Lost comments: Here we-my editor and I-ran into a really strange bug. I’d write a paragraph, there’s a hiccup, and only a reload-losing some work-would help. On slower connections I occasionally (fortunately rarely enough not to just abort the Docs experiment) lost edits. Lost edits: Google Docs is somewhat susceptible to network connectivity issues. Linearly decreasing performance: The more I wrote and the more people worked with me, the slower Docs became. No matter a former Googler, using Docs was absolutely my preferred choice to write the manuscript of my last book.ĭoing so I believe I’ve maxed out Docs’ capabilities-not in features, but in performance. Google Docsĭocs, which seems to say “documents, spreadsheets, and presentations created with Google Drive” (I struggle naming the Google product) is a great choice for these document types because it’s backed up online and nicely integrated into all of Google. A few thoughts and tips on completing a book using either. Amazon KDP’s HTML format is a technical disgrace, and Amazon needs to fix it. Google Docs is okay to write short books and when making limited use of the comment feature. Published on Decem(↻ May 10, 2023), filed under Web Development and Everything Else ( RSS feed).
On Writing a Book With Google Docs and Amazon KDP
