Approved by Jerry Cantu

Skill Level - Description

https://bluefive.pairsite.com/txtcollector.htm

Text File Merging Tool

Grabs all .txt files from a directory and combines them; Puts directory-, file name and separator between each text file; Possibility to add your own extensions and separators; Popup list with files ready to be merged; Able to recursively search directories; Allows continuous merging (without Carriage Returns); Runs on Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2k/2k3/2k8/XP/V/7/10.

http://www.stdutility.com/stduviewer.html

This is a handy viewer. Misconstrued, I notice, is the em dash—, i.e., the long dash, displayed as the following: —. However this app will default in Windows 10 for default viewing an epub, where my favorite portable Calibre is not listed in Windows 10 default app selection options.

Provided as freeware for private non-commercial or educational use. For commercial use, it is necessary to register.

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/

NotePad++ - Plugin

Open Source (Free)

https://sourceforge.net/projects/removeduplicatelines/

Remove/delete duplicate lines in a text file.

Open Source (Free)

https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/

Desktop Publishing

A combination of press-ready output and new approaches to page design. Supports professional publishing features, such as color separations, CMYK and spot colors, ICC color management, and versatile PDF creation.

http://www.scribus.net/?q=support

Open Source (Free)

https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribaebookmake/

5/5 (Last Update: 2017-01-25)

Is a Java engine which builds eBooks (in ePub, ZIP, and other formats in the future), capturing data from Internet, File System and other sources. It has been developed with extensibility in mind with a "plugin" mechanism.

Open Source (Free)

https://sourceforge.net/projects/npp-plugins/files/

Find a plugin to improve Notepad++. Below is: Comparison plugin for Notepad++ editor.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/npp-compare/

Open Source (Free)

https://sourceforge.net/projects/gimagereader/

OCR: Optical character recognition/reader

Manual or automatic recognition area definition.

https://github.com/manisandro/gImageReader

Open Source (Free)

https://calibre-ebook.com/

E-book library management, Cataloguing

Output Formats: AZW3, EPUB, FB2, OEB, LIT, LRF, MOBI, HTMLZ, PDB, PML, RB, PDF, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXT, TXTZ.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/calibre/

http://download.calibre-ebook.com/1.48.0/

Open Source (Free)

https://sites.google.com/view/reading-collection-2018/home

Another site of mine.

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Notepad - Replacement

More useful than Windows Notepad. How to install a plugin: http://goo.gl/RI6Q7C

http://docs.notepad-plus-plus.org/index.php/Plugin_Central

https://github.com/bruderstein/nppPluginManager/releases

Open Source (Free)

http://writewaypro.com/index.php

A professional grade book writing software. Its main focus is the writing of novels, but it can be used for other types of books as well. Its interface may be a bit outdated, but once you get accustomed to it you it should not matter that much anymore.

http://writewaypro.com/register.php

http://writewaypro.com/support.php

https://sourceforge.net/projects/speedreaderenha/

Reading Improvement

A very versatile speed reading tool, that suppresses the use of vocals as you read. This allows you to read much faster. Speed Reader Enhanced has a full screen mode that will block out any distractions. It allows you to set your colors and font.

Open Source (Free)

https://sourceforge.net/projects/docmenta/

5/5 (Last Update: 2018-07-28)

EPub Creator, Documentation, Desktop Publishing

A Java web-application for single source publishing and help authoring. The application allows collaborative creation of documentation, e-books and online-help. Supported output formats are PDF, HTML, WebHelp, EPUB (eBook) and DocBook.

http://www.docmenta.org/

Open Source (Free)

https://sourceforge.net/projects/epubhub/

4/5 (Status: Pre-Alpha Last Update: 2012-11-27)

ePub eBook, Editor

A structured document editor designed for creating ePub eBook files.

Open Source (Free)

https://sourceforge.net/projects/epubpack/

4/5 (Last Update: 2012-11-27)

ePub Creator, Desktop Publishing

A simple GUI utility to write a compliant ePub eBook Zip container from a folder.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84675

Open Source (Free)

https://sourceforge.net/projects/textmechanic-offline/?source=directory

Text Manipulation

Its functions are: -Remove Duplicate Lines - Remove/delete all duplicate lines within your text/list. -Remove Empty Lines - Remove/delete all empty lines within your text/list. -Remove Lines Containing... - Remove lines containing or not containing your specified search text. -Find and Replace Text - Find and replace text matching your search criteria.

Open Source (Free)