I'm a PhD student and a typical day involves downloading and reading through lots of journal articles and eBooks. I store these locally on a MacBook. I am looking for something akin to the native Finder app, but which offers separate columns for "Author", "Title", "Year" and so on, as well as tags (very important). I have dabbled with Papers2 and Endnote, and a couple of "Finder"alternatives, but these either (A) duplicate the PDF files and save them elsewhere, or (B) don't offer the author/title/year etc. columns. Is there anything that will do what I'm looking for?
posted by FuckingAwesome
on May 1, 2013 -
19 answers
What audio ebook should I download for this long car ride with my bookish 10 year old, me, and my literate adult friend?
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posted by latkes
on Mar 25, 2013 -
28 answers
I would like to read some non-linear books. Could you recommend titles and authors to me?
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posted by tnygard
on Dec 13, 2012 -
28 answers
I need help with a book suggestion! All my particulars found within, within, within..
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posted by kbanas
on Sep 3, 2012 -
3 answers
I have never read Chaucer's
Canterbury Tales, but I would like to. Please recommend to me your ideas for the best way to approach this. Web, Kindle or iOS friendly methods welcome.
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posted by Doleful Creature
on Oct 21, 2011 -
15 answers
Is it actually possible or enjoyable to read
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell as an ebook?
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posted by cabingirl
on Oct 1, 2011 -
13 answers
Can you recommend any books in translation I might want to read that are public domain?
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posted by calico
on Mar 17, 2011 -
7 answers
I need to have about 20 novels scanned, OCRed and professionally proofed for conversion to ebooks. Destructive scanning is acceptable. Have you had recent experiences with a company that provides such a service? What did it cost, and how was their proofing?
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posted by mumkin
on Sep 30, 2010 -
6 answers
I like e-books, but miss the physical object, collecting and displaying. For my ebooks, what could I cheaply and easily make to stand in as a book on the shelf, to physically browse through my collection?
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posted by stbalbach
on Apr 12, 2010 -
14 answers
How do you like your kindle? Knowing what you know now, would you buy it again? How can I make a kindle/ebook experience better?
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posted by cgg
on Feb 24, 2010 -
29 answers
What are some great books - especially shorter ones - that are available on Project Gutenberg?
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posted by jbickers
on Feb 16, 2010 -
18 answers
I have a web site. I want to write a book based on the topic. I have publishers/agents asking to talk to me, but I don't know if I'm ready. For one thing, I'm not convinced traditional publication is best — I'm intrigued by self-publishing and e-books. I'm looking for general advice: What are the pros and cons of each method? It seems that unless I'm lucky, traditional publishing offers the lowest dollar return. But are there other, intangible benefits I'm missing? Exposure? Having somebody who knows what they're doing guide me along? And how do I approach a discussion with agents/publishers so as to get the best deal?
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posted by jdroth
on Jan 7, 2008 -
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