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How to save any Google Book as PDF without .NET requirement?

Written on February 23rd, 2009 at 10:34 am by Shunmugha

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We all know that there are ‘N’ number of books in Google books database but few books can only be read and cannot be downloaded:(

One way to download any Google Book as PDF is using Google Downloader but it requires .NET framework for it to work.

Here is a way to do it just with few small software’s.It might look lengthy but it’s simple read on. I will explain in two parts

Note:Mozilla Browser Required

Part1:

Saving Google books as images via Script:

1.Install GreaseMonkey

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748

2.Restart the browser.Install this Script

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/37933

Click on the install option available at top right.

3.Install FlashGot addon and restart the browser.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/220

4.Install ImageConvertplus

http://www.imageconverterplus.com

5.Now visit any Google book page.It will look like this you will find “Download this book” button
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6.Click on it.Wait till it extracts all the image once done a alert message will come wait until that.

7.Now select all the links ,right click and click on FlashGot selection browse and select the location where to save and click OK.

Part 2:

Binding all the Downloaded Google books images as a Single PDF

This is the really tricky part i really found it hard to find a software that does this key reason is the images are saved with Unknown Extension software are mostly available to convert images with known format in to PDF.

1.Open image plus converter ,drag and drop all your saved images in to it.

2.Select PDF option and save as multipage file option

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3.And click “start” button now the pdf will be saved in “Documents and Settings“.

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Save any of your favorite books for free and enjoy.Do comment if it was useful.And give thumbs up in stumble if you liked this post.

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22 Responses to “How to save any Google Book as PDF without .NET requirement?”

Theagarajan

2 years ago

Excellent tip.Hope Google as will block it…..:(

admin

2 years ago

Make the most until google blocks it:)

samuel

2 years ago

ITS WORKING, BUT , ITS DIFFICULT TO DOWNLOAD ALL PNG FILES AT ONCE, NEED TO SAVE EACH FILE , LITTLE DIFFICULT RIGHT? I COULD ONLY SAVE IN HTML WEB PAGE FORMAT AFTER FLASH GOT SELECTIONS, PLEASE ADVICE ME- MAKE MY TASK SIMPLER, THANK U

admin

2 years ago

Samuel select all link and download using flashgot ..image files will be downloaded in some unrecognized format..Then drag ,drop all those files on to image plus converter and compile it into a PDF file..

Reply

no-one Important

2 years ago

well it doen’t work for me at all as there is NO download button coming up on the webpage at all to click

admin

2 years ago

@no-one Important

Its very much working ..I tried even now..See to that the script is enabled..Follow the steps properly it will work..Use only Mozilla..

Reply

Polly

2 years ago

Cool! It works beautifully! Thanks!

admin

2 years ago

Welcome Polly:)

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mando

1 year ago

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/37933 (is broken)

Shunmugha

1 year ago

Its working fine..Here is de direct link

http://userscripts.org/scripts/source/37933.user.js

Reply

suresh2291

1 year ago

hey…, i downloaded image converter plus its asking an activation key
where to get an activation key send me the link pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[email protected]

1 year ago

Hey,

I carried out the steps, but my resulting PDF has the pages in the wrong order and does not seem to contain all the available pages from the book. (The watermark from the free version of ImageConverter Plus is also somewhat annoying).

VICKY

10 months ago

If any wants google book. Please send me Book name or URL of book to this mail id [email protected] or freegooglebook at hotmail.com.
i will send you the book in PDF Format for Free.

David Meek

9 months ago

All works fine until I try to convert in image converter, it produces a .pdf document but it’s only 5kb and is unreadable by adobe. When I look at the error message in image converter at each file it says “Error saving file” (thanks for that!). Any advice on this crucial last step, or perhaps another program that might do the image conversion? Thanks!

