Re: RI April 2025

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

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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.