How to Write a Book

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sherdil2022 · 17h ago

I know this was done in 2015-2016 or so - and I do appreciate and respect all the effort that went in.

Just wondering if it could have been done all electronic - without printing paper drafts and so on - but printing only when necessary and finalized.

williamsss · 17h ago

I found this article while doing a write up about why I created my own personal knowledge management (PKM) tooling. While my preference for record keeping is digital, it still has valuable take aways. Besides search functionality, with NLP/AI there are steep arguments for making the digital shift more than ever for those who haven't.

Here's an article about how I created my PKM here https://amberwilliams.io/blogs/the-last-note-system the "why" part I'm hoping to publish later this week.

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How to Write a Book

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