diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8346370..60c65c4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 /target
 **/*.rs.bk
-notes.md
+/book/book
diff --git a/book/book.toml b/book/book.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a2707f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/book/book.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[book]
+authors      = ["Casey Rodarmor"]
+language     = "en"
+multilingual = false
+src          = "src"
+title        = "imdl"
diff --git a/book/src/SUMMARY.md b/book/src/SUMMARY.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d52881
--- /dev/null
+++ b/book/src/SUMMARY.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Summary
+
+- [Notes](./notes.md)
diff --git a/book/src/notes.md b/book/src/notes.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17e0f0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/book/src/notes.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Notes
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 4163e2a..923fea3 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -42,12 +42,17 @@ lint:
 preview-readme:
 	grip -b README.md
 
+# build and serve the book
+book:
+	mdbook serve book --open
+
 # add git log messages to changelog
 changes:
 	git log --pretty=format:%s >> CHANGELOG.md
 
 dev-deps:
 	brew install grip
+	cargo install mdbook
 
 # update readme table of contents
 update-toc: