MobileRead Forums
Register Guidelines E-Books Today's Posts Search

Go Back   MobileRead Forums > E-Book General > News
Reload this Page Readlists: turn a list of sites into an ebook

Notices

Reply
Page 1 of 2 1 2
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 05-22-2012, 01:22 PM   #1
taosaur
intelligent posterior
taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
taosaur's Avatar
 
Posts: 1,562
Karma: 21295618
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Ohiopolis
Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, Samsung S8, Lenovo Tab 3 Pro
Readlists: turn a list of sites into an ebook
Played around with this today after seeing it on Lifehacker, and it looks sweet. It's a new web app by Readability (you don't need an account) that lets you drop in links, then stitches them all together into an ebook with the ads and such stripped out. You can download or email an EPUB of the results, or send it straight to a Kindle or iOS device.

You'll see on the front page that it also shows you lists that other people have put together, so it can be fun to browse and explore, too.

Readlists.
taosaur is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-22-2012, 03:09 PM   #2
Jessica Lares
Wizard
Jessica Lares ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Jessica Lares ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Jessica Lares ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Jessica Lares ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Jessica Lares ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Jessica Lares ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Jessica Lares ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Jessica Lares ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Jessica Lares ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Jessica Lares ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Jessica Lares ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Jessica Lares's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,240
Karma: 5759170
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Near Dallas, Texas, USA
Device: iPad Mini, iPod Touch (5th gen)
I'm loving this! I always wanted a way to turn the articles I stumbled upon to Kindle friendly pages. Could be used for all sorts of creative things too!
Jessica Lares is offline   Reply With Quote
Advert
Old 05-22-2012, 04:01 PM   #3
RainingLemur
Spork Connoisseur
RainingLemur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.RainingLemur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.RainingLemur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.RainingLemur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.RainingLemur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.RainingLemur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.RainingLemur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.RainingLemur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.RainingLemur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.RainingLemur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.RainingLemur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
RainingLemur's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,355
Karma: 16780603
Join Date: Mar 2011
Device: Nook Color
Hmm. I'll have to check this out when I get home. This looks like it could be fun and useful.
RainingLemur is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-22-2012, 06:15 PM   #4
mr ploppy
Feral Underclass
mr ploppy ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.mr ploppy ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.mr ploppy ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.mr ploppy ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.mr ploppy ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.mr ploppy ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.mr ploppy ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.mr ploppy ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.mr ploppy ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.mr ploppy ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.mr ploppy ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
mr ploppy's Avatar
 
Posts: 3,622
Karma: 26821535
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Yorkshire, tha noz
Device: 2nd hand paperback
Just tried it with a blog post, but it doesn't add the comments at the end like Web2FB2 does.
mr ploppy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-22-2012, 06:56 PM   #5
taosaur
intelligent posterior
taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
taosaur's Avatar
 
Posts: 1,562
Karma: 21295618
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Ohiopolis
Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, Samsung S8, Lenovo Tab 3 Pro
Quote:
Originally Posted by mr ploppy View Post
Just tried it with a blog post, but it doesn't add the comments at the end like Web2FB2 does.
That's a feature The formatting is Readability standard. I've never used Readability (I got started with Pocket/ReadItLater and it's a pain to switch), but if you sign up there might be a preference you could toggle. I'm kind of thinking there's not, though.
taosaur is offline   Reply With Quote
Advert
Old 05-22-2012, 07:46 PM   #6
Giggleton
Banned
Giggleton ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Giggleton ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Giggleton ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Giggleton ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Giggleton ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Giggleton ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Giggleton ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Giggleton ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Giggleton ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Giggleton ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Giggleton ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 1,687
Karma: 4368191
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Oregon
Device: Kindle3
Isn't that piracy?
Giggleton is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-22-2012, 07:49 PM   #7
Elfwreck
Grand Sorcerer
Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Elfwreck's Avatar
 
Posts: 5,187
Karma: 25133758
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA
Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3 (Past: Kobo Mini, PEZ, PRS-505, Clié)
This looks *awesome.* I've wanted one of these for *ages.* Thanks!
Elfwreck is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-25-2012, 07:12 PM   #8
BigJack
Junior Member
BigJack began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 2
Karma: 10
Join Date: Apr 2012
Device: Kindle
There's a lot of fan fiction , (Back to the Future) for example, on the web in HTML format .. this is perfect for converting it in one step
BigJack is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-26-2012, 09:14 AM   #9
Blue Tyson
Blue Captain
Blue Tyson ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Blue Tyson ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Blue Tyson ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Blue Tyson ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Blue Tyson ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Blue Tyson ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Blue Tyson ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Blue Tyson ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Blue Tyson ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Blue Tyson ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Blue Tyson ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Blue Tyson's Avatar
 
