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How To Download Fanfictions?
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Dear visitors,
Best,
Mandy
Admin/Owner of MSB
P.S.: For more information, please visit slyprentice's website, who lists a number of good sources and tools with regards to fanfiction downloads and conversions!
A couple of days ago, fanfiction.net asked flagfic to "disable FLAG's support for those sites" (ff.net
and fictionpress). That means for those of you who read stories on
their kindles, nooks, or ipads that suddenly things are a lot more
complicated than before. Here are three (and a half) ways to still
download fanfictions to your tablets:
#1) Download Fanfiction Downloader (http://fanfictiondownloader.net/). Make sure to download the latest version, which you'll find on the English (!) website! If you have an older version, you won't be able to download the stories but only the chapter titles! Should that happen, go back to the website and click on "download" on the left hand side. There, you will find the newest version of the program!
#2) This plugin brings to functionality of Fanfiction Downloader to calibre! Download calibre (http://calibre-ebook.com/) and install it! If you previously installed the plugin ("FanFictionDownloaderCalibrePlugin") manually, and it's version 1.0.3 or older, you'll need to uninstall it first. Your preferences will be saved. You will need to download the plugin - you'll do so by opening calibre and clicking on "Preferences" (see screencap 1). Click on "get plugins to enhance calibre" - > "Fanfiction Downloader" -> Install. Now decide where you want the plugin to appear on your userface, many want it to be on their main toolbar. Restart calibre. If the FanFictionDL button doesn't appear (see screencap 2), you may need to go to "Preferences" -> "Toolbar" and add it. Click the FanFictionDL button. A dialog will open prompting you for URL(s) to download. As a convenience, the contents of the clipboard will already be copied in. You can then choose your prefered format (see screencap 3), what you want to happen if you already have a copy of that story, and whether the story metadata (title, author, tags, etc) should be updated if it's not a new story. Once you downloaded the story, click on "Save to Disk" (see screencap 2). The story will be saved in the folder you determined when installing calibre!
#2) This plugin brings to functionality of Fanfiction Downloader to calibre! Download calibre (http://calibre-ebook.com/) and install it! If you previously installed the plugin ("FanFictionDownloaderCalibrePlugin") manually, and it's version 1.0.3 or older, you'll need to uninstall it first. Your preferences will be saved. You will need to download the plugin - you'll do so by opening calibre and clicking on "Preferences" (see screencap 1). Click on "get plugins to enhance calibre" - > "Fanfiction Downloader" -> Install. Now decide where you want the plugin to appear on your userface, many want it to be on their main toolbar. Restart calibre. If the FanFictionDL button doesn't appear (see screencap 2), you may need to go to "Preferences" -> "Toolbar" and add it. Click the FanFictionDL button. A dialog will open prompting you for URL(s) to download. As a convenience, the contents of the clipboard will already be copied in. You can then choose your prefered format (see screencap 3), what you want to happen if you already have a copy of that story, and whether the story metadata (title, author, tags, etc) should be updated if it's not a new story. Once you downloaded the story, click on "Save to Disk" (see screencap 2). The story will be saved in the folder you determined when installing calibre!
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#3) Story Master This program is very similar to flagfic.com but it takes a while until you get your converted story as it is sent to you via email.
#3.5) Some programs out there apparently enable you to still download the fics as pdfs. If you need to have epub or mobi files, simply go to http://www.online-convert.com/ and convert your pdf into the format you need! It might not look nice in the end, but you can read the story anyway. Unfortunately fanfiction.net disabled the copy/paste function but thanks to some of our (amazing!) visitors we can tell you that it still is possible to save the story that way. Chrome users can use Tampermonkey, and Firefox user can use Greasemonkey and RightToClick (this website might also be useful), and those of you who have an android phone shouldn't have problems as well!
#3.5) Some programs out there apparently enable you to still download the fics as pdfs. If you need to have epub or mobi files, simply go to http://www.online-convert.com/ and convert your pdf into the format you need! It might not look nice in the end, but you can read the story anyway. Unfortunately fanfiction.net disabled the copy/paste function but thanks to some of our (amazing!) visitors we can tell you that it still is possible to save the story that way. Chrome users can use Tampermonkey, and Firefox user can use Greasemonkey and RightToClick (this website might also be useful), and those of you who have an android phone shouldn't have problems as well!
Also, check if the author has published their story on another platform
like "Twilighted". Because that website, for example, still allows you to use flagfic!
I hope this will work for many of you. If not, just let us know!
