This! is the most practical and feasible solution. But, it also means that you take the path with least resistance.
If OP really cares about the company/product, he would do this, and then openly talk to the lead about his shortcomings in a fair and constructive manner and resolve the issue.
The biggest challenge for you to build tools around this. Expecting writers to know basic web development is a huge ask. You need a tool like Adobe Indesign [1] or Amazon's Kindle book publishing tools[2].
The second challenge is to go cross platform/device. The biggest challenge here, to reduce the size of the entire artifact book and not just rendering speed/quality.
But the question was number of programmers, Not in any particular sub-domain. Theoretically, even mathematicians can be called as programmers, only that they deal in Language called as Mathematics
If OP really cares about the company/product, he would do this, and then openly talk to the lead about his shortcomings in a fair and constructive manner and resolve the issue.