Download and convert web page

nkormanik · 01-07-2019, 01:00 AM

Wondering if Calibre is able to download and convert web page into an epub?

Suppose we provide the url. Download and convert. Nice epub.

Can it be??

Thanks,
Nicholas Kormanik

HarryT · 01-07-2019, 03:42 AM

You've been an MR member more than long enough to know how to use the forums correctly. Calibre questions belong in the Calibre forum, to where I'm now moving this.

kovidgoyal · 01-07-2019, 06:36 AM

directly no, but you can use the recipe system or convert the output from another tool like wget to save urls.

HarryT · 01-07-2019, 08:04 AM

"Pocket" (available for most platforms) might be another option worth investigating. I believe it has the ability to save web pages as ePub books.

retiredbiker · 01-07-2019, 12:38 PM

Don't know if this helps for some random web page, but I recently ran into this with some books in Roy Glashan's Library (Gutenberg Australia affiliate). The only format available was html files, and if downloaded directly, they had no images. But I found if I opened them in a browser, all the images were there. So I tried the right-click and save as a complete web page...what downloaded was the html file and a folder full of the images. I found if I zipped these together, added the zip file to Calibre, and then converted the zip file, it worked beautifully.

jj2me · 01-07-2019, 10:36 PM

How about dotepub?

I have the Chrome extension installed, and the one time I tried it, it worked fine. I mostly send web pages to my Kindle via the Push to Kindle Chrome extension and Android (paid) app, so haven't used dotepub in over a year.

nkormanik · 01-08-2019, 12:12 AM

dotEPUB is quite good. However, one tab at a time, only, in the "free" version, as written to me author.

"Conversion consumes a lot of resources in the server: allowing the conversion of all open tabs would be prone to errors (=converting stuff that the user didn't want to convert in the first place and could put privacy at risk) and would require a lot of resources.

Xavier"

mrpotts · 01-11-2019, 08:41 PM

1) save to PDF
(if the web site doesn't save pretty, I copy what I want into MS Word, then save that as a PDF)

2) Use Calibre to convert to epub.

HarryT · 01-11-2019, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrpotts

1) save to PDF
(if the web site doesn't save pretty, I copy what I want into MS Word, then save that as a PDF)

2) Use Calibre to convert to epub.

That is an appallingly bad solution. PDF is the worst possible choice of format if you subsequently plan to convert to something else.

mrpotts · 01-11-2019, 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

That is an appallingly bad solution. PDF is the worst possible choice of format if you subsequently plan to convert to something else.

Yes, you loose formatting and it may not look pretty, but I do it all the time, the text is there, and it works fine.

If you need to read something quickly, this will do it.

Will it not?

Phil

itimpi · 01-11-2019, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrpotts

Yes, you loose formatting and it may not look pretty, but I do it all the time, the text is there, and it works fine.

If you need to read something quickly, this will do it.

Will it not?

Phil

if you are going to go via Word then you might as well save it as docx and add that to Calibre. Conversion from docx is far better than conversion from pdf.

HarryT · 01-11-2019, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by itimpi

if you are going to go via Word then you might as well save it as docx and add that to Calibre. Conversion from docx is far better than conversion from pdf.

Agreed.

HarryT · 01-11-2019, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrpotts

Yes, you loose formatting and it may not look pretty, but I do it all the time, the text is there, and it works fine.

If you need to read something quickly, this will do it.

Will it not?

Phil

When the stated goal is to produce ePub books, why on Earth would anyone choose to go via an intermediate format that loses formatting, rather than using one which preserves the formatting? It makes no sense at all. It's no more difficult to save from Word in "docx" format than to save as PDF.

nkormanik · 01-12-2019, 02:22 AM

So, questions remain.

Given, several open tabs (in Chrome browser) each containing some article one would like to read... at some point... hopefully.

One wants to save to folder: "Really Want To Read These."

The new articles will be happy with a fair amount of company in that folder. Yes?

So, how to BEST get those tabs, containing those interesting articles, into a saved format?

That is, efficiently, easily, in a format that can then be read, via a good reader.

