Are you familiar with Ghost, the open-source Markdown-based blogging platform? It might suit what you&#x27;re looking for.<p>Also, I haven&#x27;t written any books, but I wonder if Markdown is the best choice for a canonical format. The syntax is lightweight but also limited. For example, it doesn&#x27;t support tables, and doesn&#x27;t differentiate between source code (which should be syntax highlighted) and literal text (which shouldn&#x27;t). You could define your own extensions, of course, but that breaks the compatibility feature. I think reStructuredText (for example) might be a better choice, although Emacs&#x27; Org-mode is my personal favorite document format. I suppose that in the end, whichever&#x27;s most comfortable for the author to write in is the best.<p>edit: I should mention that this is in reference to a technical book because I&#x27;ve been thinking about technical writing lately. It just occurred to me that you could be writing the type of book that doesn&#x27;t need tables or source code, in which case Markdown is probably perfect.