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LucyLu · 09-02-2012, 04:33 AM

I don't know if it's the best existing tool but I find very useful GrabMyBooks. It's a Firefox addon that allows you to grab content from the web and easily convert it in an epub/mobi file. With this addon you can grab an entire page, a selection or the content of a link and edit directly the ebook (add/delete pages, add cover, edit metadata etc.)

It doesn't convert directly to mobi so you need to install Calibre software (or use calibre portable version) and then configure GrabMyBooks to use it. All the instructions are here: GrabMyBooks http://www.grabmybooks.com/ and here: http://www.grabmybooks.com/userGuide.html

Along with GrabMyBooks you can use another Firefox addon "AutoPager" that automatically loads next pages when you reach the end of a page. https://addons.mozilla.org/it/firefox/addon/autopager/

And finally for wikipedia (I don't know if your girlfriend want to use it but just in case..) you can use Wikipedia's book creator feature, here the explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Books. In this case choose ODT (OpenDocuemntText) as ebook format since you can easily convert it in mobi with calibre.

EDIT: Sorry for GrabMyBooks repetition but Doitsu has been quicker than me!

Btw GrabMyBooks doesn't require an account as Instapaper.

09-02-2012, 04:33 AM	#4
LucyLu Bookaholic Posts: 70 Karma: 210104 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Italy Device: Cybook Opus, PocketBook Touch	I don't know if it's the best existing tool but I find very useful GrabMyBooks. It's a Firefox addon that allows you to grab content from the web and easily convert it in an epub/mobi file. With this addon you can grab an entire page, a selection or the content of a link and edit directly the ebook (add/delete pages, add cover, edit metadata etc.) It doesn't convert directly to mobi so you need to install Calibre software (or use calibre portable version) and then configure GrabMyBooks to use it. All the instructions are here: GrabMyBooks http://www.grabmybooks.com/ and here: http://www.grabmybooks.com/userGuide.html Along with GrabMyBooks you can use another Firefox addon "AutoPager" that automatically loads next pages when you reach the end of a page. https://addons.mozilla.org/it/firefox/addon/autopager/ And finally for wikipedia (I don't know if your girlfriend want to use it but just in case..) you can use Wikipedia's book creator feature, here the explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Books. In this case choose ODT (OpenDocuemntText) as ebook format since you can easily convert it in mobi with calibre. EDIT: Sorry for GrabMyBooks repetition but Doitsu has been quicker than me! Btw GrabMyBooks doesn't require an account as Instapaper. Last edited by LucyLu; 09-02-2012 at 04:40 AM.