Sending web pages to an e-reader

[sheepstache]

Someone posted about this in the thread about purchasing Kindle books and I thought I'd spin it off. What's everyone's best technique for this?

So far, I use the Instapaper plug-in to save pages then download them directly to my Calibre folder which then hosts them on a virtual server I can download from with my ereader's browser.

Painful, right?!

So what should I do instead?

Also, is there a good way to save an entire website as an ebook? Say, if I want all the entries of a blog? (Yes, I know, ethically I want them to have the ad revenue but I also want to be able to read it on the subway and other areas where I don't have internet.) I know there was a thread where someone made a MMM ebook and posted some code about how he did it that I could probably apply to other sites, but I'm wondering if there's really not a less technical way to do it.

[arebelspy]

Calibre and sync is the best way.

I've tried various tools for the second, but haven't found good ones, most are poor (only include some of the posts, or don't do the full text, or whatever).  Would love to hear suggestions for this.

I typically just send everything to Pocket to read later.

[arebelspy]

Lifehacker posted this today:
http://lifehacker.com/kindlebox-automatically-sends-books-from-dropbox-to-you-1686536163

Seems useful.. send articles to calibre, which can autoformat them and dump them in a dropbox folder, and this program, KindleBox, can send them from there to your Kindle automatically.

That seems fairly automated..

[mskyle]

I use Readability for this. There's a browser plugin or you can install bookmarklets on mobile browsers (more of a pita to set up but no trouble once it's set up). I click the button or bookmarklet and it sends the article straight to my kindle.

[sheepstache]

Ha I was just about to post a "nobody here but us chickens" bump.

I actually literally have a generic ereader, not a kindle. I wonder if it's operating system would support any apps.

[arebelspy]

"Generic" isn't much info to go on.  What's the brand/model?

But yeah, you're probably SOL.  You save on money buying non-mainstream, but then don't get the support big releases do, due to the community that grows around them.

[sheepstache]

I can't say it with a straight face. I'll try. I have a Pandigital Novel.

I was really unsure whether I'd even get used to an ereader, so really I bought the cheapest I could just to test that.  ($30 new, shipping included on ebay if you're wondering.) It's been helpful as I learned what features mattered to me that I wouldn't have expected and vice versa.

And also I thought I couldn't do a Kindle at all because of true blue paranoia about corporate control of the device and DRM, ideals about open-source etc., probably a result of being allowed to read too much science fiction as a child.

So now that I know what I want I was looking into the Kobos. But if you're using a Kindle, I'm assuming Calibre has allowed you to sidestep concerns about the proprietary format and you feel you have control over the device and can put any material you want onto it.

[arebelspy]

So now that I know what I want I was looking into the Kobos. But if you're using a Kindle, I'm assuming Calibre has allowed you to sidestep concerns about the proprietary format and you feel you have control over the device and can put any material you want onto it.

I don't use a Kindle device yet, but I'm planning on getting one soon when we FIRE, for travel.

We have old Sony eReaders, and I mostly read on my phone now (formerly read on my tablet).

But yes, I break DRM on anything I get - I've bought from the Kindle store, and I always convert to a non-DRM format via Calibre.

I would do that with any device though.