diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d17dae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.venv
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 13a5c27..5810f5e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # README
 
 All names are temporary and happy about suggestions of improvement.
+Dependencies: 
+- bash
+- python3 
+- pypdf (e.g. `python3 -m venv .venv && . .venv/bin/activate && pip install pypdf`)
+- xelatex (e.g. `apt install texlive-xetex`)
 
 ---
 
@@ -69,13 +74,26 @@ s=4: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16 -> 16,01.02,15 14,03.04,13 12,05.06,
 
 ### TODO
 - [x] create md2verse.sh 
-- [ ] create mk2parallel.sh
-    - [ ] fix geometry bug
-    - [ ] fix multi-word string chapter bug 
-- [ ] create md2tex.sh
-- [ ] create pdf2sig.sh /pdf2book.py -s/--sigsize [0,3,4,5]
+- [ ] improve mkverse.sh 
+    - [x] write into folder instead of giving back only pdf
+    - [ ] insert cleaning step (html to md)
+        - [ ] md2html -> sed pertubation -> html2md
+- [X] create mkparallel.sh
+    - [X] fix geometry bug
+    - [X] fix multi-word string chapter bug 
+- [ ] improve mkparallel.sh 
+    - [/] colophon 
+    - [ ] dictionary
+    - [ ] include pics into title and colophon
 - [ ] insert cleaning step (html to md)
-- [ ] md2html -> sed pertubation -> html2md
+- [X] create pdf2sig.sh /pdf2book.py -s/--sigsize [0,3,4,5]
+- [ ] move conf files to templates 
+    - [ ] make config a needed argument
+- [ ] think of better names for scripts
+- [ ] unify scripts 
+- [ ] python rewrite of md2verse and md2parallel
+    - [ ] insert cleaning step (html to md)
+        - [ ] md2html -> sed pertubation -> html2md
 - [ ] create a script that does: parallel-md -> bilingual word pair list
     - [ ] 1. word list 
     - [ ] 2. translate (with gpt?) sowas von python
diff --git a/md2parallel.sh b/md2parallel.sh
index 3f225a8..34565e1 100755
--- a/md2parallel.sh
+++ b/md2parallel.sh
@@ -23,16 +23,24 @@ KEEP_TMP_FILES=0
 # convert md to html 
 pandoc --wrap=none -f markdown $DIRNAME/${BASENAME}.md -t html -o ${BASENAME}.html 
 # convert html to tex 
-#sed -i '' 's@<p>@\n\\pstart\n@' ${BASENAME}.html
-#sed -i '' 's@</p>@\n\\pend@'    ${BASENAME}.html
-sed -i '' 's@<p>@\n\\pend\\pstart\n@' ${BASENAME}.html
-sed -i '' 's@</p>@@'    ${BASENAME}.html
-sed -i '' 's@“@\\enquote{@g' ${BASENAME}.html
-sed -i '' 's@”@}@g'          ${BASENAME}.html
-sed -i '' 's@<h1.*">@\\section[@' ${BASENAME}.html
-sed -i '' 's@</h1>@]@'           ${BASENAME}.html
-sed -i '' 's@<h2.*">@{@' ${BASENAME}.html
-sed -i '' 's@</h2>@}@'   ${BASENAME}.html
-sed -i '' "s@’@'@g" ${BASENAME}.html
+# check if on linux or macos 
+if [[ $(uname) == "Linux" ]] 
+then 
+    SED_CMD="sed -i" 
+elif [[ $(uname) == "Darwin" ]]
+then
+    SED_CMD="sed -i ''" 
+fi
+#$SED_CMD 's@<p>@\n\\pstart\n@' ${BASENAME}.html
+#$SED_CMD 's@</p>@\n\\pend@'    ${BASENAME}.html
+$SED_CMD 's@<p>@\n\\pend\\pstart\n@' ${BASENAME}.html
+$SED_CMD 's@</p>@@'    ${BASENAME}.html
+$SED_CMD 's@“@\\enquote{@g' ${BASENAME}.html
+$SED_CMD 's@”@}@g'          ${BASENAME}.html
+$SED_CMD 's@<h1.*">@\\section[@' ${BASENAME}.html
+$SED_CMD 's@</h1>@]@'           ${BASENAME}.html
+$SED_CMD 's@<h2.*">@{@' ${BASENAME}.html
+$SED_CMD 's@</h2>@}@'   ${BASENAME}.html
+$SED_CMD "s@’@'@g" ${BASENAME}.html
 mv ${BASENAME}.html ${BASENAME}.tex
 cat ${BASENAME}.tex && rm ${BASENAME}.tex
diff --git a/mkparallel.sh b/mkparallel.sh
index 33f3c6f..f552e16 100755
--- a/mkparallel.sh
+++ b/mkparallel.sh
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ PATH=$PATH:$WD
 pushd $TMPDIR > /dev/null
 
 # CONVERT MD TO TEX 
-#IFS_OLD=$IFS
-#IFS="\n"
 for tex in $( echo "$INFILES" | grep '.md$' ) 
 do
 	if [[ -f $WD/$tex ]]
@@ -42,21 +40,21 @@ do
 		fi
 	fi
 done 
-#IFS=$IFS_OLD
 
