So I know a lot of people rec'd this.  I have to say I could barely put it down.  I really enjoyed it. To the point I stayed up until 12:45 am reading it.  When I have to get up at 6. 

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Legacy - A gift; sometimes unknowingly bestowed. Bella met Edward in a London pub, never imagining where each would be 7 years later: he a Congressman fueled by ever-growing political ambition, she the woman with an explosive secret that can end all his dreams. But Bella might soon find that revenge isn't all it's cracked up to be, and that Edward may harbor his own dark secrets.
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Romance/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 43 - Words: 226,219 - Reviews: 13936 - Favs: 3,453 - Follows: 4,351 - Updated: 8-9-13 - Published: 3-4-13 - Bella · Edward - Complete

Now onto High Fidelity by IReen H.....

I recently added fanficDL to my calibre and started using it after someone on this thread told me about it.  It is amazing that it comes up with how many words are in each fic. But, my problem is that I really liked how FLAG would pull the book cover art that the author had loaded up. Is there a way to get fanficDL in Calibre to pull down that art too?  Instead of having the ugly brown book cover? I did see the cover generator but, that just makes a white page with books on it and the name & author on it.

TIA

I recently added fanficDL to my calibre and started using it after someone on this thread told me about it.  It is amazing that it comes up with how many words are in each fic. But, my problem is that I really liked how FLAG would pull the book cover art that the author had loaded up. Is there a way to get fanficDL in Calibre to pull down that art too?  Instead of having the ugly brown book cover? I did see the cover generator but, that just makes a white page with books on it and the name & author on it.

TIA

You can always download the cover art separately - if the author has one on fanfiction or a banner - and then update the metadata of the story in calibre with that file as a for the cover.  When I look for cover art I always check the author's bio or do a google images search.  It is more work, but gets you nicer covers.

With this discussion of pdfs, I was wondering why most of new files posted on here are pdf, it doesn't convert well (or at least not the nicest to epub), and it has previously been mentioned that epub is the smallest file size and I know we worried about server space.  To me it seems like epub converts to other formats well, but I may be biased because I used epubs.  Do the majority of users use pdfs?

I like pdfs.  I read on my ipad and I like that format the best.

With this discussion of pdfs, I was wondering why most of new files posted on here are pdf, it doesn't convert well (or at least not the nicest to epub), and it has previously been mentioned that epub is the smallest file size and I know we worried about server space.  To me it seems like epub converts to other formats well, but I may be biased because I use epubs.  Do the majority of users use pdfs?

I think a part of the reason why a majority of fics, particularly the older fics, are in pdf format is because most readers were reading them straight from the websites before e-readers and smartphones (and other formats like epub and mobi) became so popular.  So, pdf format was the easiest and most accessible way to read on the computer until the last few years with the growing popularity of e-readers, tablets, and apps on smartphones.

I've been reading fan fiction since I was a kid starting with Jane Austen, Dr. Who, and Star Wars fics, and back then I would copy and paste from the website (not ff.net) onto a Word document .  Years later, my cousin showed me how to take the word documents and convert them to pdf for easier reading on my computer.  I didn't start using flagfic until mid-2009 when the site started updating more frequently what sites you could download a fic  from and then, gradually starting including more file formats.

Fanficdownloader is a curse and a savior for downloading fics.  A curse because you end up downloading more fics than you could ever read in your lifetime, and a blessing because you do have a variety of stories to pick from.  Unfortunately, Calibre can act up a bit once in a while, but that can usually be fixed by closing out and re-opening or making sure you updated. 

modified to add that since I'm on the go a lot and reading off my phone or tablet, I like epubs and mobis the best. 

I read fanfic on my laptop and prefer PDFs. I like to add notes and edit them as I read. I often get RL books in epub for its size and convert them later, but I don't like those PDFs as much. They're often harder to read.

Good to know that epub to pdf doesn't convert the best either (for your ebooks you could download a computer based epub reading software.
I am just pondering things

I think a part of the reason why a majority of fics, particularly the older fics, are in pdf format is because most readers were reading them straight from the websites before e-readers and smartphones (and other formats like epub and mobi) became so popular.  So, pdf format was the easiest and most accessible way to read on the computer until the last few years with the growing popularity of e-readers, tablets, and apps on smartphones.

