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Nick Peers has one particular story idea knocking around his head – Bibisco could be the tool to finally bring it to fruition.
Anyone who’s written – or attempted to write – a novel will appreciate just how difficult it is A without doing your research. And where do you put all that research so it’s easy to access when bringing it all together? Linux is blessed with all manner of apps promising to bring order to your storywriting chaos – we rounded up five in LXF294, and settled on Bibisco as the best of a very promising bunch. So, let’s find out how it can help you with your next writing project, whether fiction or non-fiction.
Package me not
Sadly, Bibisco doesn’t exist in any repository – you need to head to https://bibisco.com and scroll down to the Download section, where you’ll find a choice of two downloads: the free Community Edition or the paid-for Supporters Edition, which costs a minimum of £24 (including VAT). All the core functionality can be found in the Community Edition, which includes a 30-day free trial of the Supporters Edition, so we’ll clearly signpost any paid-for features we think are worth exploring.
Assuming you’re starting with the free Community Edition, after clicking the Get It! button you’re prompted to supply your email address. Once entered, click Get and you’ll see a Show Content button, behind which you can find the downloads you need. Before doing this, you’re prompted to create an account – this is recommended as it will give you easy access to updated versions in the future.
Once done, you’ll see a list of downloads (Bibisco is also available for Mac OS and Windows), and here you have a choice of three: DEB, RPM and ZIP. Ubuntu users will, of course, find the
