A beautiful, vintage-inspired Jekyll theme for creating book library/profile pages. Based on the original Paperback HTML design by Starcorex, adapted for Jekyll with dynamic content generation.

• Decorative Card Layout – Double-border frame with ornamental corner symbols (❧)
• Left Sidebar
  • Book cover image with decorative corners
  • Optional "Buy Book" button
  • Quote box with elegant line dividers
  • 5 metadata sections with alternating background colors
  • About/Warning section (full-width)
• Right Content Area
  • Book title with trait tags [ TRAIT / TRAIT / TRAIT ]
  • Scrollable introduction box with drop cap (CSS ::first-letter)
  • Horizontal scrolling related books list (hidden scrollbar)
  • Footer with credits
• Responsive Design – Optimized for desktop, tablet, and mobile
• Auto-Generated Links – Related books pull automatically from your _books/ collection
• Batch File Generator – new-book.bat creates new book profiles with interactive prompts

# Clone your repository
git clone https://github.com/breakthebull/book-theme.git
cd book-theme

bundle install

title: "My Book Library"
author: "Your Name"
url: "https://yourdomain.com"

collections:
  books:
    output: true
    permalink: /books/:title/

bundle exec jekyll serve

Visit http://localhost:4000

bundle exec jekyll build
# Upload contents of _site/ folder to public_html/ via FTP

new-book.bat

Follow the interactive prompts to fill in book details. The file will auto-open in your default editor.

Create a new file in _books/:

---
title: "The Great Gatsby"
subtitle: "A Novel"
author: "F. Scott Fitzgerald"
published: "1925"
publisher: "Charles Scribner's Sons"
genre: "Classic Fiction"
series: "Standalone"
pages: "180"
status: "Completed"
traits: ["Tragic", "Symbolic", "Elegant"]
cover_image: "/assets/covers/gatsby.jpg"
quote: "So we beat on, boats against the current..."
description: "A story of wealth, love, and the American Dream."
buy_link: "https://amazon.com/example"
content_warning: "Infidelity, Death"
about_text: "A story of wealth, love, and the American Dream in the Jazz Age."
work_in_progress: false
---

## Introduction

Write your book review, analysis, or synopsis here...

Edit _sass/main.scss variables:

$color-bg: #f5f3ed;
$color-text: #4a4a4a;
$color-accent: #8b7355;
$color-border: #c9b9a4;

• Original Design: Starcorex on Toyhou.se
• Jekyll Adaptation: DAR
• Fonts: Cormorant Garamond, Space Mono (Google Fonts)

This theme is adapted from the original Paperback HTML design. Please credit Starcorex and me when using this theme.

For questions or issues, please open a GitHub issue or contact me directly.

Happy Reading! 📚✨

v1.03: Added the BLOG / ABOUT / CONTACT pages