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On 5/18/2025 12:19 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
[snip-snip]
> The Calamitous Bob [Books 4-7]
> by Alex Gilbert
[snip]

> I have now finished
> the book versions of the story (which will feature in my next batch
> of reviews) and look forward to future volumes (yes, I could subscribe
> online to the serial, but that's not my thing).

Are you, by chance, familiar with WebToPub? It's a browser extension 
that downloads Web serials and creates ebook files.

Alternatively, Calibre (https://calibre-ebook.com/) has a handy plugin, 
"FanFicFare", which can be installed under "Preferences" -> "Get plugins 
to enhance Calibre".

If you decide to install it, you will want to configure it as follows:

* Select "Epub" as the default download format to avoid potential issues 
with FanFicFare's ancient HTML-to-mobi converter.
* Select "Update Epub if New Chapters" as the default download mode.
* Select "Download from URLs" in the FFF menu, enter the URLs that you 
are want to follow (one per Web serial) and wait for them to be downloaded.
* Periodically select the followed Web serials in Calibre and hit 
"Update existing FanFiction Books" in the FFF menu, which will download 
new chapters and append them to Calibre's ebook files. You can do this 
as often as you want. In some cases I wait until the current "arc" is 
finished, then read the whole arc.
* If you are using Kindle, connect your Kindle to the PC, select the 
updated novel(s) in Calibre and click "Send to Device"; the conversion 
from Epub to Mobi/AZW3 is automatic when configured properly.

The advantage of this method compared to WebToPub is that FFF only 
downloads new chapters. It's much faster and more convenient, especially 
for longer works.