Best way to keep up with FiMfic - my approach

I can't just sit at a computer and read - I have to grab my pony fic time when I can; waiting for a bit of lab equipment to cycle, during tea breaks, while eating breakfast and so on. This means I need a good mobile solution that's easy to update and works offline (mobile bandwidth is poor where I live).

You need:
1x smart phone or tablet
1x copy of the 'Pocket' app (free) on the phone and/ or your desk computer (it's a Firefox addon)

What it does: saves a text only version of the story chapter to the 'Pocket' app for offline viewing.

The real benefit comes with the ease of updating: receive an email from FiMfic? Just follow the link and 'Save to Pocket'. Follow a link from EqD or through FiMfic itself? Open each of the story chapters in a new tab, then run along the tabs and hit each 'Save to Pocket' icon. It's quicker to do than for me to type that sentence. All the synchronisation is handled in the background; if you have a phone and a tablet, put Pocket on both and when you read a chapter on one it updates the other as well.

Anyone else do anything similar (or better!)?

Comments

[Ktooosiek]

Best way to fimfic - wait until you've done your duties and read at home.
Read at fanfiction.net and use its Android app to update. (pocket strangely doesn't work for me)
Download Coolreader for Android and read completed stories.
That is all.

[Luna-tic Scientist]

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"Ask me for anything but time." I used to read a lot at home, but my new hobby seems to have eaten all of that, so it's read on the run for me.

Using 'Moon Reader' for completed stuff, I'll have to give 'cool reader' a go. I've just migrated from iOS, and am still missing 'Stanza'.

[Steel Hoof]

This is a good method. Thanks for sharing!

[Bad Horse]

Why not just download the entire story as HTML or epub from its story page?

[Luna-tic Scientist]

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For multiple chapters, yes, that is the best way. For single chapters and one-shots I find Pocket is faster (less 'clicks', and I don't have to go hunting for the file amid the rest of the detritus in my phone). I also use it for news reports and blogs; this way everything I'm reading is in one place.