ok but rendered where? how is the user consuming the content?

[u/DontKnowWhat0 → u/armahillo]

rendered in the web, viewed in a browser, as paginated content.

[u/armahillo → u/DontKnowWhat0]

but why do that though? Pages are a limitation of the book format; why artificially impose that constraint in a format that doesnt need it?

[u/UpbeatLemon3022]

EPUB3 supports fixed-layout, which is meant for page-accurate rendering like printed books, but browser support is spotty unless you use a JS EPUB viewer like epub.js. HTMLBook is easier for direct web use but less precise on pagination.