I totally understand why all of the old fics are pdf, I even copy and pasted some stories myself to word and then pdf, I was just wondering about the stories that have recently been pulled and uploaded here

So I know a lot of people rec'd this.  I have to say I could barely put it down.  I really enjoyed it. To the point I stayed up until 12:45 am reading it.  When I have to get up at 6. 

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Legacy - A gift; sometimes unknowingly bestowed. Bella met Edward in a London pub, never imagining where each would be 7 years later: he a Congressman fueled by ever-growing political ambition, she the woman with an explosive secret that can end all his dreams. But Bella might soon find that revenge isn't all it's cracked up to be, and that Edward may harbor his own dark secrets.
Twilight - Rated: M - English - Romance/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 43 - Words: 226,219 - Reviews: 13936 - Favs: 3,453 - Follows: 4,351 - Updated: 8-9-13 - Published: 3-4-13 - Bella · Edward - Complete

Now onto High Fidelity by IReen H.....

Just finished it myself. I read it and loved it too. Thanks for all those reccing it. It was so nice to finally read a story that deserved all the reviews it received! With all of its drama and romance, I don't think I would have fared that well while reading it as a WIP. I'm looking forward to its outtakes once they're posted. Even though the story is over and ended wonderfully, I want more!


I was going to start on the DTE contest entries, but there are so many! Did anyone have any favorites they'd like to rec?

Good to know that epub to pdf doesn't convert the best either (for your ebooks you could download a computer based epub reading software.
I am just pondering things

I totally understand why all of the old fics are pdf, I even copy and pasted some stories myself to word and then pdf, I was just wondering about the stories that have recently been pulled and uploaded here

I think the other thing is that PDFs are pretty universally readable. When you are talking about people from different countries with various access to programs.  Though Calibre is probably available everywhere now, PDF readers have been around a lot longer

I think the other thing is that PDFs are pretty universally readable. When you are talking about people from different countries with various access to programs.  Though Calibre is probably available everywhere now, PDF readers have been around a lot longer

I think a part of the reason why a majority of fics, particularly the older fics, are in pdf format is because most readers were reading them straight from the websites before e-readers and smartphones (and other formats like epub and mobi) became so popular.  So, pdf format was the easiest and most accessible way to read on the computer until the last few years with the growing popularity of e-readers, tablets, and apps on smartphones.

I've been reading fan fiction since I was a kid starting with Jane Austen, Dr. Who, and Star Wars fics, and back then I would copy and paste from the website (not ff.net) onto a Word document .  Years later, my cousin showed me how to take the word documents and convert them to pdf for easier reading on my computer.  I didn't start using flagfic until mid-2009 when the site started updating more frequently what sites you could download a fic  from and then, gradually starting including more file formats.

Fanficdownloader is a curse and a savior for downloading fics.  A curse because you end up downloading more fics than you could ever read in your lifetime, and a blessing because you do have a variety of stories to pick from.  Unfortunately, Calibre can act up a bit once in a while, but that can usually be fixed by closing out and re-opening or making sure you updated. 

modified to add that since I'm on the go a lot and reading off my phone or tablet, I like epubs and mobis the best. 

I read fanfic on my laptop and prefer PDFs. I like to add notes and edit them as I read. I often get RL books in epub for its size and convert them later, but I don't like those PDFs as much. They're often harder to read.

Give me PDF's anytime. all my hardware is Apple and though epubs reads fine on iBooks, I use Kindle for ipad for most of my fanfiction and as such PDF's or mobi read better. But when it comes to reading stuff on my laptop then PDFs are the all round best option.

 
So much talk about The Cullen Legacy... I guess I'm going to have to add it to my TBR list!     Can't wait to hear what you think about High Fidelity!  I've got that one on my list to read soon too.   

Just finished it myself. I read it and loved it too. Thanks for all those reccing it. It was so nice to finally read a story that deserved all the reviews it received! With all of its drama and romance, I don't think I would have fared that well while reading it as a WIP. I'm looking forward to its outtakes once they're posted. Even though the story is over and ended wonderfully, I want more!

I'm still making my way down Pattyrose's back catalogue...may get to Cullen by the weekend if I so less typing on here and more reading on my device! 

You can always download the cover art separately - if the author has one on fanfiction or a banner - and then update the metadata of the story in calibre with that file as a for the cover.  When I look for cover art I always check the author's bio or do a google images search.  It is more work, but gets you nicer covers.

You are a genius! I didn't even think of doing that! And I hate the damn 'brown covers'..