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Please consider turning it on! Remember Me. Work Search: tip: austen words sort:title. Find out what time that is for you. You can join by getting an invitation from our automated invite queue. All fans and fanworks are welcome! This makes sense—a story that is under 10K words is easy to digest on your phone.

But there are a number of reasons someone might want to download a story to their computer, tablet, or e-reader. This could include not having dependable internet access, traveling, or wanting to more easily keep your place in the story.

You can see these options by going to a Work and looking for the Download button at the top right. Upon clicking it, you will see the option to click different buttons for different formats. Note that if you are not logged in, by default you will only download the first chapter of a work.

In order to ensure the Archive remains as accessible as possible, we want to be sure that these options are available for all works. If you wish to have more control over who accesses your works, you can choose to only show your work to registered Archive users refer to How do I control who can access my works?

However, this is not foolproof since users of the Archive can save and share your work with other people even if you've restricted access to the work. Some frequently asked questions about the Archive are answered in other sections of the Archive FAQ , and some common terminology is defined in our Glossary. You may also like to check out our Known Issues. If you need more help, please submit a Support request.

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Follow these instructions to download works: On the work page, there is a "Download" option for the default site skin, it's a button on the top right of the page. Four format options will appear when you select the "Download" option.

If prompted, confirm the download and where you want to save the file. If you're using a mobile device, it may prompt you to select an app with which to open the downloaded file. You can also go to your e-reading app, and open the downloaded file from there. If your mobile device doesn't support direct downloads, you may have to download works onto your computer first, then load them onto your device.