save-as-ebook

Save a web page/selection as an eBook (.epub format) - a Chrome/Firefox/Opera Web Extension

How to install it

From Chrome Web Store

or manually (tested on v. 52.0.2743.116)

1. Navigate to chrome://extensions/
2. Load unpacked extension ...
3. Select the extension's directory

From Firefox Add-ons

or manually (tested on v. 50.0a2)

1. Navigate to about:debugging
2. Load temporary add-on ...
3. Select the extension's directory

Opera (tested on v. 39.0.2256.48)

1. Navigate to opera:extensions
2. Load unpacked extension ...
3. Select the extension's directory

Convert .epub to .mobi

sudo apt-get install calibre
ebook-convert "book.epub" "book.mobi"

Added in v1.2.1

• support for hr/br html tags

Added in v1.2

• BETA: Support for CSS
• BETA: Create / edit custom Styles
• No errors from EPUB Validator (http://validator.idpf.org/) + this should fix the Google Play upload issue

Added in v1.1

• Chapter Editor: option to save changes
• Chapter Editor: option to remove all chapters
• persist Chapter Editor changes & chapters after generating an eBook or after a browser restart

To-Do

• make the Custom Style Editor more user friendly
• support backup / restore for Custom Styles
• DONE fix all 'epubcheck' errors (https://github.com/IDPF/epubcheck)
• clean & optimize code
• create tests
• support other formats (mobi, pdf etc.)
• show confirmations (ui/ux)
• display errors (ui/ux)
• DONE support custom style
• add 'remove from ebook' right click menu action

Credits

• http://ebooks.stackexchange.com/questions/1183/what-is-the-minimum-required-content-for-a-valid-epub
• https://github.com/blowsie/Pure-JavaScript-HTML5-Parser
• https://stuk.github.io/jszip/
• http://johnny.github.io/jquery-sortable/
• https://github.com/eligrey/FileSaver.js/
• https://www.iconfinder.com/icons/753890/book_books_education_library_study_icon#size=128