[FFML] Formatting fanfictions for the Kindle

[Hone Melgren]

http://fanfictiondownloader.net/screen.php

Which has a very nice downloadable program that can do most fanfiction sites. It will even scan the pasteboard so if you copy a URL from a fanfiction site it will auto - sense that and set it up to download.

Downloads to a few common formats :

http://fanfictiondownloader.net/features.php

EPUB, MOBI , PDF , RTF , TXT , HTML etc etc

Calibre - has a set of command lines tools you can install.  For stuff that the fanfiction downloader does not download from. I have a basic script in OS X's bash shell that goes like this :

thename=$(basename "$1" | cut -d"." -f 1)
echo $thename
ebook-convert "$1" ~/Fanfictions/Downloaded/TEMP/"$thename".mobi

Which takes the name of an HTML file and pumps it into ebook-convert and spits out a MOBI format file. ~/Fanfictions/Downloaded/TEMP is where I throw my converted/downloaded Fanfictions.

Amazon also do 2 useful kindle tools - 

Kindle Previewer - to preview what it looks like on your kindle. I like to look at how it will appear on my device before I send it.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000765261

Send to Kindle - can be used to send documents to your kindle wirelessly without having to use the USB cord or email it to username at free.kindle.com

It will go directly off the wi-fi and means you don't have to wait for the Amazon packager to package up or convert your file before it sends it to your kindle.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/sendtokindle

There's also a very nice new site I'm beginning to use at :

http://tinderizer.com/

That will package up a web page and send it to your Kindle.

PS Just noticed amazon's "Send to Kindle" now has a Chrome Extension. That's awesome :)

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