Google Docs For A Book Manuscript

This short document tells of the real world advantages of Google docs.

Product Review: Google Docs For A Book Manuscript

And also, I didn’t realize how much overhead – mental overhead – there is in managing files on desktop, home office, and laptops. It’s not just the time saving files, or remembering the thumb drive; it’s not having to think about it. You can sit down at a computer and get useful time even in 15-minute chunks.

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This last book was for Business Expert Press, so they get the credit for my being able to submit just by sharing the document online. What a difference it makes. With my previous two books in 2008 the manuscript submission phase required the day-or-two long hassle of printing out several hundred pages, double spaced; getting all the illustrations together on a CD, along with the Microsoft Word source files; and sending it all by courier.

My conclusion? Simple is good. Using Google Docs means making some compromises with features and formatting that were well worth the trouble for me. And they helped me focus on the words, not the bells and whistles. So the next book I write will also be done in Google Docs.