diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e27ceb0..6386f71 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ Distributed under the terms of
 ## epub
 
 ```
-pandoc --metadata title="..." --syntax-definition="zig.xml" --highlight-style="zig.theme" ch01.md -o ch01.epub
+cd src/
+pandoc --syntax-definition="zig.xml" --highlight-style="zig.theme" zig.yaml *.md -o learning-zig.ru.epub
 ```
diff --git a/src/zig.yaml b/src/zig.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92d56d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/zig.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+---
+title:
+- type: main
+  text: Learning Zig
+creator:
+- role: author
+  text: Karl Seguin
+- role: translator
+  text: dee0xeed
+description: translation of the book into Russian
+lang: ru
+date: 2023
+...