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by zhubert 3128 days ago
That's an excellent point! In focusing on the features and such, I forgot to write up an About page, I'll do that.

For those reading here, I'm the guy that wrote a blog post on how to self-publish a book in 2017 that was on the front page here for a day or so back in February (www.zhubert.com). After that, I realized how ludicrous it was that publishing had to entail so much complexity, so I started thinking about what I wanted while writing my second book, then took a break and wrote the app instead.

The binaries are code signed for their respective platforms, and the links off the main page demonstrate the features by category (Writing, Publishing, Social). There are some nice pictures, some animated gifs, and a Twitter account over at https://twitter.com/singularapp.

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I'll write up a better About page later, but there's now one featured prominently on the landing page.
sorry to be that guy...could there be a Linux version one day? I feel unclean if I have to start Windows
There definitely could be, it might not even be that hard. I'll add it to my Trello for investigation.
+1

My mum uses Linux and is a writer and wants Scrivener (yes, Linux is mainstream).

There used to be a Linux version. You can still find it, it's v.1.6 or so (predating v.2), needs 32-bit libraries and is unsupported. But you can get it running. The problem is if you bring the project file into a new version it will convert the file format and there's no going back.
I am fairly certain of this: A port to Linux of your latest version would be worth your troubles Sir.
Alrighty, it’s now available on the website. Tell your friends :)