05-23-2010, 02:26 PM | #1 |
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Please help me choose a reader
I'm in a market for an ebook reader. What I'm looking to do is to take a web-page, convert it to epub format, download it to the device, so I can read it on the go.
Software wise, I looked at calibre but it appears to download entire web-site and not a particular web-page of choice. Probably the most ideal way would be for the device to provide printer driver so that I can print any document into epub format similar to the way I can print documents to pdf. Is anyone aware of device that comes with such capability? Thanks in advance. |
05-23-2010, 02:42 PM | #2 |
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There is no print-to-ePub printer driver that I know of. If there was, I'm sure it would have been mentioned on MR. That said, it looks like you have a 505. If you do, you won't find any reader that does what you want. Calibre is what you want to covert to ePub and then any reader that supports ePub will work.
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05-24-2010, 07:26 AM | #3 |
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Instapaper.com will do exactly what you want. It is one of the most awesome free services ever
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05-24-2010, 07:29 AM | #4 |
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Works really well - don't use it as much anymore as I am not studying, but it was great for single news articles when I was doing my MA. |
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05-28-2010, 12:01 PM | #6 |
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For the Firefox junkies out there, you need to check out Scrapbook:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/427/ |
05-28-2010, 12:55 PM | #7 | |
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However I now have a Kindle with 3G you really don't need to convert the web page just read it from your browser. One thing I do is make sure you use mobile web sites, they load faster and are easier to navigate with the Kindle. =X= |
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