Touch Kobo Touch - HTML file question

Torgut · 11-20-2012, 07:55 AM

Dear Friends,

Yesterday, my second Kindle 3 bricked. Two bricked Kindles in less than two years, and now it's out of warranty. So I am considering other options and found out about Kobo, which is for direct sale in my country (Portugal). Unfortunately only the Touch model is available, although I might buy a Glo on eBay. Now, I have a question about a feature which I consider important:

Imagine I am reading an article online, let's say, a Wikipepdia article. Is it possible to save as Web Page - HTML, and transfer it to the Kobo so I can read later? As a constant traveler this would be important, as I do loads of pre-research about the places I visit while traveling. Kindle wouldn't allow this, although it has a web browser.

shouled · 11-20-2012, 08:23 AM

This might help you: http://dotepub.com/

You can convert the web page to ePub and transfer it to you Kobo. I do that.

Salut!

Torgut · 11-20-2012, 08:41 AM

That would be good for occasional use. But to deal with dozens of HTML pages it's too much of an effort, unfortunately.

PeterT · 11-20-2012, 09:57 AM

If you mean save a web page from the browser on the Kobo itself, to the Kobo the answer would be no.

dassie · 11-20-2012, 04:47 PM

You can do this with Instapaper and Calibre.

rwhe · 11-20-2012, 06:13 PM

I routinely sideload pure HTML drafts of the book I'm writing to my Glo. The Glo reads and displays them very well, but the process lacks a few bells and whistles. For example, the Kobo usually displays a fixed page count for EPUB files, based on Adobe's algorithm, if I recall correctly. However, Kobo's HTML page counts depend on how big the fonts are, how wide the margins, and so on. (This is a bit of a letdown when you're trying to estimate progress on a manuscript, as you might imagine.)

11-20-2012, 07:55 AM	#1
Torgut Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: Kindle 3 and Kobo Touch	Kobo Touch - HTML file question Dear Friends, Yesterday, my second Kindle 3 bricked. Two bricked Kindles in less than two years, and now it's out of warranty. So I am considering other options and found out about Kobo, which is for direct sale in my country (Portugal). Unfortunately only the Touch model is available, although I might buy a Glo on eBay. Now, I have a question about a feature which I consider important: Imagine I am reading an article online, let's say, a Wikipepdia article. Is it possible to save as Web Page - HTML, and transfer it to the Kobo so I can read later? As a constant traveler this would be important, as I do loads of pre-research about the places I visit while traveling. Kindle wouldn't allow this, although it has a web browser.

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11-20-2012, 08:23 AM	#2
shouled Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Colombia Device: Kobo Touch	This might help you: http://dotepub.com/ You can convert the web page to ePub and transfer it to you Kobo. I do that. Salut!

11-20-2012, 08:41 AM	#3
Torgut Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: Kindle 3 and Kobo Touch	That would be good for occasional use. But to deal with dozens of HTML pages it's too much of an effort, unfortunately.

11-20-2012, 09:57 AM	#4
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,306 Karma: 78876004 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	If you mean save a web page from the browser on the Kobo itself, to the Kobo the answer would be no.

11-20-2012, 04:47 PM	#5
dassie Member Posts: 16 Karma: 250 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: Kobo Touch	You can do this with Instapaper and Calibre.

11-20-2012, 06:13 PM	#6
rwhe Hierodule Posts: 170 Karma: 629686 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kobo Glo, calibre, Android, FBReader	I routinely sideload pure HTML drafts of the book I'm writing to my Glo. The Glo reads and displays them very well, but the process lacks a few bells and whistles. For example, the Kobo usually displays a fixed page count for EPUB files, based on Adobe's algorithm, if I recall correctly. However, Kobo's HTML page counts depend on how big the fonts are, how wide the margins, and so on. (This is a bit of a letdown when you're trying to estimate progress on a manuscript, as you might imagine.)

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