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Shelfster: Simplifying research for writers

Shelfster

Shelfster

Shelfster is a free platform for writers to help them gather and organize useful information for their stories.

Every writer, irrespective of genre, has to do a lot of researches before and during the writing. It takes up a lot of time apart from the actual writing. Nothing can simplify the writing process, but Shelfster can help writers simplify their research process.

If you spend a lot of time browsing through the Internet for information, installing the browser addons or the bookmarklet buttons will make collecting and organizing information easier for you. Through these buttons, you can bookmark pages, clip text selections, save images or jot down quick ideas.

Shelfster is there for you even when you are away from your desk, their mobile apps for smartphones. Using the apps, you can quickly write down the ideas while you are on the move, voice notes and even capture images that trigger your imagination.

If you spend most of your time at your desk, you can use Shelfster for Windows or MAC. This will let you clip text selections, and crop sections from your PC or MAC screen.

You can view all the items saved through Organize your content button. You can access or modify your account and profile settings easily. Along with it, you also get to have an advanced search capabilities. Finding stuff is easy with Shelfster because it has the facility to tag your content so that you can search for a particular sentence or a phrase.

“My Content Box” enlists all your items in an organized manner. There, you can easily select one or several items and apply different actions such as delete, edit, remove tags etc.

Shelfster is run by a group of people passionate about technology and the online world. They belief that technology can help writers to improve and simplify their research process, and thus led to the birth of Shelfster.

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One Response to Shelfster: Simplifying research for writers

  1. Laurentiu Bancu December 14, 2011 at 9:03 am

    Thanks for the review!
    We’ve just added a brand new feature to our Shelfster platform (shelfster.com/app). You can now write an article or paper, with all the data you’ve collected at your fingertips.
    Please check it when you have time and see if you find this feature useful.

    Thanks again,
    Laurentiu Bancu
    CEO

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