Best,
Mandy
Admin/Owner of MSB
P.S.: For more information, please visit slyprentice's website, who lists a number of good sources and tools with regards to fanfiction downloads and conversions!
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FF has disable the copy and paste feature. You can no longer copy the body of the story at all.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to cut/paste, change the www in the url to m and it will let you. :-D
Deletetheladykt - Wow, woman, that's amazing! Thanks for sharing that knowledge! :)
DeleteThere are several ways to copy and paste any story (even if FF.net disabled it)
DeleteFirst is to use the mobile version of Fanfiction.net on desktop. You have the ability to copy any quote or narration in the story.
Second, there is a secret way to download fan fictions from fanfiction.net.
1. Clicking Ctrl plus U will bring up a source page of the story. Scroll down to find the main HTML text.
2. Copy it, then paste it on another fan fic website (Archive of our Own or Wattpad.)
3. Post it then download it using the Archive downloader or FLAG.
4. Congrats for using the secret way of downloading fics from fanfiction.net! :D
Thanks for this post, it's really useful! Two things, though: I think fictionpad it's a good site and has no problem with flagfic. The two sites that banned flagfic are fanfiction.net and fictionpress.com. And, as Kni Nut has noted on the previous comment, ff.net also has disabled the opion to copy paste the text. Of course, it can be done if you install an addon on your browser, but it's really annoying
ReplyDeleteThank you for pointing that out! I changed the post according to what you said! It's absolutely horrible that you can't even copy/paste the stories anymore!!! :/
ReplyDeleteQuite a few authors post on other sites like Archive of Our Own (AO3), The Writers' Coffee Shop (TWCS) or FictionPad as mentioned above.
ReplyDeleteIt's well worth looking at these other fic sites to see if the stories your follow on FFN are available there too...
Regarding the missing "highlight text" facility on FFN, there are ways around it...
If you use Firefox, install the Greasemonkey add-on.
Then download a user-script to restore the "highlight text" facility on FFN.
I use Fanfiction.net, make text selectable again, or there's Fanfiction.net AC or this other script (see instructions in the blue box)...
Once installed, there should be no problem. The user-scripts will update as any other Firefox add-on...
Oh thanks!!! I dowloaded the latest version of "Fanfiction Downloader" and it works!!
ReplyDeleteThere are always ways to copy text from a website - it cannot be blocked completely.
ReplyDeleteBut I really hate that this FF copy-paste "protection" makes looking up words in built-in dictionary impossible when I read stories on my iPad. Now, I first of all check other fanfiction websites when I look for stories - non-paranoid sites are so much better.
I also use Fanfiction Downloader, there are no problems with files, nothing is missing.
For Chrome users there is Tampermonkey - an extension analogous to FF's Greasemonkey. The abovementioned scripts work with it just fine.
ReplyDeleteThere are more useful scripts for ff.net on http://userscripts.org/, just search for fanfiction dot net.
If you have a android phone you can easily and free download the app fanfiction reader,where you can download fanfictions... That's what I use..
ReplyDeleteYou can convert the files directly in Calibre:-)
ReplyDeleteAnd another add-on for Firefox to enable RightClick ist "RightToClick"-add on
:-)
Folks,
ReplyDeleteAt least on Chrome at the time of this comment, copying story text is disabled via a CSS style rule. You can disable it on a page by page basis without downloading anything like so:
On the story page, go to Chrome's option menu, select Tools -> Developer Tools. In the "Elements" view, you'll see the HTML markup for the page. Click the magnifying glass icon at the bottom of the panel, and click on the story text. This will select the HTML element containing the story text and move scroll to it in the Elements view. Scroll upwards looking for a div element with attributes role="main" and class="storytextp". Click that element in the Elements view. In the Styles panel, you should see a bunch of CSS rules describing how that element looks. Hover over the -webkit-user-select: none rule and uncheck the checkbox that appears next to it.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for this very useful post! Just wondering - is it possible to use Story Master to convert a fanfic to pdf where flagfic.com is unable? Also, around how long does it usually take for the converted story to get emailed? Thanks :)
ReplyDeleteStory Master is wonderful! I sent the request for a fanfiction to be converted to pdf yesterday and received the converted story via email today! :D
Deletethere is another site that's really easy to use it's http://ficsave.com/
ReplyDeleteThe supported sites are-FanFiction.net, FictionPress.com, Adult-Fanfiction.org I use it for my kindle at least a couple times a week.
Late comment I know but if you want to save fanfics to an iPad, download an app called Goodreader. You can then copy the URL and save whatever you like into the app. It accepts PDF, Mobi and HTML formats and maybe more. Check it out!
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