Seems epub is a nice format. More or less.

So, what to do?

dotEPUB, one tab at a time, is about as good as it's going to get, at present.

But not perfect by a long shot. No photos. Formatting gets changed in important ways. Etc.

BetterRed · 01-12-2019, 04:44 AM

@nkormanik - If you like PDF, try this ==>> HOW TO Convert multiple HTML pages to PDF in Adobe Acrobat Pro - YouTube

Otherwise enter 'combine multiple web pages' into your preferred search engine.

BR

01-07-2019, 01:00 AM	#1
nkormanik Connoisseur Posts: 86 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Philippines Device: DavidAcisAAJ	Download and convert web page Wondering if Calibre is able to download and convert web page into an epub? Suppose we provide the url. Download and convert. Nice epub. Can it be?? Thanks, Nicholas Kormanik

01-12-2019, 04:44 AM	#15
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,704 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@nkormanik - If you like PDF, try this ==>> HOW TO Convert multiple HTML pages to PDF in Adobe Acrobat Pro - YouTube Otherwise enter 'combine multiple web pages' into your preferred search engine. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 01-12-2019 at 06:08 AM.

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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	You've been an MR member more than long enough to know how to use the forums correctly. Calibre questions belong in the Calibre forum, to where I'm now moving this.

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,310 Karma: 27111242 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	directly no, but you can use the recipe system or convert the output from another tool like wget to save urls.

01-07-2019, 08:04 AM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	"Pocket" (available for most platforms) might be another option worth investigating. I believe it has the ability to save web pages as ePub books.

01-07-2019, 12:38 PM	#5
retiredbiker Evangelist Posts: 448 Karma: 3886916 Join Date: May 2013 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Kindle KB, Oasis, Pop_Os!, Jutoh, Kobo Forma	Don't know if this helps for some random web page, but I recently ran into this with some books in Roy Glashan's Library (Gutenberg Australia affiliate). The only format available was html files, and if downloaded directly, they had no images. But I found if I opened them in a browser, all the images were there. So I tried the right-click and save as a complete web page...what downloaded was the html file and a folder full of the images. I found if I zipped these together, added the zip file to Calibre, and then converted the zip file, it worked beautifully.

01-07-2019, 10:36 PM	#6
jj2me Guru Posts: 820 Karma: 8820388 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505, -350; Kindle 3 3G, DX, PW 2; various tablets	How about dotepub? I have the Chrome extension installed, and the one time I tried it, it worked fine. I mostly send web pages to my Kindle via the Push to Kindle Chrome extension and Android (paid) app, so haven't used dotepub in over a year.

01-08-2019, 12:12 AM	#7
nkormanik Connoisseur Posts: 86 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Philippines Device: DavidAcisAAJ	dotEPUB is quite good. However, one tab at a time, only, in the "free" version, as written to me author. "Conversion consumes a lot of resources in the server: allowing the conversion of all open tabs would be prone to errors (=converting stuff that the user didn't want to convert in the first place and could put privacy at risk) and would require a lot of resources. Xavier"

01-11-2019, 08:41 PM	#8
mrpotts Connoisseur Posts: 99 Karma: 900 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Sony Digital Paper, Amazon Paperwhite	1) save to PDF (if the web site doesn't save pretty, I copy what I want into MS Word, then save that as a PDF) 2) Use Calibre to convert to epub.

01-12-2019, 02:22 AM	#14
nkormanik Connoisseur Posts: 86 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Philippines Device: DavidAcisAAJ	So, questions remain. Given, several open tabs (in Chrome browser) each containing some article one would like to read... at some point... hopefully. One wants to save to folder: "Really Want To Read These." The new articles will be happy with a fair amount of company in that folder. Yes? So, how to BEST get those tabs, containing those interesting articles, into a saved format? That is, efficiently, easily, in a format that can then be read, via a good reader. Seems epub is a nice format. More or less. So, what to do? dotEPUB, one tab at a time, is about as good as it's going to get, at present. But not perfect by a long shot. No photos. Formatting gets changed in important ways. Etc.

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