Writer's Bible on ereader?

crich70 · 04-12-2011, 08:10 AM

Has anyone here tried using their ebook device as a Writer's Bible? That is made up a document that will open on their device that contains their notes for a project they are working on. I'd think it would be fairly useful to have such a notebook. While you might not be able to add more notes to it while writing you could at least have the actual notes you wrote up to start with right to hand that way and be certain of being able to read them, something that could be a challenge if (like me) you have bad handwriting. lol.

James_Wilde · 04-12-2011, 08:27 AM

Interesting. I've always thought of ereaders as being for reading books rather than writing them - or rather as a tool to assist in the writing.

I can see advantages - having your good ideas for a novel always to hand, etc - but I can also see a heavy downside. Think if you got a really good idea for the development of plot and only had the crappy keyboard of an ereader to input it with.

I think I'll leave this on my laptop.

tubemonkey · 04-12-2011, 08:45 AM

How about a tablet?

mr ploppy · 04-12-2011, 01:51 PM

If you mean something you can carry around with you to take notes on when you're out, a Pocket PC would fit that purpose quite well. They're pretty cheap on Ebay now too, now that nobody wants them anymore. Or most mobile phones have a dictaphone type function if you don't mind the funny looks when you're describing interesting new ways of killing people.

James_Wilde · 04-12-2011, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by mr ploppy

Or most mobile phones have a dictaphone type function if you don't mind the funny looks when you're describing interesting new ways of killing people.

Good one, Mr Ploppy.

crich70 · 04-12-2011, 09:30 PM

lol. Indeed. Still I have done something else along the same lines as the writer's notebook. I have the 1st draft of a past NaNoWriMo on my Kindle so I can read through it and take notes on what needs to be done for revision.

mr ploppy · 04-13-2011, 06:39 AM

I don't know if a Kindle would be up to the job, their note taking capabilities are pretty limited — good enough for marking typos but not really much else.

04-12-2011, 08:10 AM	#1
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,305 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	Writer's Bible on ereader? Has anyone here tried using their ebook device as a Writer's Bible? That is made up a document that will open on their device that contains their notes for a project they are working on. I'd think it would be fairly useful to have such a notebook. While you might not be able to add more notes to it while writing you could at least have the actual notes you wrote up to start with right to hand that way and be certain of being able to read them, something that could be a challenge if (like me) you have bad handwriting. lol.

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04-12-2011, 08:27 AM	#2
James_Wilde Guru Posts: 802 Karma: 4727110 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Iriver Story	Interesting. I've always thought of ereaders as being for reading books rather than writing them - or rather as a tool to assist in the writing. I can see advantages - having your good ideas for a novel always to hand, etc - but I can also see a heavy downside. Think if you got a really good idea for the development of plot and only had the crappy keyboard of an ereader to input it with. I think I'll leave this on my laptop.

04-12-2011, 08:45 AM	#3
tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 45,477 Karma: 158151390 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show	How about a tablet?

04-12-2011, 01:51 PM	#4
mr ploppy Feral Underclass Posts: 3,622 Karma: 26821535 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Yorkshire, tha noz Device: 2nd hand paperback	If you mean something you can carry around with you to take notes on when you're out, a Pocket PC would fit that purpose quite well. They're pretty cheap on Ebay now too, now that nobody wants them anymore. Or most mobile phones have a dictaphone type function if you don't mind the funny looks when you're describing interesting new ways of killing people.

04-12-2011, 09:30 PM	#6
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,305 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	lol. Indeed. Still I have done something else along the same lines as the writer's notebook. I have the 1st draft of a past NaNoWriMo on my Kindle so I can read through it and take notes on what needs to be done for revision.

04-13-2011, 06:39 AM	#7
mr ploppy Feral Underclass Posts: 3,622 Karma: 26821535 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Yorkshire, tha noz Device: 2nd hand paperback	I don't know if a Kindle would be up to the job, their note taking capabilities are pretty limited — good enough for marking typos but not really much else.

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