# Authors

## Project Creator
- **overcuriousity** - *Initial work and original PDF2EPUB implementation*

## Contributors

We welcome contributions from the community! This project has been enhanced by the following contributors:

### Maintainer
- **porfanid** - *Repository maintainer and publisher*

### Package Transformation
- **copilot-swe-agent[bot]** - Package architecture, CLI interface, test suite, comprehensive documentation

### Core Development
- **overcuriousity** - Original PDF conversion logic, markdown processing, AI postprocessing foundation

### AI Integration
- **overcuriousity** - AI postprocessing system, Anthropic Claude integration
- **copilot-swe-agent[bot]** - Enhanced AI provider plugin architecture

### Documentation
- **copilot-swe-agent[bot]** - Comprehensive code documentation, API references, user guides, publishing preparation

### Testing & Quality Assurance
- **copilot-swe-agent[bot]** - Test suite development, CI/CD pipeline, code quality tools

## Special Thanks

This project builds upon excellent open-source libraries and tools:

- **marker-pdf** by VikParuchuri - Core PDF processing engine
- **mark2epub** by AlexPof - Markdown to EPUB conversion
- **PyTorch** team - GPU acceleration framework
- **Transformers** by Hugging Face - Advanced text processing
- **Anthropic** - AI API for text enhancement

## How to Contribute

We welcome contributions! Please see our [Contributing Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details on:

- Reporting bugs
- Suggesting features
- Submitting code changes
- Improving documentation
- Writing tests

### Recognition

Contributors are recognized in:
- This AUTHORS.md file
- Release notes and changelogs
- GitHub contributors page
- Package metadata

## Contact

- **GitHub Issues**: [Report bugs or request features](https://github.com/porfanid/pdf2epub/issues)
- **Discussions**: [General questions and community chat](https://github.com/porfanid/pdf2epub/discussions)
- **Pull Requests**: [Submit code contributions](https://github.com/porfanid/pdf2epub/pulls)

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