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ficbot · 03-18-2009, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiklop74

Until Kovid fixes this problem you can add this to your recipe as sort of workaround:

Code:

oldest_article = 2000

Thank you. That got me the articles, but the font was giant and the finished ebook was 1300 pages! Any way to get a smaller default font for this?

kiklop74 · 03-18-2009, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ficbot

Thank you. That got me the articles, but the font was giant and the finished ebook was 1300 pages! Any way to get a smaller default font for this?

What format are you using? LRF or EPUB?

kiklop74 · 03-18-2009, 12:10 PM

Try this recipe for Metronews:

ficbot · 03-18-2009, 12:53 PM

Thank you! It worked like a charm. There is a bit at the beginning of each section where it lists the stories and two lines or so each before it has the full stories, but I figured out that they are links and I can just click on the first one and jump down to the part with the stories. Thank you so much, this will be perfect to read on the subway.

kovidgoyal · 03-18-2009, 05:59 PM

I can't seem to get instapaer to work for me, it always ends up with blank pages, so I'm afraid soeone else is going to have to develop that recipe.

kiklop74 · 03-18-2009, 07:48 PM

I do not think it is possible to develop a really working recipe for instapaper for several reasons:

1. RSS feed is different for every user (of course this can be remedied by scanning index page but it is not nice work)
2. You can link just about anything, any site. How will you write a recipe that will process multitudes of different web page layouts? That i just not possible.

kovidgoyal · 03-18-2009, 07:49 PM

I thought instapaper extracted text from the linked websites?

kiklop74 · 03-18-2009, 08:20 PM

You are right! I missed that.

So here is the recipe for instapaper (text version):

kovidgoyal · 03-18-2009, 11:26 PM

Thanks, added.

doreenjoy · 03-20-2009, 06:48 AM

Hi there,

Long time lurker, first time poster.

I'd love a recipe for these sites:

http://www.writersweekly.com/index.xml
http://bookanatomy101.com/feed/rss/
http://dearauthor.com/

Thanks for any help.

Cheers,
DJ

piflintstone · 03-20-2009, 04:04 PM

Hi all,

I am absolutely new to this, just got my PRS-505 today and I thought it would be great to ready my newspaper on this device. I installed calibre but honestly this all sounds like quantum physics to me....so I would like to as someone here to help me out please.

I have a valid subscription to this site: http://epaper.derstandarddigital.at/
Is it possible to have this content fully converted (can pictures be included?) into epub so I can read it on my PRS-505?

Any help more than appreciated!

kiklop74 · 03-20-2009, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by piflintstone

I have a valid subscription to this site: http://epaper.derstandarddigital.at/
Is it possible to have this content fully converted (can pictures be included?) into epub so I can read it on my PRS-505?

No. These kind of sites use special way of representing text so no scraping is possible.

However a feed would be possible from standard web edition of this newspaper (http://derstandard.at/)

If you want to try something yourself start with RSS feed page:
http://derstandard.at/?id=1850853

and manual for adding newsfeeds:
http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/user_manual/news.html

piflintstone · 03-20-2009, 04:32 PM

Great, thanks, the web edition of standard.at would be fine too. I´ll have a look at it to see if I manage to do this myself...somehow.

I wish there was a service like pressdisplay.com for the Sony Reader

Thanks!

Pulp · 03-21-2009, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiklop74

No. These kind of sites use special way of representing text so no scraping is possible.

However a feed would be possible from standard web edition of this newspaper (http://derstandard.at/)

If you want to try something yourself start with RSS feed page:
http://derstandard.at/?id=1850853

and manual for adding newsfeeds:
http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/user_manual/news.html

Tha's a real pity, I sent them an email a while ago asking for an ebook-version in mobi format, maybe if enough users asked for it they will make mobi/ePub-versions.

piflintstone · 03-21-2009, 05:26 PM

Ok, I gave up on derstandard.at but instead would like to get the RSS Feeds from "Die Presse" working.
I started with this one: http://diepresse.com/rss/home
Everything is working more or less fine (apart from the terrible formatting, but this should be rather easy to do from what I saw on the calibre manual), but one thing: The links listed there link to the main pages of the articles. I was able to strip unwanted stuff (like menus etc.) but for some reason I was not able to include the articles picture?
Some pictures do show up in the final file, but the article´s main picture will not show up, any idea why?

I would greatly appreciate some help...

thanks a lot.

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03-18-2009, 12:53 PM	#364
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	Thank you! It worked like a charm. There is a bit at the beginning of each section where it lists the stories and two lines or so each before it has the full stories, but I figured out that they are links and I can just click on the first one and jump down to the part with the stories. Thank you so much, this will be perfect to read on the subway.

03-18-2009, 05:59 PM	#365
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,382 Karma: 27756918 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I can't seem to get instapaer to work for me, it always ends up with blank pages, so I'm afraid soeone else is going to have to develop that recipe.

03-18-2009, 07:48 PM	#366
kiklop74 Guru Posts: 800 Karma: 194644 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Argentina Device: Kindle Voyage	I do not think it is possible to develop a really working recipe for instapaper for several reasons: 1. RSS feed is different for every user (of course this can be remedied by scanning index page but it is not nice work) 2. You can link just about anything, any site. How will you write a recipe that will process multitudes of different web page layouts? That i just not possible.

03-18-2009, 07:49 PM	#367
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,382 Karma: 27756918 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I thought instapaper extracted text from the linked websites?

03-18-2009, 11:26 PM	#369
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,382 Karma: 27756918 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Thanks, added.

03-20-2009, 06:48 AM	#370
doreenjoy 01000100 01001010 Posts: 1,889 Karma: 2400000 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Polyamorous	Hi there, Long time lurker, first time poster. I'd love a recipe for these sites: http://www.writersweekly.com/index.xml http://bookanatomy101.com/feed/rss/ http://dearauthor.com/ Thanks for any help. Cheers, DJ

03-20-2009, 04:04 PM	#371
piflintstone Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: PRS-505	Hi all, I am absolutely new to this, just got my PRS-505 today and I thought it would be great to ready my newspaper on this device. I installed calibre but honestly this all sounds like quantum physics to me....so I would like to as someone here to help me out please. I have a valid subscription to this site: http://epaper.derstandarddigital.at/ Is it possible to have this content fully converted (can pictures be included?) into epub so I can read it on my PRS-505? Any help more than appreciated!

03-20-2009, 04:32 PM	#373
piflintstone Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: PRS-505	Great, thanks, the web edition of standard.at would be fine too. I´ll have a look at it to see if I manage to do this myself...somehow. I wish there was a service like pressdisplay.com for the Sony Reader Thanks!

03-21-2009, 05:26 PM	#375
piflintstone Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: PRS-505	Ok, I gave up on derstandard.at but instead would like to get the RSS Feeds from "Die Presse" working. I started with this one: http://diepresse.com/rss/home Everything is working more or less fine (apart from the terrible formatting, but this should be rather easy to do from what I saw on the calibre manual), but one thing: The links listed there link to the main pages of the articles. I was able to strip unwanted stuff (like menus etc.) but for some reason I was not able to include the articles picture? Some pictures do show up in the final file, but the article´s main picture will not show up, any idea why? I would greatly appreciate some help... thanks a lot.