Posts: 1,595
Karma: 5000236
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Australia
Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G,Huawei Ideos X3,Kobo Mini
Tried it with Stealing Alabama from Asimov's site, an article on Edmond Hamilton's Super Moby Dick of Space from Seqart and a death metal hard sf story Words Beyond the Veil from Ian Sales' blog and they all worked nicely. The Super Moby Dick of Space ebook had all the images included correctly etc. Pretty cool.
Blue Tyson is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-26-2012, 11:51 AM   #10
stonetools
Wizard
stonetools ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.stonetools ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.stonetools ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.stonetools ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.stonetools ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.stonetools ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.stonetools ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.stonetools ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.stonetools ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.stonetools ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.stonetools ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
stonetools's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,016
Karma: 2838487
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Washington, DC
Device: Ipad, IPhone
As the Lifehacker comments point out, its good if you have a static list. Not so good if you have a constantly updating list of links that you want to read later.

My solution: Flipboard, (for discovering articles) plus Pocket (formerly Read it Later).
stonetools is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-26-2012, 02:09 PM   #11
taosaur
intelligent posterior
taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.taosaur ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
taosaur's Avatar
 
Posts: 1,562
Karma: 21295618
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Ohiopolis
Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, Samsung S8, Lenovo Tab 3 Pro
Quote:
Originally Posted by stonetools View Post
As the Lifehacker comments point out, its good if you have a static list. Not so good if you have a constantly updating list of links that you want to read later.
Well yes, hence the "book" format. In other news, spoons are good for soup but not so good for cutting steak.
taosaur is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-27-2012, 07:56 PM   #12
Kaylee Skylyn
Enthusiast
Kaylee Skylyn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kaylee Skylyn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kaylee Skylyn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kaylee Skylyn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kaylee Skylyn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kaylee Skylyn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kaylee Skylyn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kaylee Skylyn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kaylee Skylyn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kaylee Skylyn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kaylee Skylyn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 47
Karma: 415790
Join Date: Feb 2012
Device: android phone, Kobo Aura, Sony PRS 350
Is this different (in function) than SqueeBook?

http://www.squeebook.net/

I've used to convert LiveJournal posts (story over many posts) into ebook format. SqueeBook does not grab the comments either.

PS: I haven't tried Readlists yet. May try it out....but I tend not to use the automated ebook makers in the end as its still sloppy formatting. I code by hand...yes I'm a code snob.

As for being piracy. I only do this for my own consumption, it's posted publicly, for free, so I do not consider this piracy. If I want to share my ebook version of a fic I ask the author if they are ok with it being in this format (and give them the ebook to review). If they are not it doesn't leave my hands...but I do like having it on my mobile device for reading when away from a internet connection.
Last edited by Kaylee Skylyn; 05-27-2012 at 08:59 PM.
Kaylee Skylyn is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-27-2012, 08:28 PM   #13
zxybangla
Junior Member
zxybangla began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 3
Karma: 10
Join Date: May 2012
Device: none
confushed
what is it?
zxybangla is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-27-2012, 08:31 PM   #14
wyndslash
Wizard
wyndslash ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.wyndslash ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.wyndslash ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.wyndslash ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.wyndslash ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.wyndslash ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.wyndslash ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.wyndslash ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.wyndslash ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.wyndslash ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.wyndslash ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
wyndslash's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,951
Karma: 3000001
Join Date: Feb 2011
Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire
i've found this app to be best used for multi-chaptered web fiction loving it so far
wyndslash is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-27-2012, 09:02 PM   #15
Kaylee Skylyn
Enthusiast
Kaylee Skylyn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kaylee Skylyn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kaylee Skylyn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kaylee Skylyn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kaylee Skylyn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kaylee Skylyn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kaylee Skylyn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kaylee Skylyn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kaylee Skylyn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kaylee Skylyn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Kaylee Skylyn ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 47
Karma: 415790
Join Date: Feb 2012
Device: android phone, Kobo Aura, Sony PRS 350
That is it's designed purpose (multi-chapter web fiction, each chapter on different page).

I certainly would not use it for anything else...there are better tools for converting other formats I would think (calibre).
Kaylee Skylyn is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply
Page 1 of 2 1 2

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
eBook review sites plemon Introduce Yourself 6 04-07-2012 01:59 PM
Romance Ebook Sites MorganM General Discussions 7 04-09-2011 09:40 AM
Ebook sites in UK James_Wilde General Discussions 1 12-29-2010 05:46 PM
Content List of free access sites over 3G? runningwithbulls Amazon Kindle 4 10-21-2010 11:43 AM
Link to a List of Free ebook sites cheyennedonna enTourage Archive 2 05-24-2010 04:26 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:31 PM.

Contact Us - FAQ - Guidelines - Privacy - Top

MobileRead.com is a privately owned, operated and funded community.