ILLUSTRATED MEMOIR Non-Fiction
Silk Road Expedition & Travel Memoir
Inspired by Avalon Travel / Rick Steves Trade Paperbacks
Created for outdoor explorers, travel writers, culinary adventurers, and photo-rich memoirs. Features polaroid-style image frames with soft drop shadows, two-column visual table of contents, and casual typewriter travel dates.
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Typography & Format Specs
Body Typeface: Monotype Bembo / Garamond (fbb OpenType) with OldStyle Figures
Display Typeface: Snell Roundhand & American Typewriter
Paper Standard: Cream Paper (50-61#)
Page Count Range: 160 – 380 pages
Agent-Native Workflow
1-Click Ingestion Prompt for Silk Road Expedition & Travel Memoir
Hand this prompt to Claude Code, Cursor, or OpenCode with your draft manuscript.
You are an expert prepress book compositor. I have placed my raw travel manuscript in `manuscript.md` and images in `images/`.
Please typeset my complete illustrated travel memoir using the Travel Memoir LaTeX package:
1. Inspect `travelmemoir.sty` and `main.tex`.
2. Split destination chapters into `content/chapter*.tex`.
3. Format chapter headers with \travelchapter{images/photo.jpg}{Destination Name}{Dates Range}.
4. Format photo table of contents in `frontmatter/contents.tex` using \phototocitem{images/thumb.jpg}{Destination}{Dates}{Page}.
5. Execute `./build.sh` to compile with XeLaTeX. Design & Typography Features
- Top-half landscape photograph chapter header with drop shadow
- Illustrated two-column photographic Table of Contents
- Calligraphy script destination titles paired with typewriter dates
- 2-line classic serif drop caps for section openings
- Full-bleed wraparound cover with exact spine math for cream paper
- 100% KDP preflight approval guarantee
What's in the Package
- travelmemoir.sty — Core LaTeX package with photo framing engine
- main.tex — Master assembly file
- build.sh — 1-click build pipeline
- frontmatter/ — praise.tex, title.tex, copyright.tex, contents.tex
- content/ — preface.tex, turkey.tex, nepal.tex, modular chapters
- backmatter/ — postscript.tex
- images/ — sample destination photography and thumbnails
- cover/cover.tex — Full wraparound typewriter jacket template
- AGENT_PROMPT.md — AI ingestion prompt
- SKILL.md — Prepress agent skill file