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Zinepal

Zinepal creates eBooks in the PDF, ePub, Kindle and Mobipocket formats. It's one of the easiest ways to make eBooks and printable PDFs from existing web content in order to reach additional audiences and offer readers more choices. It's very easy to use - I simply provided it with my URL, it listed the blog posts and I chose the ones that I wanted to include. It then created the magazine for me. Nice and simple, quick and easy.

Issuu

says of itself: "Millions of avid readers come to Issuu every day to read free publications, created by enthusiastic publishers from all over the globe. Issuu’s publishers include the biggest names in fashion, lifestyle, art, sports and global affairs. Many more are people just like you."  What that means in practice is that you can upload your own content, edit it with one of their templates and let other people read it. Great if you want to encourage children to learn about reading and journalism, or if you want to encourage people to read your stuff. 

ReadOnce

Draft. Write Better.

Using Draft.in which is  a collaboration tool for writing. You can draft what you want to say and share it with other people to get their input and feedback. When you share your document using Draft, any changes your collaborator makes are on their own copy of the document, and you get to accept or ignore each individual change they make. You can import your documents from cloud services like Dropbox, Evernote, Box, Google Drive.

This looks like a really nice tool, and great for collaborative writing in that you can see the changes that someone has made without them over writing what you'd originally put.

Wallwisher becomes Padlet

This is a bit of a shame and it's going to take me ages to get my head around it, but Wallwisher has changed its name to Padlet, which is far less memorable.  This is explained on the site thus: "For many reasons. First, the future of computing is in tablets. So - Padlet denotes the simplicity of a notepad in your pocket in the era of tablets. It is also the portmanteau of paper + wood + tablet (the stone ones), our rightful ancestors." Yes, makes sense, I can see that, but it's going to be a hard call to remember it. However, all wallwisher links will still work and if you go to the wrong place you'll be redirected.

Meanwhile, they've added in a new piece of functionality, which is a stream theme. Rather than putting content all over the shop, you can set you wall up so that material is presented chronologically, which I think is a good idea.

inklewriter creates branched stories

via www.inklestudios.com

This is a tool that will appeal to people who work with children who are writing stories, as it gives you the opportunity to create branched stories. You may remember the fantasy based books that were around in the 70s and 80s where you could make a choice and would flip to an appropriate page. This is the same sort of thing. It looked like a lot of fun.

Of course, it could also be used for trouble shooting, providing basic training and so on - or even as a guide around a library!

Free Online Grammar Checker

As the website at Grammarcheck says of itself: "A grammar check tool can come in handy for anyone. Like many, you probably learned many of the grammar rules all throughout your school years. Also, like many, you’ve likely forgotten much of what you learned. Where does the comma go, for instance? Is ending your sentences with a proposition really that bad a practice? Are there hard and fast rules for when to use who, that or which? All of these questions, as well as many more, can plague both amateur and professional writers. Doing a grammar and spell check, all online, helps to settle these questions and give you more confidence in your writing."

It's a basic cut and paste job - write what you want to check, paste it in and it'll do the rest for you. I tried it with both British and American grammar and spelling, and it coped just fine.

Clip and post resources

Just want to quickly share some text between computers without fuss? There used to be a great resource for this called Cl1p.net, but it has closed its doors. However, there are a number of other resources out there that do the same thing. They allow you to create URLs either that you create, or with an address they can provide and you can simply cut and paste your content to your URL and share it with whoever you want. Then you can either delete or forget about the page until next time.

So, take a look at these:

Clipbord It says of itself:  "Instantly make a page to share notes and related files. Copy and paste information between different computers. Make longer Twitter messages. Showcase a resume, portfolio or brochure. Send invitations, anouncements, events info, surveys, instructions and more!" Although this is a free service you do have to register to make use of it.

Kl1p It says of itself: "Sharing text or code over internet now made easier and faster than ever before! Kl1p is an online notepad which allows you to store any type of text whether plain or rich or even programming codes. Copy and paste texts between computers without any limitation. Save and rename your Kl1ps. No Signup required! Free of Charge!!" This is very similar to the original Cl1p.net in function and performance.

Short Text Simply add in the text that you want to share, allow comments if preferred, add links to video, limited to 30,000 characters. Nice and simple.

WePaste About as simple as they come. Create a URL, add content, set a password if wished, activate links and you're good to go. The default is that the page destructs in a month, but you can keep it longer if you wish.

Online Notes Services

Notes.io is a web-based application for taking notes. You can take your notes and share with others by providing the shorten url to a friend.Fast: Notes.io is built for speed and performance. You can take notes quickly and browse your archive.Easy: Notes.io doesn’t require installation. Just write and share shorten link!Short: Notes.io’s url just 8 character. You’ll get shorten link of your note when you want to share. (Ex: notes.io/q)

via www.notes.io

A nice and simple resource that does the job it is supposed to. Of course, you could always simply write them an email, but where's the fun in that?

Pen

Simple Online Publishing. Create text pages quickly and easily, and share them with the world via a unique url. Suggested uses:

Create an online Resume

Share the Lyrics of your favorite song

Post your undiscovered gem of a short story

Challenge String theory with a debate on Particle Physics

Share a poem

Publish an ebook

Share the Details your upcoming event

Design an about me page

Share a snippet of code with the open source community

Write an anonymous letter to the world

Share your screenplay

Brainstorm your next killer project

Respond to a tweet using more than 140 characters

Create a public list of resolutions and hold yourself accountable

Design a tutorial on how to use Pen

Have an anonymous bitch on why the x is so x

Create a backup of your blog post thats had the Digg effect

Signup for a page and leave it as the default (squat)

Complain about why Techcrunch got it wrong

Fill a page with Lorem Ipsum for the hell of it

Share the Meaning of Life with humanity

Share lecture notes with your class