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   WinterFest 2015 Sale on Writing Tools

   Adam C. Engst

   The Macintosh developer community has long been highly cooperative, and
   nowhere is that more evident than in group efforts like the
   [1]WinterFest sale that has just started. WinterFest focuses on serious
   tools for Mac writers, offering 20'25 percent discounts on powerful
   apps for brainstorming, researching, outlining, writing, and editing.
   It's not a bundle deal, nor are there any gimmicks ' WinterFest is just
   a straightforward holiday sale on essential apps. We're participating
   too, with a 25 percent discount on all Take Control books through the
   end of December.

   [2][tn_WinterFest-2015.jpg]

   The curated collection of 10 apps includes a number that we rely on
   daily or have covered over the years. Every TidBITS article is written
   and edited in [3]BBEdit. [4]DEVONthink Pro Office is a superb tool for
   storing notes and research materials and a key part of Joe Kissell's
   paperless office strategy. Eastgate Systems' [5]Tinderbox helps you
   organize, plan, and map your thoughts, and their [6]Storyspace is the
   latest version of the app in which I wrote my senior honors thesis
   about Hypertextual Fiction at Cornell University in 1989. You can plot
   out the chronology of any story with [7]Aeon Timeline. Smile's
   [8]TextExpander saves you from typing out frequently used words and
   phrases, and Tonya and I both use it heavily. Literature & Latte's
   [9]Scapple helps you record and connect ideas, and their highly
   regarded writing studio [10]Scrivener enables you to turn your research
   and ideas into a manuscript. For working with editors and polishing
   your final draft (plus any imaginable text manipulation), [11]Nisus
   Writer Pro is unparalleled ' it's what we rely on for all Take Control
   books. If references are essential in your writing, check out
   [12]Bookends for help with collecting, annotating, curating, and citing
   published information. And, of course, our [13]Take Control books help
   you better use several of these apps ' with titles about DEVONthink
   Pro, Scrivener, and TextExpander ' and your Mac in general.

   The key to the discount is the WINTERFEST2015 coupon code, but the
   easiest way to take advantage of the discount is to [14]start from the
   main WinterFest page.

   With a few new WinterFest-related apps and books in hand, you'll have
   the tools and training to best convey your ideas to the world.

References

   1. http://artisanalsoftwarefestival.com/
   2. http://tidbits.com/resources/2015-12/WinterFest-2015.png
   3. http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/
   4. http://www.devontechnologies.com/redirect.php?id=product-dtpo
   5. http://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox
   6. http://www.eastgate.com/storyspace/
   7. http://www.scribblecode.com/
   8. https://smilesoftware.com/textexpander
   9. http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scapple.php
  10. http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.php
  11. http://nisus.com/pro/
  12. http://www.sonnysoftware.com/bookends/bookends.html
  13. http://tid.bl.it/winterfest-2015-tc
  14. http://artisanalsoftwarefestival.com/

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