# Julia manual in ebook format?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-manual-in-ebook-format/63266
**Category:** Community
**Tags:** epub
**Created:** [June 21, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-manual-in-ebook-format/63266 "2021-06-21T00:17:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@dlakelan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dlakelan)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-manual-in-ebook-format/63266/1 "2021-06-21T00:17:57Z")
Every time I try to read the julia manual I wind up stalling out. Sure I read some of it, and I get something out of it, but then at some point it’s exhausting reading the PDF on a tablet, and the manual is like 1500 pages long so printing it out is super cumbersome. Is there a version of the manual which is available as an e-book format that I could read with ease on a screen?
Things that would make this all work better:
1. Text flows to the screen size
2. Can change font size
3. Keeps track of where I’ve read to
4. Bookmarks
5. Find
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### Author:  [@shikil](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/shikil)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-manual-in-ebook-format/63266/2 "2021-06-21T02:47:02Z")
DocumenterEpub.jl can output EPUB format.
> [@\[ANN\] DocumenterEpub.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-documenterepub-jl/53435):
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> Hi, I’m releasing 0.1.0 of [DocumenterEpub.jl](https://github.com/laborg/DocumenterEpub.jl). The provided EPUB() can act as a drop-in replacement for HTML() format and will then create an EPUB file to be consumed on e-ink devices. From the README: Create epub 3.2 files, but stay backward compatible where possible (e.g. include the navigation as .ncx file) Use a simple layout/CSS to be compatible with older e-reader devices Use [JuliaMono](https://github.com/cormullion/juliamono) for syntax highlighting No JavaScript dependency in the resulting EPUB through prerendering of synta…
Here is an example of Julia version 1.6
> **[GitHub - laborg/DocumenterEpubExample](https://github.com/laborg/DocumenterEpubExample/)**
>
> Contribute to laborg/DocumenterEpubExample development by creating an account on GitHub.
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### Author:  [@dlakelan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dlakelan)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2021, 3:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-manual-in-ebook-format/63266/3 "2021-06-21T03:20:32Z")
Perfect, the 1.6 manual example file is just what I want, and I don’t even have to figure out how to get the source and build it myself 😉
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### Author:  [@rashid](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rashid)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2021, 4:39am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-manual-in-ebook-format/63266/4 "2021-06-21T04:39:48Z")
Wouldn’t it be possible to add an option to `download as pdf/epub` to the docs sidebar itself like [here](https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/).
This would be great if it can be added to Documenter.jl so that any julia package can enable this.
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### Author:  [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-manual-in-ebook-format/63266/5 "2022-06-05T15:55:29Z")
After struggling to read the +1500 pp Julia manual offline on a mobile device in PDF format, I found this great post and the link above to download the manual in epub format (version 1.7 available). What a difference it made!
IMHO, such epub download should be available in the official page:
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### Author:  [@Rich\_Holm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Rich_Holm)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2026, 6:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-manual-in-ebook-format/63266/6 "2026-02-03T06:14:02Z")
Is there anything newer? Julia is now at 1.12.4.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@devel-chm](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/devel-chm)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-manual-in-ebook-format/63266/7 "2026-02-03T21:45:55Z")
I would settle for epub of 1.10.x
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### Author:  [@PeterSimon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PeterSimon)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-manual-in-ebook-format/63266/8 "2026-02-05T18:14:33Z")
As an experiment, I used [Calibre](https://calibre-ebook.com/) to convert the PDF version of the Julia 1.12 documentation to epub format. The result isn’t nearly as nice as what can be obtained DocumenterEpub.jl, but it might be better than nothing? You can grab it from [here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FWJyQzQ0ywkGDOWtYL9QczGFsxa_Y78s/view?usp=sharing).