In article <1igxv6t.jt9fk25t6bndN%danspam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Daniel Cohen
<danspam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> gtr <xxx@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > On 2008-05-13 14:29:58 -0700, Heli <haiheli.pip@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> >
> > > Which app can you recommend for collecting notes and quotes from
books,
> > > with the intention to write your own book? It should have
search/find
> > > facilities and be able to make its own layout.
> >
> > It's one of the places the Mac really ****nes: My favorites in this
regard:
> > Scrivener
> > Avenir
>
> Avenir is now StoryMill, from Mariner Software.
>
> > Jer's Novel Writer
> >
> > The following might well be good for you, but it really depends on the
> > way you right and the way you snatch and stash external material for
> > organizing:
> >
> > DevonThink
> > Journler
> > MacJournal
>
> I'm just trying Scrivener, and for your purposes I think it is
> excellent. It isn't aimed for page layout, though. It's intending for
> writing (including research) and then sending the material to another
> program for final tidying.
>
> For just collecting things for occasionalreference, but not for writing
> a book/article/screenplay, perhaps DevonThink.
>
> Circus Ponies seemed excellent, but too complicated.
>
> Most of the programs have a thirty-day trial, so you should probably
> look at several.
Avenir still exists too. And it seems to be the same as StoryMill.
However, it is more suited for people writing novels. It is my
intention to write a literary cookery book, so I'll be collecting lots
of quotes from other books and inserting recipes. I need to see many
notes at the same time, write something about/with those in book form.
So far Scrivener, DevonThinkPersonal, and NoteBook seem to have the
best qualities. I am trying them out.
What programme would you use for final tidying?
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