Crate nexcore_publishing 

nexcore-publishing

Book publishing pipeline for NexVigilant. Converts .docx manuscripts to publication-ready EPUB 3.0 and Kindle-compliant ebooks.

Pipeline

Seven stages: INGEST → METADATA → STRUCTURE → STYLE → COVER → GENERATE → VALIDATE

.docx → DocxDocument → BookMetadata + Chapters → EPUB 3.0 → Validated .epub
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                                              KDP Compliance Report

Quick Start

use nexcore_publishing::pipeline::{PipelineConfig, PublishingTarget};

let config = PipelineConfig::new("manuscript.docx", "./output")
    .with_target(PublishingTarget::Kindle);

let result = nexcore_publishing::pipeline::run(&config)?;
println!("{}", result.to_report());

Modules

• docx — DOCX reader (ZIP + XML, no external deps)
• epub — EPUB 3.0 writer with NCX backward compatibility
• metadata — Dublin Core metadata with ISBN validation
• chapter — Chapter extraction and heading detection
• cover — Cover image validation (EPUB + KDP requirements)
• kindle — KDP compliance checking
• validate — EPUB structural validation
• pipeline — Orchestrates all stages end-to-end

Modules

chapter

Chapter extraction, ordering, and content representation.

cover

Cover image validation for EPUB and Kindle publishing.

docx

DOCX file reader.

epub

EPUB 3.0 writer.

error

Publishing error types.

kindle

Kindle/KDP compliance checking.

metadata

Book metadata following Dublin Core and EPUB/Kindle standards.

pipeline

Publishing pipeline orchestrator.

read

EPUB reader — extract content from existing .epub files.

validate

EPUB validation.