Markdown
All text is plain text, meaning the only formatting that matters is what you see written out. That requires new ways to integrate formatting. Here are the basics:
What you want |
What you write |
italics |
*italics* |
bold |
**bold** |
bold and italic |
***bold and italic*** |
strikethrough |
~~strikethrough~~ |
4th |
4^th^ OR* 4th |
— |
--- |
[Slime Reader](https://tensurafan.github.io) |
(*) Note: Manually adding the caret symbol is optional, because it is also done automatically.
For footnotes:
Sample sentence^[A little note here.] that continues after the footnote.
Note: you can include a line break in a footnote using \\
Also, no need to include a number with the footnote.
Note: “Smart quotes” do not need to be straight quotes " and likewise em-dashes don’t need to be 3 dashes. Those issues will be handled automatically, if need be.
Paragraphs:
To differentiate two paragraphs, you need to leave an empty line in between. Simply making a new line will not suffice. This also means that you can have as many line breaks as you want inside markdown without breaking the paragraph.
Markdown
A sample paragraph. That continues further. That continues further. That continues further. That continues further.
New paragraph, very cool. |
Final release
A sample paragraph. That continues further. That continues further. That continues further. That continues further.
New paragraph, very cool.
|
Lists:
Insert an unordered list like so:
- This is
- an unordered list
- of things.
It will become this in the export:
If you wish to have specific labels instead of bullet points, write the list like so:
- ?[label](First:) This is
- ?[label](Second:) an unordered list
- ?[label](Third:) of things.
To export:
First: |
This is |
Second: |
an unordered list |
Third: |
of things. |
Note: Remember to leave blank lines to separate paragraphs.
Images:
Images that are the size of an A4 paper can be added with:
{alt text}
Images with a different shape are added with:
{alt text}
The cover image is denoted in the Master with:

The very first manga panel (not the second one, if there are two) should be inserted like so:
{alt text}
Note: the {alt text} is optional.
Breaks:
Since empty lines just serve to split paragraphs, to get an actual separation you use:
![break]
For soft scene breaks:
![soft scene break]
For hard scene breaks:
![hard scene break]
Chapter headers:
A new chapter begins with a single line that follows the format:
# Chapter X: chapter title
Where chapter X can be “Chapter 1”, “Prologue”, etc. separated by a colon from the chapter title (The exception being the Afterword, which has no chapter title).
The chapter title may also contain the pipe character | to indicate a line break in the chapter title card. These are generated only upon export.
Advanced Markdown: Master file
The Master file is what links all other chapters together and contains a bit more special markdown that you won’t find elsewhere:
Tag |
Meaning |
?[title](title of book) |
This is used to reliably find the book title. Note: Do not include the volume number. |
?[volume](number) |
This marks the volume number. It must not be in the book title itself. |
![disclaimer] |
This just expands into the usual disclaimer message. |
?[edition](e.g. 1st Edition) |
This is used to reliably find the edition of the book. |
?[arc](arc name) |
This is used to reliably find this book’s subtitle. Below this is where the table of contents is generated. |
 |
This links the other files into the whole book, following the order they are included in. |
?[color edition only](stuff) |
This text is only included when exporting a color edition. Used for crediting the colorist. |
Note: A tag beginning with ! describes an action, whereas a tag beginning with ? describes some extra data that needs to be included.
File names need to match the reference in the Master, however, they may have an extra “(x) ” (where x is some number) preceding the file name to help organize them inside the drive folder.