I came across your query and I have to add my vote for Goodreader. I don't have a Mac either but you can download the Goodreader app for your iPad. I do have a very sizeable collection of fanfiction on my iPad. You can organize everything by folders and it can download either directly from the internet (just add a g to the address you are currently reading from) or it also takes PDF, txt and word files which you can access through Google Documents or Dropbox or just by emailing them to yourself. I'm not sure if it organizes tags because I don't use them but I have found I can divide up my collection by fandoms, authors, genres, etc. - in fact, any file system using folders (and lots of sub-folders) you care to set up. I think it's the best app out there for reading (and saving) stuff offline. It also organizes the folders in alphabetical order so that's a huge help.
As to downloading the stuff, have you come across FLAG? Granted it only works for some websites (fanfiction.net, fictionpress.com, twilighted.net, adifferentforest.com, thewriterscoffeeshop.com, twiwrite.net, ficwad.com, adultfanfiction.net, fictionalley.org, harrypotterfanfiction, mediaminer.org) and they are working on more. It supports the following formats: EPUB, MobiPocket, PDF, HTML
PS - As a matter of curiosity, how do you download stories from the Ksarchive? If I want to save a story, I either save the page in Goodreader or copy/past the text. Is there another way to download stories that I haven't heard about?
To DL fic from KS archive, you first find a free PDF printer from the web. You go to the site or any other site (I also save fic on LJ as a pdf file which looks like a print screen) by clicking print, picking the pdf printer from the printer drop down and having that make me a file.
Does the goodreader app work for organizing fic or just fic you have downloaded by using it?
I'm not sure I understand your question? Do you mean does it organize things automatically?
Thanks for the hint on downloading from the KS archive. I'd never thought of making it a PDF file. I usually either copy the text of the story only and then save it in a word file (a laborious process at best) or just use the "Page Save As" feature in Internet Explorer. I'll have to try the PDF file method.
I came across your query and I have to add my vote for Goodreader. I don't have a Mac either but you can download the Goodreader app for your iPad. I do have a very sizeable collection of fanfiction on my iPad. You can organize everything by folders and it can download either directly from the internet (just add a g to the address you are currently reading from) or it also takes PDF, txt and word files which you can access through Google Documents or Dropbox or just by emailing them to yourself. I'm not sure if it organizes tags because I don't use them but I have found I can divide up my collection by fandoms, authors, genres, etc. - in fact, any file system using folders (and lots of sub-folders) you care to set up. I think it's the best app out there for reading (and saving) stuff offline. It also organizes the folders in alphabetical order so that's a huge help.
As to downloading the stuff, have you come across FLAG? Granted it only works for some websites (fanfiction.net, fictionpress.com, twilighted.net, adifferentforest.com, thewriterscoffeeshop.com, twiwrite.net, ficwad.com, adultfanfiction.net, fictionalley.org, harrypotterfanfiction, mediaminer.org) and they are working on more. It supports the following formats: EPUB, MobiPocket, PDF, HTML
Link is here:
http://www.flagfic.com/sites.com
Hope this helps!
PS - As a matter of curiosity, how do you download stories from the Ksarchive? If I want to save a story, I either save the page in Goodreader or copy/past the text. Is there another way to download stories that I haven't heard about?
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Does the goodreader app work for organizing fic or just fic you have downloaded by using it?
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I'm not sure I understand your question? Do you mean does it organize things automatically?
Thanks for the hint on downloading from the KS archive. I'd never thought of making it a PDF file. I usually either copy the text of the story only and then save it in a word file (a laborious process at best) or just use the "Page Save As" feature in Internet Explorer. I'll have to try the PDF file method.
I'm glad I found this community. I've joined it!
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