Is it worth the money? Anyone ever use it before? Thoughts? What does it do that normal word processing software does not?
Bookshelf Battle
The only site where new bestsellers are forced to do battle for space on a nerd's bookshelf.
Is it worth the money? Anyone ever use it before? Thoughts? What does it do that normal word processing software does not?
Bookshelf Battle 
Hi there! Yes and no. I have it, and it’s pretty cheap to buy. Do I use it much? Not really. I have used it for converting ebooks. Friends rave about it. I keep trying to transition across but I’m a creature of habit so I’m still Word-ing it.
I didn’t know it could convert into ebooks, but that sounds like another good reason to check it out.
It works for me, I like the clipboard for photos etc. I also compile writing into a .mobi, ebook format so I can see how my stuff would look on Kindle.
Sometimes when you are writing a large document, i.e. a book, it is hard to remember if you said something already. i.e. I was interested in Scrivener because I’m hoping you can leave notes on the side of your book, like “In chapter 1 Fred finds the magical chalice” so that you don’t forget and make him find the chalice in chapter 5, and then you’ve got Fred finding a chalice twice. I don’t know if that makes sense.
Yep, I think you can do that. There’s a sort of post-it note function, plus storyboarding. I’m on holiday at the moment so I cant access my version.
I’m with the above commenter. I’ve used it (haven’t purchased, though) and I find it hard to get into. It’s to systematic for my tastes. I know the ins and outs of Microsoft Word, and it does everything I need it to do – so I’m a loyalist in that regard.
I have friends, though – fellow writers – who swear by this friggin’ thing. No idea why. Mostly the organizational aspect of it, I think. Which is funnily why I want nothing to do with it.
I have not used it but have heard a few people swear by it.