Website to EPUB

Why this page cannot fetch a web address

1. Save the page. In your browser choose File, Save Page As, and pick “Webpage, HTML only” (or “Complete” if you want pictures). Or select the article text and copy it.
2. Add it here. Paste the text or HTML into the box, or drop the saved .html files. Drop the picture files too if you saved the page as “Complete”.
3. Check title and author. They are taken from the page and can be edited.
4. Convert and download. Each page becomes a chapter, with a contents list.

A web page in your browser is not allowed to read another site’s content: browsers block it (the rule is called cross-origin protection), and this site does not fetch pages on a server for you either, because that would mean sending your reading list to a server. So you bring the page to the converter, either as a saved file or as pasted text.

What the cleanup removes and keeps

• Removed: scripts, styles, forms, menus, headers and footers of the site, sidebars, cookie banners, share buttons, comment sections and link lists that look like navigation.
• Kept: the article’s headings, paragraphs, lists, quotes, tables, links and pictures.
• Pictures: a picture is kept when it is embedded in the page (a data: address) or when you also drop the picture file. Web addresses of pictures are not fetched; they are left out and counted.

Several articles in one book

Add as many pages or pasted texts as you like. Each becomes a chapter, in the order listed, and the book has a table of contents. The first article’s title is used for a single-article book; otherwise you name the book.

Only for pages you may keep

Save and convert pages you have the right to keep for personal reading, and respect the site’s terms. A paywalled article that you can read is still not yours to redistribute.