FLAG

Jun. 2nd, 2011 06:33 pm
[identity profile] the-other-sandy.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] fanfic_ebooks
Has anyone used the Fanfiction Lightweight Automated Grabber (FLAG)?

How does it compare to Graffer and Fanfiction Downloader in terms of ease of use and the appearance of the finished e-book?

I use Calibre to put .epub files on my Sony PRS-505 if that makes a difference.

Date: 2011-06-03 12:07 am (UTC)
ext_2410: (Aha!)
From: [identity profile] kimberlyfdr.livejournal.com
I'm interested to hear this as well. I've only used Fanfiction Downloader when I need it, but prefer when authors provide ready-made PDFs.

A random question for you, since I use a Sony as well, why do you prefer the .epub format over PDFs? Just curious.

Date: 2011-06-03 01:43 am (UTC)
ext_2410: (Cool)
From: [identity profile] kimberlyfdr.livejournal.com
Cool, thanks for responding :D I just got in the habit of PDF-ing everything I read, so I never explored other formats thoroughly. I should, though.

Date: 2011-06-03 01:51 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] mremre.livejournal.com
Also, PDFs take more 'processing' when displaying on my PRS-505 (aka battery and time). And depending on how the PDF was originally formatted, pages, spaces, paragraphs, font sizes, etc all come out a little bit off. And resizing on the fly is a PAIN.

IMHO epubs make far, far better ebooks. PDF is for when I want a deadtree printout.

Never used FLAG so I have nothing to say there. Is there a compelling reason you are switching to FLAG, like FFDownloader not supporting the archives you use? No need to install new if you don't have to, after all! For my part, I will always reconvert epub in Calibre so my CSS stylesheets kick in, so I don't actually care what the various archives declare to be 'epubs'--I'll fix them when I get them, and a PDF won't let me do that.

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