This post is for Kindle and Cybook users

[amothea]

for a long time Sony users were able to use the program Calibre to manage our ebook library, and convert LIT, Mobi, html, rtf/word documents into LRF or Epub. It's a GREAT program. I use it all the time

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[meri_oddities]

Okay, so I downloaded it and I can't see a way to convert a file to a mobi file. Where is the command line?

[amothea]

I haven't had the chance to test this yet. I'm still at work. :(

but I have one time used the command prompt to do a LRF2LRF in order to change the margins.

you have to use the command line it should be any2mobi.

so from the command prompt i normally move the story I wanted converted into the C: drive to make things easier for me.

I type in any2mobi thefilename and hit enter.

http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/user_manual/cli/any2mobi.html

[meri_oddities]

Heh. Yeah, when you said command line, I was thinking inside the program, not the *windows command line*. But I figured it out.

And it did work. I used an rtf file and created a *.mobi file which I loaded manually (which is the only way to load them as far as I can tell) and could read it. So, yay!

This is actually easier than mobipocket creator.

[amothea]

Once the bugs are worked out (like the program not liking html) I think they'll add it to the graphic interface. :) I don't think many people know how to use the command line and to be honest I can use it I'm just not as comfortable with it.

And yes Calibre is so much easier than Mobipocket creator. I looked at Creator and I think my eyes kind of went crosseyed. :)

[mrs_norris_mous]

Are there enough people out there for me to really try and make my sugar quill module released into the main core ?

It Can work reliably for lrf but epub is a right pain !

[amothea]

I'd really want it to work! :) Right, though still not sure what you mean by main core.

I'm also having difficulty replicating my results for LRF into ePub.:(

not sure what css I need to use but I LOVE the way my LRF's come out and I've been having difficulty figuring out what I'm doing wrong with epub. I figured maybe it was still in the beta process.

[amothea]

I was wondering if you could do something similar with efiction archives? I've always wanted to be able to download stories when author's posted something new? or be able to keep track of the Recently Added page? Basically, any site that can host an rss feed we should be able to make reciepes for, right?

Sugar quill runs on another type of archiving software though. :( I wrote to the admin and she said someone else built it for them.

[mrs_norris_mous]

Given the choice would you prefer me to spend some time next week, working on the sugar quill and epub ( Which basically means stipping as much formatting out until the prs-505 stops crashing ) or having ago at another site ?

The html on the sugar quill is really nasty as they let the authors just paster raw html into the page so often they have multiple headers etc. And Microsoft word produces evil html and style sheets as well.

Given enough time a script could be produced to do something useful with any site. Its the enough time thing thats the problem.

I have been working on doing a good job at transforming comics, for the last couple of weeks.