 # CREATE WRAPPER 
 WRAPPER="""
-%\documentclass[twoside]{$DOCCLASS}
-\documentclass[twoside]{$DOCCLASS}
+\documentclass[twoside,${PAGESIZE}paper]{$DOCCLASS}
 \usepackage[fontsize=${FONTSIZE}pt]{fontsize}
-\usepackage[${PAGESIZE}paper]{geometry}
 \usepackage{libertine} % also loads fontspec which is needed for ɔ and ɛ
 %\usepackage{minitoc} % make mini table of content for each chapter
 \usepackage{graphicx} % include graphics
+\usepackage{tcolorbox} % https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colophon_(publishing)
 \usepackage{placeins} % https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/88659/264579
 \usepackage{csquotes} % \enquote
 \usepackage{reledmac} % needed for repedpar
 \usepackage{reledpar} % parallel text
+\firstlinenum*{1000}
+\linenumincrement*{1000}
 \newcommand{\pagesinclude}[2]{
 	\begin{pages}
 		\begin{Leftside}
@@ -75,16 +73,81 @@ WRAPPER="""
 \title{$TITLE}
 \author{$AUTHOR}
 \begin{document}
-\maketitle
+"""
+TITLE_PAGE=""" 
+%\date{}
+%\maketitle
+%%%
+\begin{titlingpage} %This starts the title page
+	\begin{center}
+	%	~
+		\vspace{2cm} %put the distance you need.
+	%	~
+		\begin{HUGE} 
+			\thetitle \\
+		\end{HUGE}
+		\vspace{3cm} %put the distance you need.
+		\begin{large}
+			\theauthor\\
+		\end{large}
+		%\thedate
+		\begin{figure}[hb]
+			\centering
+%			\includegraphics[width=\adinkrawidth]{img/sankofa.jpeg}
+		\end{figure}
+%		\vspace{3cm} %put the distance you need.
+%		\begin{figure}[hb]
+%			\centering
+%%			\includegraphics[width=.2\textwidth]{img/ghana_flag.jpeg}
+%		\end{figure}
+	\end{center}
+\end{titlingpage}
+%%%
+"""
+COLOPHON="""
+\cleardoublepage
+\thispagestyle{empty}
+\begin{vplace}[0.7]
+\begin{centering}
+    \begin{huge}
+        \thetitle
+    \end{huge}
+    \\
+    \vspace{3cm}
+    \begin{LARGE}
+        \begin{tcolorbox}[width=.5\textwidth]
+            \centering
+%            \texttt{AQO}\\
+%            \texttt{ABA}\\
+%            \texttt{~\newline AQO\newline ABA\newline}%\\
+            \texttt{$PUBLISHER}
+        \end{tcolorbox}
+    \end{LARGE}
+%        \includegraphics[width=.3\textwidth]{img/onipa_logo.png}
+    \vspace{2cm}
+    \par\noindent\rule{\textwidth}{0.4pt}
+    \large { \the\year{} }\\
+    $EDITION\\
+\end{centering}
+\end{vplace}
+\clearpage
+"""
+TOC="""
+\cleardoublepage
 \tableofcontents
 """
 WRAPPER_END="""
 \end{document}
 """
 
-echo "$WRAPPER" > $PROJECT.tex
+echo "$WRAPPER"    >  $PROJECT.tex
+echo "$TITLE_PAGE" >> $PROJECT.tex
+echo "$COLOPHON"   >> $PROJECT.tex
+echo "$TOC"        >> $PROJECT.tex
 # INCLUDE INDIVIDUAL TEX FILE
 first_lang="true"
+IFS_OLD=$IFS
+IFS=$'\n'
 for input in $INFILES
 do 
 	if [[ $input == *.md ]]
@@ -101,6 +164,7 @@ do
 		echo '\chapter' " { $input }" >> $PROJECT.tex
 	fi
 done 
+IFS=$IFS_OLD
 echo "$WRAPPER_END" >> $PROJECT.tex
 
 # CREATE PDF 
diff --git a/mkverse.sh b/mkverse.sh
index f31aaaa..4356bbf 100755
--- a/mkverse.sh
+++ b/mkverse.sh
@@ -84,10 +84,8 @@ echo "$WRAPPER_END" >> $PROJECT.tex
 # CREATE PDF 
 $LATEX_ENGINE $PROJECT.tex 2&> /dev/null
 $LATEX_ENGINE $PROJECT.tex 2&> /dev/null
-# $LATEX_ENGINE $PROJECT.tex 
-cp $PROJECT.pdf $WD
-echo "File $PROJECT.pdf created at $WD"
-#cp $PROJECT.tex $WD
-echo "File $PROJECT.tex created at $WD"
 popd > /dev/null
+if [[ -d $WD/$PROJECT ]] ; then rm -rf $WD/$PROJECT ; fi 
+cp -r $TMPDIR $WD/$PROJECT
+echo "File $PROJECT.pdf created at $WD/$PROJECT"
 rm -rf $TMPDIR 
diff --git a/parallel.conf b/parallel.conf
index dc6134a..fe15373 100644
--- a/parallel.conf
+++ b/parallel.conf
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ DOCCLASS_EXTRA="twoside"
 FONTSIZE="10"
 PAGESIZE="a5"
 PROJECT="asem"
-TITLE="Nsɛm wɔ Twi ne Brɔfo\\\LARGE Texts in Twi and English"
+TITLE="Nsɛm wɔ Twi ne Brɔfo\\\\ \\LARGE Texts in Twi and English"
 AUTHOR=""
 INFILES="""
-'Anansesem - Ghanaian Folk Tales'
+Anansesem - Ghanaian Folk Tales
 testfiles/parallel-ak.md
 testfiles/parallel-en.md
 """
+PUBLISHER="AQO\\\\ABA"
+EDITION="First Edition"