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serynI got a piece of software that works with Calibre, FanFictionDownloader (available from fanfictiondownloader.com and previous versions were vetted by CNET and others as being malware-free). The software is free.
One opens the software, one provides a link to the first chapter of the story. One clicks "check" and it looks up the link and what chapters are available. One selects the chapters desired (it defaults to all) and the desired output format (mobipocket, for Kindle). (The output directory and path to Calibre were part of the configuration.) Then one opens one's email (previously registered with Amazon as an approved sender) and sends an email with just the attached file to one's @free.kindle.com address. Then one turns on one's Kindle and activates the wifi. The converted story appears. If one is wise, one then deletes the sent email from one's email so as not to waste space maintaining several copies.
This software does well with fanfiction.net. I have not attempted to grab anything from The Petulant Poetess nor from Sycophant Hex. Both of those sites require authentication to access some/most of the fics I read, but I'm not sure that's the problem.
Also I am unsure whether I can use this tool to convert multiple saved locally HTML files (grabbing chapter by chapter) into one Kindle book. Because that would solve authentication issues. I wish this was a browser app built in and I wish I could figure out how to set the right-click menu so I can send the file by email using gmail instead of having it launch some weird thing.
One opens the software, one provides a link to the first chapter of the story. One clicks "check" and it looks up the link and what chapters are available. One selects the chapters desired (it defaults to all) and the desired output format (mobipocket, for Kindle). (The output directory and path to Calibre were part of the configuration.) Then one opens one's email (previously registered with Amazon as an approved sender) and sends an email with just the attached file to one's @free.kindle.com address. Then one turns on one's Kindle and activates the wifi. The converted story appears. If one is wise, one then deletes the sent email from one's email so as not to waste space maintaining several copies.
This software does well with fanfiction.net. I have not attempted to grab anything from The Petulant Poetess nor from Sycophant Hex. Both of those sites require authentication to access some/most of the fics I read, but I'm not sure that's the problem.
Also I am unsure whether I can use this tool to convert multiple saved locally HTML files (grabbing chapter by chapter) into one Kindle book. Because that would solve authentication issues. I wish this was a browser app built in and I wish I could figure out how to set the right-click menu so I can send the file by email using gmail instead of having it launch some weird thing.
