12-30-2018, 09:40 PM | #31 |
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I mentioned earlier these plugins but nobody replied:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/epub/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...e-web-offline/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...n/saveasebook/ That seems simpler than copy-paste even. Do you not use Reader mode in Firefox? It's superb, I highly recommend it. It's almost always superior experience than the formatting of articles otherwise. It includes photos usually. Exporting that as epub is totally sensible. I've now tested those plugins, and none are perfect, some work better than others for different cases, but it's something. I'd like to know if people have other recommendations. Otherwise I find Calibre can convert documents too. |
12-31-2018, 12:08 AM | #32 |
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I too use firefox, but I'm in the UK and I've never seen those add-ons available. The main one I use is an ad-blocker.
If you have those, and they work, then what's the problem? Just use them to convert web pages to epubs. |
12-31-2018, 12:19 AM | #33 |
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I didn't say there was a problem, but I've not used these tools before or had an ereader, so I'm learning and looking for any insights from more experienced folks.
On first testing, those plugins are somewhat inconsistent but mostly usable. |
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12-31-2018, 12:16 PM | #35 |
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If I could trust that the only thing that would happen with wifi were Pocket, I'd maybe try it now that Pocket is owned by Mozilla who I trust more than most (but not entirely, but at least I trust Mozilla's *intentions* not to be totally misaligned with users like Facebook or Google's intentions can be)…
Anyway, update is that https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/epub/ is mostly working and the dev also responding quickly to some bug reports I entered… |
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12-31-2018, 06:28 PM | #37 |
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Pocket strikes me as wrong intuitively though, but I've never used it. It seems to be too much like a duplication of bookmarking but feels more like trusting a service instead of running your own software. Again, those are intuitive impressions, not a deep evaluation.
Kobo gives me an impression of being better than Nook still, but I went for better price value for a first step. Thanks to all for the help, and hope this thread provides value to others reviewing it. |
01-01-2019, 03:46 AM | #38 |
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If you do become fond of using ereaders the mobileread Kobo forum is very active and helpful. I discovered this when I, temporarily, had a Clara hd.
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