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From: ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
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In article <100d31t$12v30$1@dont-email.me>,
Ahasuerus  <ahasuerus@email.com> wrote:
>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.
>

Hmm.  No, I was not aware.  I will take a look, thanks!
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