GrinTale
GrinTale is a cloud writing editor built for long-form fiction: chapters, characters, a mind map, and notes in one place, with nothing to install and nothing to save manually.
Key features:
- Tree-structured binder for chapters and folders, with drag and drop
- Corkboard and outliner views for a full overview of the manuscript
- Full character sheets: identity, physical traits, psychology, backstory
- Mind map to connect characters, chapters, and project files
- Word (.docx) import with automatic chapter detection
- Export to PDF, DOCX, and EPUB
- Built-in encyclopedia and dictionary lookup inside the editor
15-day free trial, no credit card required. Available in Italian, English, French, and German.
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Bookdown
Write HTML, PDF, ePub, and Kindle books with R Markdown. The bookdown package is an open-source R package that facilitates writing books and long-form articles/reports with R Markdown. Generate printer-ready books and ebooks from R Markdown documents. A markup language easier to learn than LaTeX, and to write elements such as section headers, lists, quotes, figures, tables, and citations. Multiple choices of output formats: PDF, LaTeX, HTML, EPUB, and Word. Possibility of including dynamic graphics and interactive applications (HTML widgets and Shiny apps). Support a wide range of languages: R, C/C++, Python, Fortran, Julia, Shell scripts, and SQL, etc. LaTeX equations, theorems, and proofs work for all output formats. Can be published to GitHub, bookdown.org, and any web servers. Integrated with the RStudio IDE. One-click publishing to https://bookdown.org.
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Author
Powerful writing tool for outstanding college papers, with integrated Concept Map, Quick Citations, & Export to Augmented Academic PDF.
Integrated Concept Map allows you to map and write in the same workflow. Powerful Views for powerful insights through advanced folding, finding, focus & more. Quick Citations from any book, academic paper or website. Export Augmented University Papers to make reading your work more interactive.
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1Writer
1Writer combines all the basic text editing features you would expect with all the advanced features you will ever need. Use 1Writer to write, research, revise, and share your ideas with maximum efficiency. 1Writer provides a distraction free writing environment. You can create and edit plain text or Markdown files. It does have many features including inline Markdown preview, word count, dark theme, TextExpander support, insert photo, an extra keyboard row, and many more. See the formatted results with inline Markdown preview while you write and a full, rich-text preview when you're done. Pick and choose existing Dropbox or WebDAV folders you want to sync or sync them all. Work offline and your changes will be synced next time you connect to the Internet. It also supports iCloud Drive - start a new document on your Mac and continue editing it in 1Writer, and vice versa. You can send text to 1Writer from Safari and other apps via the Share extension or 1Writer URL scheme.
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