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Old 09-26-2009, 01:59 PM   #1
deanstow
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Device: ebookwise, prs300
Cool Recommendations requested for offline forum reading

Hello,

I have just purchased a PRS300 to replace my ebookwise 1150 (?) which I am giving to my wife to replace her REB1100.

My PRS300 has not arrived yet but I am excited at the possibilities.

Converting content to IMP was often a pain and fraught with errors and problems.

I am hoping someone can recommend software or methods to accomplish the capturing and converting of forum posts for offline reading (bedtime, lunchtime, etc.).

I realize that it can be as simple as:
  1. Open the website
  2. Ctrl+A (select all)
  3. Ctrl+C (copy to clipboard)
  4. Open Word
  5. Ctrl+V (copy from clipboard)
  6. Save
  7. Convert
  8. Rinse and Repeat

However, I am looking for a little more. I would love to find some software that intelligently strips repetitive information such as post count, ranking, and signatures.

In trying to do it manually, I find myself in a position that I might as well have read it at my computer for the amount of time I spent preparing the ebook files.

I am concerned that a simple offline web browser is inadequate because of difficulty in picking depth of link retrieval or limitations on domain.

Here are links to some of the forums I am interested in downloading content from...

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/
http://forum.egosoft.com/
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/

I have noticed several possibilities listed on this site but I am hoping that someone has some experience to share in what would be most useful for me.

Any suggestions and experience will be appreciated.

If worst comes to worst, I may try to write a utility to do some of these things but I don't want to invest that time if someone has already crossed that bridge.

By the way, this is my first post. I have been a lurker off and on and appreciate the opinions here as they helped me decide upon the PRS300 as my new device. (I hope I like it as much when it gets here as I think I will.) This seems to be a friendly and warm community.

Thanks for all you have done so far and I hope to be a contributor in the future.

Dean
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