Bit of Applause for Some Old Technology

CharlieBird · 02-17-2011, 02:41 PM

I am sure this is recycled news to most old timers here, but thought I would put a couple of kudos in for three of my favorte Firefox add-ons/eBook apps. I know there are lots of newcomers to the form and many just getting started w/their readers.

dotEPUB, http://dotepub.com/, is super fast as it does not copy JPGs, but it does a seemingly perfect job in formatting, saving in book-like form w/the article heading as a title. Occasionally a website will not allow dotEPUB to copy...not sure why or how but it is infrequent.

Web2FB2, http://web2fb2.net/, has the option to copy with or without images (without is, of course, faster) and gives you a chance to preview the FB2 version, which you can then download in either FB2 format or ePub format. Sometimes this one saves more surrounding garbage than necessary in which case I don't download and opt for...

...Page2Pub, http://opl.rit.edu/projects/page2pub/, which also captures images, but you have the option to "gather" specifically what you want saved. It's a bit more labor intensive that the other two but was my first and is a faithful 'go-to' app.

I save a lot of long articles and use all three daily for more concentrated reading later. I've also copied them into Calibre and sent them to my k3.

I've had limited experience w/some of the popular off-line readers but none of them work for me as well as these three beauties.
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FF2 · 02-17-2011, 05:10 PM

Sounds interesting. Anything it for mobi (kindle)?

CharlieBird · 02-22-2011, 04:28 PM

I always read these on the Sony or the QT7, but I'm sure you could just convert the epubs to mobi w/Calibre and send them to your Kindle.
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Giggleton · 02-22-2011, 05:36 PM

Do you use that readlater thing from Instapaper? That works pretty good for me. Just a side note, it's probably copyright infringement.

Anke Wehner · 02-23-2011, 02:54 AM

Well, making copies of websites for your own use should be about the same as recording a video from TV. As long as you don't redistribute the results, I don't think there'd be a problem.

02-17-2011, 02:41 PM	#1
CharlieBird ¿Huh? Posts: 349 Karma: 1004526 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: rural Jalisco Device: HiSense A7 CC, Fire HD6, Kobo Libra2	Bit of Applause for Some Old Technology I am sure this is recycled news to most old timers here, but thought I would put a couple of kudos in for three of my favorte Firefox add-ons/eBook apps. I know there are lots of newcomers to the form and many just getting started w/their readers. dotEPUB, http://dotepub.com/, is super fast as it does not copy JPGs, but it does a seemingly perfect job in formatting, saving in book-like form w/the article heading as a title. Occasionally a website will not allow dotEPUB to copy...not sure why or how but it is infrequent. Web2FB2, http://web2fb2.net/, has the option to copy with or without images (without is, of course, faster) and gives you a chance to preview the FB2 version, which you can then download in either FB2 format or ePub format. Sometimes this one saves more surrounding garbage than necessary in which case I don't download and opt for... ...Page2Pub, http://opl.rit.edu/projects/page2pub/, which also captures images, but you have the option to "gather" specifically what you want saved. It's a bit more labor intensive that the other two but was my first and is a faithful 'go-to' app. I save a lot of long articles and use all three daily for more concentrated reading later. I've also copied them into Calibre and sent them to my k3. I've had limited experience w/some of the popular off-line readers but none of them work for me as well as these three beauties. d

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02-17-2011, 05:10 PM	#2
FF2 Wizard Posts: 1,105 Karma: 1025784 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: WiFi Kindle3	Sounds interesting. Anything it for mobi (kindle)?

02-22-2011, 04:28 PM	#3
CharlieBird ¿Huh? Posts: 349 Karma: 1004526 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: rural Jalisco Device: HiSense A7 CC, Fire HD6, Kobo Libra2	I always read these on the Sony or the QT7, but I'm sure you could just convert the epubs to mobi w/Calibre and send them to your Kindle. d

02-22-2011, 05:36 PM	#4
Giggleton Banned Posts: 1,687 Karma: 4368191 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Oregon Device: Kindle3	Do you use that readlater thing from Instapaper? That works pretty good for me. Just a side note, it's probably copyright infringement.

02-23-2011, 02:54 AM	#5
Anke Wehner Addict Posts: 249 Karma: 177956 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Germany Device: PRS-650	Well, making copies of websites for your own use should be about the same as recording a video from TV. As long as you don't redistribute the results, I don't think there'd be a problem.

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