I made my own versions of EPUBs (I prefer them over PDFs) for web/light novels I enjoy because I prefer editing as I read. Rather than just copying/pasting the translations and compiling them into a file and leaving it at that (or using automatic scripts), I edit/clean and format them to create higher quality EPUBs. It’s a small way of giving back to the fantastic translation community that puts in much love and effort. I’m especially thankful to the translators who consent to and/or are okay with people making EPUB/PDFs of their works.
The translators/groups are of course free and encouraged to directly host the EPUBs if they like them or are of a mind to. I often make tweaks here and there with the files so they will be updated/changed from time to time. Also, feel free to point out anything that I’ve missed (italics, spelling, grammar, updated translation, etc.) and I’ll try to fix them when I have the time.
I enjoy making these files when I have the time or when I’m not too lazy. I really like tinkering with tables for gaming-based novels. It’s pretty interesting trying to get them to look like their manga counterparts or what you would imagine them to be like.
what is an epub? always see it around, but dont understand what kind of format it is
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Epubs are an open and standard format for E-books/-readers. They’re basically a collection of zipped XHTML files that you can edit like with websites.
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oooh, zipped xhtml file.
i see, thanks for eexplen.
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It should also be mentioned that amazons kindle format, mobi or azw3, are both basically HTML files formated by CSS as well, just closed (not documented) and not as easily edited as ePub. Thats also the reason behind the uncomplicated conversion that calibre offers.
Anyway, good work, ShieldN00b. Just happened across your page. I’m doing something similar, i’m adding chapters to my own ePubs same as you for most of the translations i’m reading online. All too often i lost the ability to re-read a translation after some company or another decided to license it and baka-tsuki and/or the translation blogs took it down. It also offers me the chance to do a bit of formating. Reading in a browser really is quite uncomfortable compared to ebook readers.
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I totally get where you’re coming from. I’m doing it for pretty much the same reason. Formatting epub files has become a fun hobby for me.
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No problem.
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nice to meet ya. I’ll be lurking and collecting your epubs if you don’t mind :3
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thank you for all your High Quality epub through all these years (Overlord for me).
Best wishes to you.
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