The "problem" is that the title from the metadata is inserted as a level 1
heading. I believe this is done by the template.

https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/blob/c1105e6b06d7436f43236191e32156a863de0e13/data/templates/default.epub3#L24

You can make a copy of the default template, remove that part and use that
as your custom template.

Den tors 28 apr. 2022 04:50Antonio Piccolboni <piccolbo-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> skrev:

> Hi,
> if I start a markdown file with a level 2 heading (## Introduction), then,
> only in the epub output, there is a level 1 heading with the same title as
> the book. html and pdf start with the level 2 heading, no problem. How can
> I prevent the creation of this spurious heading? Thanks
>
>
> Antonio
>
> cmd: *pandoc* -s  minimal.md -o  minimal.pdf (or epub, or html)
>
> minimal example:
>
> ---
> title: "Minimal"
> ---
>
>
> ## Introduction
>
>
> bla bla bla
>
> # Chapter Uno
>
> Bla bla bla
>
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