diff --git a/src/config/mod.rs b/src/config/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2546afc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+extern crate toml;
+
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::error::Error;
+
+pub struct Config {
+    title: String,
+    description: String,
+
+    authors: Vec<Author>,
+
+    source: PathBuf,
+
+    outputs: Vec<Output>,
+
+    language: Language,
+    translations: Vec<Language>,
+
+    plugins: Vec<Plugin>,
+}
+
+pub struct Author {
+    name: String,
+    email: Option<String>,
+}
+
+pub struct Output {
+    identifier: String,
+    destination: PathBuf,
+    config: Option<toml::Table>,
+}
+
+pub struct Language {
+    name: String,
+    code: String,
+}
+
+pub struct Plugin {
+    identifier: String,
+    enabled: bool,
+    config: Option<toml::Table>,
+}
+
+
+impl Config {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Config {
+            title: String::new(),
+            description: String::new(),
+
+            authors: vec![],
+
+            source: PathBuf::new(),
+
+            outputs: vec![],
+
+            language: Language::default(),
+            translations: vec![],
+
+            plugins: vec![],
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn read_config(&mut self) -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    fn fill_config(&mut self, toml: &str) -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    pub fn title(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.title
+    }
+
+    pub fn description(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.description
+    }
+
+    pub fn authors(&self) -> &[Author] {
+        &self.authors
+    }
+
+    pub fn source(&self) -> &Path {
+        &self.source
+    }
+
+    pub fn outputs(&self) -> &[Output] {
+        &self.outputs
+    }
+
+    pub fn language(&self) -> &Language {
+        &self.language
+    }
+
+    pub fn translations(&self) -> &[Language] {
+        &self.translations
+    }
+
+    pub fn plugins(&self) -> &[Plugin] {
+        &self.plugins
+    }
+}
+
+
+impl Author {
+    /// Creates a new `Author` struct with the given name. The email field will be set to `None`
+    pub fn new(name: &str) -> Self {
+        Author {
+            name: String::from(name),
+            email: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Builder pattern function, chained to `new()` it sets the email adress.
+    /// Used like this:
+    /// ```
+    /// #extern crate mdbook;
+    /// #
+    /// #fn main() {
+    ///     let author = mdbook::config::Author::new("John Doe").set_email("john@doe.org");
+    /// #}
+    ///
+    pub fn set_email(mut self, email: &str) -> Self {
+        self.email = Some(String::from(email));
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the name of the author as `&str`
+    pub fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.name
+    }
+
+    /// Returns an `Option` with the email adress of the author
+    pub fn email(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.email.as_ref().map(String::as_ref)
+    }
+}
+
+
+impl Output {
+    pub fn new(identifier: &str, destination: &Path) -> Self {
+        Output {
+            identifier: String::from(identifier),
+            destination: PathBuf::from(destination),
+            config: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_config(mut self, config: toml::Table) -> Self {
+        self.config = Some(config);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn identifier(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.identifier
+    }
+
+    pub fn destination(&self) -> &Path {
+        &self.destination
+    }
+
+    pub fn config(&self) -> Option<&toml::Table> {
+        self.config.as_ref().map(|x| &*x)
+    }
+}
+
+
+impl Language {
+    pub fn new(name: &str, code: &str) -> Self {
+        Language {
+            name: String::from(name),
+            code: String::from(code),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.name
+    }
+
+    pub fn code(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.code
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for Language {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Language {
+            name: String::from("English"),
+            code: String::from("en"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+impl Plugin {
+    pub fn new(identifier: &str, enabled: bool) -> Self {
+        Plugin {
+            identifier: String::from(identifier),
+            enabled: enabled,
+            config: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_config(mut self, config: toml::Table) -> Self {
+        self.config = Some(config);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn identifier(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.identifier
+    }
+
+    pub fn enabled(&self) -> bool {
+        self.enabled
+    }
+
+    pub fn config(&self) -> Option<&toml::Table> {
+        self.config.as_ref().map(|x| &*x)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 33010801..90daa562 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 #[macro_use]
 pub mod macros;
 pub mod book;
+pub mod config;
 mod parse;
 pub mod renderer;
 pub mod theme;