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Ask HN:Is there service to create books[pdf] from web pages?

4 points by umen ↗ HN
im looking for service that let me create pdf out of selectable web pages with some basic editing capabilities. so i could read it later or send me by email is not , is it good startup idea? p.s i dont mean simple html2pdf kind of stuff.

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pietrofmaggi
In the same space there are:

  * Print Friendly (http://www.printfriendly.com/)
    Tayor Norrish was interviewed about his startup experiences with PrintFriendly on
    techzing (http://techzinglive.com/?p=211)
  * Print What You Like (http://www.printwhatyoulike.com/)
  * The new Reader functionality in Safari 5 (no editing here).
BTW, under OSX, from the printer panel you can save your printing as a PDF.
umen
Thanks for the replay but i meant something that will enable me to create my mini magazine king of thing or mini book out of many sources of content on the web
wccrawford
Maybe you should go back and visit that second suggestion again. It does what you asked for.
pietrofmaggi
Do you mean something like Flipboard for the iPad but with a PDF output?