brainstorming \book and \bookpart (and more?)

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hello all,

Riffing on some recent threads/discussions… I’d love to have a discussion about 
what can (and cannot) be done to take the current \book & \bookpart 
mechanism(s) to the goal line, and then come up with a list of specific feature 
requests (and possible bounties) to get us there.

Here are some things to get the discussion started:

1. \bookpart or equivalent without page break (supporting e.g. midpage margin 
adjustments);

2. fully automatic page numbering intra- and inter-bookpart, with manual 
override capabilities.

Thoughts? Other limitations or requests in this area?

Cheers,
Kieren.