Aura HD calibre and html

MJLee · 08-02-2014, 11:16 AM

Sooo, I'm new here (or rather a long time lurker) who just got a Kobo Aura HD and have run into an issue regarding html. Not sure if this is a calibre question or an Aura HD question and mods feel free to move it

I read a lot of

fanfic and a lot of it is saved as a html file (to include images, hyperlinks) and mostly because it was the best way to preserve formatting on my old Sony 505. Buuut now comes the issue, calibre saves the html files as zip and the Aura HD will not accept that format. The title shows up but as an 0kb file with author unknown and when you try and open it, you get a blank screen and the Aura restarts. I tried to convert it to htmlz but that didn't work. So the question is how can I get the zip/html files to my Aura? I guess I can drag and drop but I want to add them to the right Collection/series. I did try and convert to pdf but that takes up a lot of room and the formatting is all off. Uh anybody help?

PeterT · 08-02-2014, 12:51 PM

Convert them to an ePub!

MJLee · 08-02-2014, 12:58 PM

Already did that but then images and hyperlinks have gone poof!

Anak · 08-02-2014, 01:00 PM

Or, save it as article for Pocket?

MJLee · 08-02-2014, 04:13 PM

Feeling very stupid

but how exactly do I do that? Found an article about importing custom as news source tried to do that but uh, how?

davidfor · 08-02-2014, 09:48 PM

If you have downloaded all the HTML and images needed, create an index.html that links them all. Dropping that into calibre should create a HTMLZ with all the files. That can then be converted to epub. But...

If you are using calibre and reading fanfic, then get the FanFictionDownloader plugin. You give it the URL of the story, it produces a nice epub.

hleo12 · 08-03-2014, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

If you are using calibre and reading fanfic, then get the FanFictionDownloader plugin. You give it the URL of the story, it produces a nice epub.

Just make sure to check the settings that will allow it to download the images. I don't know if it's on by default.

08-02-2014, 11:16 AM	#1
MJLee Connoisseur Posts: 75 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: none	calibre and html Sooo, I'm new here (or rather a long time lurker) who just got a Kobo Aura HD and have run into an issue regarding html. Not sure if this is a calibre question or an Aura HD question and mods feel free to move it I read a lot of fanfic and a lot of it is saved as a html file (to include images, hyperlinks) and mostly because it was the best way to preserve formatting on my old Sony 505. Buuut now comes the issue, calibre saves the html files as zip and the Aura HD will not accept that format. The title shows up but as an 0kb file with author unknown and when you try and open it, you get a blank screen and the Aura restarts. I tried to convert it to htmlz but that didn't work. So the question is how can I get the zip/html files to my Aura? I guess I can drag and drop but I want to add them to the right Collection/series. I did try and convert to pdf but that takes up a lot of room and the formatting is all off. Uh anybody help?

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08-02-2014, 12:51 PM	#2
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,698 Karma: 79983758 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Convert them to an ePub!

08-02-2014, 12:58 PM	#3
MJLee Connoisseur Posts: 75 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: none	Already did that but then images and hyperlinks have gone poof!

08-02-2014, 01:00 PM	#4
Anak Guru Posts: 603 Karma: 641742 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: DE Device: Kobo Glo	Or, save it as article for Pocket?

08-02-2014, 04:13 PM	#5
MJLee Connoisseur Posts: 75 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: none	Feeling very stupid but how exactly do I do that? Found an article about importing custom as news source tried to do that but uh, how?

08-02-2014, 09:48 PM	#6
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	If you have downloaded all the HTML and images needed, create an index.html that links them all. Dropping that into calibre should create a HTMLZ with all the files. That can then be converted to epub. But... If you are using calibre and reading fanfic, then get the FanFictionDownloader plugin. You give it the URL of the story, it produces a nice epub.