Questions on d/l'ing and storing fic w/Calibre

[shesgottaread.livejournal.com]

Hi folks!

I'm trying to decide how to organize some of the fic I save from the web. Primarily I use a combination of Calibre w/the fanfic downloader plugin and the Firefox extension Grab My Book these days to save fic. However, I've got a big backlog of stories that I've saved from sites over the past several years, some of  which is no longer available online. 

So, do you combine all parts of a story into one big file and then import it into Calibre? Do you prefer stories by one author to be collected into one e-book or each story stored seperately? And what about several stories that are part of the same universe of a particular author, would you combine those or just assign them as part of a series?

Mostly, I've been combining several stories into one big collection, but have been re-thinking that approach this past week, and thought I'd get input from the group before I go trying to make any significant changes. For instance, I saved chilly_flame's Small Favors universe (Devil Wears Prada featuring the Miranda/Andy 'ship) in one e-book, while other stories she's written are in additional e-books. If it makes a difference, I primarily read these either with Calibre or on my Nook Color.

Thanks in advance for any thoughts and advice you care to share. And thanks for the contributors to this group. I've picked up a couple of good ideas from reading older posts.

Cheers!
--sgr

Comments

[kimberlyfdr.livejournal.com]

Single stories with multiple chapters at AO3 download as one file, but I agree that out-of-order parts in a series can be problematic (Story 2 is a WiP while the one-shot future sequel is done). I've had to take apart a few universes because of that, but then I just convert it out of mobi format into its separate parts, insert the new addition, then put it together again for conversion.

[lazorsaurus.livejournal.com]

EpubMerge on Calibre will now let you create an anthology for these situations. I just tried it on AO3 and it was perfect. I just pasted the series page link and it did the rest!