Author

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This app is great for writers who want a blank screen to focus on writing. But I also want to mention the admin. Recently my computer crashed and all my open files went blank including months of writings I had on Author (I know I know I should back them up). I emailed the admins of the app and they immediantly responded and told me how to recover my files. I can't describe how happy I was to find my writings. I recommend this app 10/10.

I love this app. Very intuitive and easy to use after putting in a little time to explore and watch the video. My only quibble is that I do a lot of writing on my iPad when I am out and about. Wish Author worked on iOS.

I have all three of this company's products, Author, Liquid and Reader, and I've watched the developer videos. I can't find a way to get any value out of any of the three. Lots of blank screens to start any task, usually defaulting into one of many "modes"--like, say, map or write, but there are no cues as to how to start, no templates, and overall list of the other modes that are supposed to be accessible, for example bringing in an excerpt from a pdf document and citation. I see positive reviews, but not all that many. This suggests that the very nice and thoughtful developer has a small following, but this product is not at all ready to "cross the chasm" to more mainstream users. By the way I'm not a nube, and if I can't figure this out--and I have tried and tried, I wonder if there are perhaps thousands of people like me who try this and give up. I work in technology research, am a part-time scholar with a doctorate.

The combination of a capable editor, the unique find command, and the Map is a match made in heaven. And the developer responded to a support request in less an hour ON A SUNDAY!

Author is a well-crafted and interesting program! I'm an academic who's been looking for a word processor that can handle shorter pieces. I use Microsoft Word for papers, but I find it a clunky tool for outlining or composing brief essays meant to sharpen my own understanding of a concept. Author has a beatiful interface; easy to use; automatically tracks citations. And its incorporation of Engelbart's thinking makes it immensely promising. Use it in conjunction with Reader! I can't wait to see how both applications develop.

I just used it once then i deleted the app. The pages are neat but inaesthetic. I am really disappointed.

This is a lovely, lovely word processor. I hope the developer continues to explore the possibilities of this format. It is actually quite radical, a true departure from the concept of the word processor, let alone the format. I think it may take people time to take it in, but I hope people make the effort. I want this app to stay. I am an academic writer, and I couldn't have dreamed up a better writing app. It is so lovingly crafted and detailed and elegant. I am so grateful for the work and thought and energy you've put into this beautiful word processor. If you are a writer, you should give this app a try. Good writing and elegance of tools go together.

Author completely removes the dreaded work of organizing and adding citations to a paper. Simply by using its companion app Reader, one can add as many referrences as needed to support an idea or statement with one shortcut and one click. Brilliant!!

I used this app for personal writing and it doesn't even launch. Please fix or get back to me with the solution. I tried deleting and reinstalling the app twice. Still expriencing the same issue.