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Life & fun · August 18, 2016

A Web Extension to save a page or selection as eBook

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

A Web Extension to save a page or selection as eBook launched on August 18, 2016 with 106 votes, #397 of 3,856 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

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In plain words

This web extension lets users save web pages or text selections as eBooks directly from their browser. Available since 2016, it's designed for readers who want to convert online content into eBook format for offline reading. The tool integrates seamlessly into the browser interface, making it straightforward to preserve web content in a portable format.

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