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Manage Your E-Book Collection, E-News and Magazines with Calibre
User feedback seems to suggest that most folks are very happy with the application. The user interface offers a Cover-Flow for browsing book jackets, and appears to be well thought out.
Spin it for writers…
For a writer the Calibre could be a fantastic research organizer. Let’s say for example you’re writing a book on the latest economic crisis, and you’re sourcing from at least ten books. Calibre allows you to leave comments and tags for each book in your library. After you read the book on your e-reader, access Calibre on your computer and input your notes regarding the info you are sourcing, the page numbers, etc. When you later compile your bibliography, refer to the data you entered on each book. If you’re sourcing from e-newspaper articles and RSS feeds - no problem - Calibre allows you to store information on these formats as well.
Be sure to pay homage to the karma gods and donate a few bucks if you decide to make Calibre your application of choice for managing your electronic reading content. Remember, the more money donated, the more development occurs and the more development, the better the product. So eventually your donation will come back around to benefit you - as "good" karma often does.
Source: jkontherun
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LitCentral Founders Attend SID 2008 Conference
The Society for Information Display (SID) 2008 Conference was hosted at the Los Angeles Convention Center this year, and LitCentral was there to check out the latest in display technology.
What does SID mean for writers?
SID is a collective gathering of companies around the world dedicated to improving the way information is displayed. Yes, that would include kiosk displays, cell phones, TVs, 3D and 4D graphics, etc. but it also comprises e-readers, e-books, Tablet PCs and flexible displays. The latter are technologies LitCentral is interested in with regard to the marketing, reading and analyzing of screenplays and manuscripts.
In a perfect world every writer who ever wrote anything would at least get the chance to be read…to be considered. There are over 100,000 screenplays submitted to the entertainment industry annually, and manuscripts are at least 10 x that amount for the publishing industry. Execs are inundated, and because most are still using antiquated methods to read and analyze submissions there are less and less new writers that make it through the pipeline.
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