Shunmugha

9 months ago

David Meek,

Thanks for the comment.You can use any other software to do the conversion from Image to Pdf.You can give it a google or try this software
Graphics2PDF

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David Meek

9 months ago

Thanks, that kinda works….but not really. G2pdf doesn’t seem to like the .png image file type, so I tried, and can use the original image converter program to convert the .png’s to .jpgs. And I looked at the actual .jpgs, and they look good (I changed the resolution to be an 8 X 11 page), however, when I drag the jpgs into G2pdf and convert to a pdf it comes up as a blank pdf, I can open it, and its the right number of pages, but nothing there. Same happens when I use Adobe pro….any thoughts?

Shunmugha

9 months ago

May we can try with a different tool.This tool JPEG to PDF 3.5 seems to work, i tested it.Drop in your Jpeg images and test it out.Let me know if it worked

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David Meek

9 months ago

Thanks for the reply…still no luck though. Same result. just blank pages It wouldn’t surprise me, except for the fact that I can open up the jpg and they look fine on their own..they are created by image converter…but they’re still jpgs…

Shunmugha

9 months ago

Hmm..May be try this insert all images into word file.From Insert->Picture->From File and select all with (CTRL + A) and insert.Save the file.Now convert word to pdf with software like Cutepdf .It will convert document into PDF.Hope you are aware of it.

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chaitanya

7 months ago

what about for internet explorer users

not simply giving firefox tricks, pls provide for internet explorer users also.

harish

7 months ago

thanks a lot man … saved my time

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August 19th, 2011 at 2:52 pm

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Theagarajan

2 years ago

Excellent tip.Hope Google as will block it…..:(

admin

2 years ago

Make the most until google blocks it:)

samuel

2 years ago

ITS WORKING, BUT , ITS DIFFICULT TO DOWNLOAD ALL PNG FILES AT ONCE, NEED TO SAVE EACH FILE , LITTLE DIFFICULT RIGHT? I COULD ONLY SAVE IN HTML WEB PAGE FORMAT AFTER FLASH GOT SELECTIONS, PLEASE ADVICE ME- MAKE MY TASK SIMPLER, THANK U

no-one Important

2 years ago

well it doen’t work for me at all as there is NO download button coming up on the webpage at all to click

Polly

2 years ago

Cool! It works beautifully! Thanks!

mando

1 year ago

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/37933 (is broken)

suresh2291

1 year ago

hey…, i downloaded image converter plus its asking an activation key
where to get an activation key send me the link pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[email protected]

1 year ago

Hey,

I carried out the steps, but my resulting PDF has the pages in the wrong order and does not seem to contain all the available pages from the book. (The watermark from the free version of ImageConverter Plus is also somewhat annoying).

VICKY

10 months ago

If any wants google book. Please send me Book name or URL of book to this mail id [email protected] or freegooglebook at hotmail.com.
i will send you the book in PDF Format for Free.

David Meek

9 months ago

All works fine until I try to convert in image converter, it produces a .pdf document but it’s only 5kb and is unreadable by adobe. When I look at the error message in image converter at each file it says “Error saving file” (thanks for that!). Any advice on this crucial last step, or perhaps another program that might do the image conversion? Thanks!

David Meek

9 months ago

Thanks, that kinda works….but not really. G2pdf doesn’t seem to like the .png image file type, so I tried, and can use the original image converter program to convert the .png’s to .jpgs. And I looked at the actual .jpgs, and they look good (I changed the resolution to be an 8 X 11 page), however, when I drag the jpgs into G2pdf and convert to a pdf it comes up as a blank pdf, I can open it, and its the right number of pages, but nothing there. Same happens when I use Adobe pro….any thoughts?

David Meek

9 months ago

Thanks for the reply…still no luck though. Same result. just blank pages It wouldn’t surprise me, except for the fact that I can open up the jpg and they look fine on their own..they are created by image converter…but they’re still jpgs…

chaitanya

7 months ago

what about for internet explorer users

not simply giving firefox tricks, pls provide for internet explorer users also.

harish

7 months ago

thanks a lot man … saved my time

Some good eBooks sites « Kindle Nook or Sony Says:
August 19th, 2011 at 2:52 pm
[...] is a trial and after few downloads you’ll have to buy it. And it works on on Windows and Mac. How to save any Google Book as PDF without .NET requirement? 5 Tools to Download any Book from Google and save it as PDF [...]

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