Best Free Program For Writing a Book

At 8/20/2011 6:24:37 PM, FREEDO wrote:

At 8/20/2011 5:08:21 AM, Kinesis wrote:
If you don't want to use Word, try OpenOffice. I've heard that's it's better, and it's free.

http://www.openoffice.org...

Thanks. I'll try this out.

It's a good program FREEDO. I've used it. Though you might run into some problems when sending files to other people's computers. They won't be able to open it with WORD, though it will try. I had multiple problems with this when I used the program to write my resume and send it out in emails. Nobody could open the file. Maybe openoffice has fixed this problem by now though, it was about a year ago.

Either way, good luck! It's a good program.

At 8/23/2011 2:36:01 PM, sadolite wrote:

At 8/20/2011 11:18:50 PM, mattrodstrom wrote:

At 8/20/2011 8:39:57 PM, sadolite wrote:

At 8/20/2011 4:50:50 PM, quarterexchange wrote:

At 8/20/2011 2:55:11 PM, sadolite wrote:

None of the items you listed are "free" Advertisers "pay" for google in the hopes that you will buy a product or service.

The same will probably go for a writing program offered for free

I seriously doubt that he would acknowledge or pay a royalty to someone who provided him with what he wanted should he become a successful writer.

Oh and you acknowledge internet ads when you use Google and Yahoo?

The fact of the matter is that private entities offer various products and services for free to consumers, whether or not they even buy a product. The same goes for whatever free writing program FREEDO happens to find.

Nothing is "free" except to thieves until they get caught. Someone paid for what you "think" you got free. In most cases you did but were to naive to know. Such as luggage tags and lollipops.

I didn't say they were free, I said they were offered for free.

As a matter of fact I do. I do all my shopping for hard goods on line almost exclusively.

All programs are offered for "free" with the expectation of purchase of a full version.

They don't "expect" you to... they hope some people will want to buy the Fuller version given the taste of the service they provided for free.

If he uses the trail version to help him and writes a successful book and doesn't acknowledge or pay a royalty he has no character or morals. It is precisely the attitude that makes intellectual property and the work people put into it worthless. Why does anyone think they should get anything for free? The entitlement culture showing it's true colors.

umm.. why would you pay for something which you can get for free?

Really can't wrap my head around that one :/

Probably for the same reason someone would accept free cell phone minutes from the govt or collect 6 different types of welfare. You were raised to believe that taking stuff for free and doing nothing to earn it is normal. If you are going to use something to make money you should pay for it. That's what is called "old school common sense". I wouldn't expect you to understand that.

I wouldn't accept free govt cell phone minutes or welfare because it (teh moniez) was stolen from other people. If a company gives it to me with their own free will, I would accept.

At 8/20/2011 4:25:15 AM, 000ike wrote:
google is your friend. Anyway, if there's a program you really want that isn't free you can still get it for free through utorrent.com like the rest of the internet world. It slows down the computer though, so use it on a pc that you don't care too much for.

That was a good question. My process of writing began in the old-fashion way, by using a pen and a notebook. The only program I needed was a word processor. Each chapter was a separate file (actually several versions of the same file, one after each big revision). The a file containing the whole book was created and saved in the pdf format. This was sufficient for my publisher.

Ludwik Kowalski (see Wikipedia)
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At 8/23/2011 2:41:56 PM, Ore_Ele wrote:

At 8/23/2011 2:36:01 PM, sadolite wrote:

At 8/20/2011 11:18:50 PM, mattrodstrom wrote:

At 8/20/2011 8:39:57 PM, sadolite wrote:

At 8/20/2011 4:50:50 PM, quarterexchange wrote:

At 8/20/2011 2:55:11 PM, sadolite wrote:

None of the items you listed are "free" Advertisers "pay" for google in the hopes that you will buy a product or service.

The same will probably go for a writing program offered for free

I seriously doubt that he would acknowledge or pay a royalty to someone who provided him with what he wanted should he become a successful writer.

Oh and you acknowledge internet ads when you use Google and Yahoo?

The fact of the matter is that private entities offer various products and services for free to consumers, whether or not they even buy a product. The same goes for whatever free writing program FREEDO happens to find.

Nothing is "free" except to thieves until they get caught. Someone paid for what you "think" you got free. In most cases you did but were to naive to know. Such as luggage tags and lollipops.

I didn't say they were free, I said they were offered for free.

As a matter of fact I do. I do all my shopping for hard goods on line almost exclusively.

All programs are offered for "free" with the expectation of purchase of a full version.

They don't "expect" you to... they hope some people will want to buy the Fuller version given the taste of the service they provided for free.

If he uses the trail version to help him and writes a successful book and doesn't acknowledge or pay a royalty he has no character or morals. It is precisely the attitude that makes intellectual property and the work people put into it worthless. Why does anyone think they should get anything for free? The entitlement culture showing it's true colors.

umm.. why would you pay for something which you can get for free?

Really can't wrap my head around that one :/

Probably for the same reason someone would accept free cell phone minutes from the govt or collect 6 different types of welfare. You were raised to believe that taking stuff for free and doing nothing to earn it is normal. If you are going to use something to make money you should pay for it. That's what is called "old school common sense". I wouldn't expect you to understand that.

Okay, so someone offers a product to me for free online. What do I do? hack into their computer, locate their bank info and force some money into their account?

If the agreed price is to the customer is "free" then why worry about anything more?

"If the agreed price is to the customer is "free" then why worry about anything more?"

Interesting, you use the word "worry" as if some sort of guilt complex is involved. Ain't nothing free in this world except bad advice.

At 8/26/2011 3:18:32 PM, Lionheart wrote:
openoffice.. They won't be able to open it with WORD

you just have to change the end of the file-name to be like a word file..

look at word file names... and copy the ending :/

It's annoying but you can make it work if you spend some time to work it out.

I don't like Microsoft Office Word 2010 and recommend OpenOffice Write instead. Office 2010 uses cryptic "ribbons" instead of conventional menus. It's a natural if you are into hieroglyphics, but I think most people will be more comfortable with OpenOffice. If you are doing mainly plain text, it won't make much difference.

If you are doing elaborate formatting, I recommend QuarkExpress. It's expensive, but it deals successfully with complex layout issues. That's more in line with a magazine or newsletter than a book.