Discussion Automatic Qidian E-book maker (EPUB)

Discussion in 'Novel General' started by infinity, May 23, 2018.

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Do you think this is legal?

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  2. No

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  1. SomeDude

    SomeDude Well-Known Member

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    the script itself is legal as a tool for private use, but taking and sharing a copyrighted content without permission (license) or not in fair use to public is illegal.
     
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  2. Jeebus

    Jeebus Well-Known Member

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    Just toss it up on github or something. Even if it violates webnovel.com's terms, the code itself shouldn't be illegal as far as I know.
     
  3. MagnificentPako

    MagnificentPako Active Member

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    Nice job! I've written something like this some time ago too. Not sure if mine even works anymore.

    GitHub username is MagnificentPako. The repo is called RoyalNim.

    (dammit. Wasn't active until now so I can't post links)
     
  4. Aldnonymous

    Aldnonymous Male Member

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    It's illegal, but why would you care anyway?
     
  5. aiya03

    aiya03 Well-Known Member

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    w0w! (✪ω✪) I really envy people who can do this kind of features/app. I'm not a tech savy so it's really amazing for me. Internet is bad here so I want to be able to save offline copies of novels I like. If you won't be able to share it in public, please can you message me the links? (≧∇≦)/
     
  6. Eternal Emperor

    Eternal Emperor SelfAware-PieceOfShit

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    Would you be able to share me the links too?
    Please, pretty please!
    :aww::aww::aww::aww::aww:
     
  7. infinity

    infinity Well-Known Member

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    I have shared them in DMs to those who asked.
     
  8. MagnificentPako

    MagnificentPako Active Member

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    Mind sharing it with me too? Would like to see how you approached it.
     
  9. amit34521

    amit34521 Well-Known Member

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    I also want the copy please
     
  10. Readylan

    Readylan Active Member

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    I want a copy too please
     
  11. El_Dominicano

    El_Dominicano Active Member

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    I'd like a copy as well please
     
  12. Hamza

    Hamza Well-Known Member

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    I don't think it is illegal... If it is... then what about asia novel? or other e book websites?
     
  13. Bright_Lucky_Star

    Bright_Lucky_Star [Previously Known as OrdinaryUser] The Blessed One

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    Time to mining some nuffies :blobpopcorn_cool:
     
  14. Wujigege

    Wujigege *Christian*SIMP*Comedian

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    Doesn't Qidian already have offline reading?
    What is the difference?
     
  15. GodBrandy

    GodBrandy ❮Evil Shitposter❯

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    They can be cool kids by not visiting the site.
     
  16. TooLazyToThink

    TooLazyToThink Well-Known Member

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    Share it now so that I can use again my kindle paperwhite. It's been useless since I got too lazy to convert webnovels into ebooks.

    edit:

    WebToEpub browser extension still works
     
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  17. Rexxxxx

    Rexxxxx Well-Known Member

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    Can I have it? I practically don't read qidian novel but I'm interested on seeing how is.
     
  18. yudilee

    yudilee Active Member

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    You can try search site-to-epub in github. That is script to generate epub from novel source. The output is good and the novel source is quite a lot
     
  19. joey183

    joey183 The Mysterious Entity

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    Same here. I want the links too. @infinity Please PM me the links!!

    I like epub format more since the scrolling function in webnovel is so irritating. Plus the audio playback doesn't even allow you to listen and read the text at the same time. So frustrating.
     
  20. LaDyViL

    LaDyViL New Member Staff Member

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    Locked for necro.
     
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