diff --git a/app.yaml b/app.yaml
index fc1d1eb..852b064 100644
--- a/app.yaml
+++ b/app.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
# ffd-retief-hrd fanfictiondownloader
application: fanfictiondownloader
-version: 4-1-0
+version: 4-1-1
runtime: python27
api_version: 1
threadsafe: true
diff --git a/defaults.ini b/defaults.ini
index d591fb0..713caff 100644
--- a/defaults.ini
+++ b/defaults.ini
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ extratags: FanFiction
## Primarily for commandline.
#slow_down_sleep_time:0.5
+## output background color--only used by html and epub (and ignored in
+## epub by many readers). Must be hex code, # will be added.
+background_color: ffffff
+
## Each output format has a section that overrides [defaults]
[html]
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/writers/writer_epub.py b/fanficdownloader/writers/writer_epub.py
index ec9b11d..7b3fac2 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/writers/writer_epub.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/writers/writer_epub.py
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ class EpubWriter(BaseStoryWriter):
def __init__(self, config, story):
BaseStoryWriter.__init__(self, config, story)
- self.EPUB_CSS='''body { margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 2%; margin-top: 2%; margin-bottom: 2%; text-align: justify; }
+ self.EPUB_CSS = string.Template('''
+body { margin: 2%;
+ text-align: justify;
+ background-color: #${background_color}; }
pre { font-size: x-small; }
sml { font-size: small; }
h1 { text-align: center; }
@@ -63,7 +66,7 @@ h6 { text-align: center; }
.smcap {font-variant: small-caps;}
.u {text-decoration: underline;}
.bold {font-weight: bold;}
-'''
+''')
self.EPUB_TITLE_PAGE_START = string.Template('''
@@ -376,7 +379,7 @@ h6 { text-align: center; }
del tocncxdom
# write stylesheet.css file.
- outputepub.writestr("OEBPS/stylesheet.css",self.EPUB_CSS)
+ outputepub.writestr("OEBPS/stylesheet.css",self.EPUB_CSS.substitute({"background_color":self.getConfig("background_color")}))
# write title page.
if self.getConfig("titlepage_use_table"):
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/writers/writer_html.py b/fanficdownloader/writers/writer_html.py
index 32d27d6..cec520a 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/writers/writer_html.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/writers/writer_html.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class HTMLWriter(BaseStoryWriter):
${title} by ${author}