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book.json

#this sets up the plugin for the auto generated cover
{
    "plugins": ["autocover"],
    "pluginsConfig": {
        "autocover": {
            #Configuration for autocover - see cover-plugin-config.md
                  "title": "My Book",
                   "author": "Author",
                   "font": {
                       "size": null,
                       "family": "Impact",
                       "color": '#FFF'
                    },
                   "size": {
                       "w": 1800,
                        "h": 2360
                  },
                 "background": {
                            "color": '#09F'
                  }
            }
        }
    }
}

cover-plugin-config.md

Cover Generation for GitBook

Generate a cover for the book.

Installation

$ npm install gitbook-plugin-autocover

This module use node-canvas. You need to install some modules on your system before being able to use it: Wiki of node-canvas.

How to use it:

In your book.json:

{
    "plugins": ["autocover"],
    "pluginsConfig": {
        "autocover": {
            // Configuration for autocover (see below)
        }
    }
}

Configuration

Here is default configuration of autocover, you can change it in your book.json:

{
    "title": "My Book",
    "author": "Author",
    "font": {
        "size": null,
        "family": "Impact",
        "color": '#FFF'
    },
    "size": {
        "w": 1800,
        "h": 2360
    },
    "background": {
        "color": '#09F'
    }
}