How to add an "Export to ebook" feature to a site?

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How to add an "Export to ebook" feature to a site?

How could i add to a blog or site in general a feature that let users export the content to epub format or some other open ebook formats?

It's not a feature that i normally see on most of the site i browse every day (some has export to pdf that is not great as ebook format), do you think it is feasible?

I own an ebook reader and reading saved html to pdf pages is not so good.

I'm searching for a general solution here so i have not specified any specific technology; if you have some sites that offer this feature i would like to try them.

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Calibre (open source software) can download content from a feed (Atom format is supported best), convert it to the appropriate format (most e-readers are supported) and upload it to your e-reader or even transfer it to your Kindle over wireless (using email).

gabr 2010-03-21 10:22:22

+1 for this appropriate workaround; i use calibre since i bought my first ebook reader a couple of years ago but i've never exploited this feature.Do you think that calibre conversion logic could be applied server side to offer an "export to ebook" feature?

systempuntoout 2010-03-21 11:49:39

I have no idea since I never looked into the Calibre source. As it is implemented in the Python it should be possible. After all, you can write a cgi-bin extension that calls Calibre on a localhost feed, stores converted items in some folder and then pipes this file back to the caller.

gabr 2010-03-21 12:57:39

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