Ok most people know I am not a writer. I think that is pretty evident… well at-least I am not a traditionally writer. If you have not tried Google Docs I HIGLY recommend it.
I have been collaborating with others on some books… some my part is more then others maybe I write a few chapters on affilaite or contextual or whatever… but Google Docs really makes this SO EASY to do.
I got the book bug and started going at it and now am almost ready to release the shoemoney playbook (out in march) It is 100% written in Google Docs.
So check out Google Docs if you have not yet. It has every tool I ever needed and more… I can work on my document no matter where I am at… my editor can edit it and it has FANTASTIC revision control. I cant say enough <3 about it.
I dont know anyone at the Google Docs team but I am sure some reading can pass the love on 
Its a fantastic product.
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Jeremy Schoemaker – who has written 2416 posts on ShoeMoney.com.
Hi I am Jeremy Schoemaker and ShoeMoney.com is my blog. 99% of the post here are done by me but you will see others occasionally make guest posts. This blog is fun to write but for my day job I run several online companies.
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Agreed it is a great product. I hope your editor is paid alot. Their is probably alot of errors he has to catch
I use various spreadsheets online as well for quick number manipulation. Things seem to be trending to the web…
I wrote my entire eBook in Google Docs. I like it much better than OpenOffice (which I was using before). The fact that it’s online and accessible from anywhere is also a major plus.
Pretty cool,
Just one question. Shouldn’t “market” come before “launch”? I know everybody does it backwards, but hey, you’re marketing your book now for a March release!
not in our book… I am not trying to market the book. When I do you will know
and it will be after the launch. Course the book is more geared tword a business and not really a book…
Any idea how much the book will cost ?
back to Google docs … ur right , it’s so easy to use and you can back to any revision you want , no more headache on non saved docs or lost papers .
I use Google Docs for tons of stuff. I absolutely love it. I kinda wish the formatting were better, but I can live with it.
Google Docs is really pimp, I like the collaborative potential it brings, we started playing with it at work and it’s wonderful. It’s so much better than turning on document sharing in MS Word and throwing it on a share drive.
ahah your right they’re proby isn’t a lot of errors he has to catch! I hope their paid very well!
I mean Excel, I don’t think Word has sharing…
looks like your are gonna be making even more money by entering the book market. good stuff.
Dude, when are you going to do another Shoemoney show and quit writing about stupid stuff on your blog?
I will check it out… Once I used one of google’s spreadsheet products, didn’t like it.
We use it the spreadsheet a lot. Easy for everyone to update it remotely. It is not as easy to use an excel, but the online part makes up for it.
What did you say in one of your radio shows, ‘if i ever release a book, don’t buy it because it means i’ve run out of real ideas’…
Yeah I have been a fan of Google Docs for a while; I have always wondered how many people use it – cuz Google don’t seem to pimp it too much.
I stumbled on OpenOffice a few months back and that has been a handy replacement to MS Word too.
PS – The latest ver of Word has caused me many probs, cuz nobody is able to open the latest .DOC style files. Smart stuff.
I used the Google Docs presentation module to create a presentation for my last Mastermind group meeting. I have a Mac, and no Powerpoint, and I also hate the problems people have when they try to get their powerpoint file onto the presentation computer, etc.
So I just logged into the internet from the presentation computer — and there was my presentation. Super easy. AND — I was able to modify my presentation the night before, no problem — because it was saved online.
Love it.
Best of luck with your book. I’m far from writing anything that might require the product, but I’ll keep it on my list.
wow cool man
can’t wait to read that book
are you going to hint around on how to do stuff? Get my drift…. such as hinting around on how you’ve been so much money I think you should and any one that catches on has the mind for it, but any one that doesn’t catch on apparently is not putting enough effort into it.
If i remember correctly, you can print to a pdf from google docs no?
That’s pretty useful I would imagine….
It’s a great application, but I don’t feel comfortable having important documents on a google server somewhere. Google has to much information as it is, without me uploading my daily schedule on their server
yeah, i’ve just released my first ever ebook and plan to do a series,like you though, i’m no natural writer
I’ve never tried it but I’d like to see what you’re talking about.
I’ll give it a test.
I cant wait to read it!
Hurry it up man 
I have also been using Open Office for my ebooks. Can Google Docs churn out PDF files and the like?
Great for books with multiple authors – might suggest a new project to some friends to test out!
Looking forward to the shoemoney manual too… should be interesting reading
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D@mn lawyers..
Whatever Google do they do well, I’m using Google hosted mail and apps for my business and they’re excellent.
all that personal info probably had something to do with it.
Congrats on the book. I finished the first draft of a memoir and hope to complete the first revision by end of year. It’s a big undertaking writing a book, but leads to great satisfaction once completed.
I’ll be first in line to read it.
please let me know if there will be any affiliate program for that book!
I will check it out…
I use google apps, which includes google docs. although i have not used docs as much as their mail / calendar / start page, i am just as pleased as you are with their service. as a result, i have started offering google apps to my clients instead of traditional email setups (for hosting). i look on google labs weekly to see what they will come up with next!
and then google released your book before you could. trust doesn’t go far
I love google docs. I have Office at work, and openoffice at home, but most things that I write, I use google docs for. Everything is solo work, but the fact that I can update a budget spreadsheet, or add something to my resume, from ANYPLACE i am… its a winning product.
I use Googel Docs all the time. My wife and I use it for all sorts of collobration techniques. I really like the spreadsheet functionality. I use it a lot more than I use the docs. Lately I’ve been using it as a holding space for blog posts. I don’t really like writing posts in Wordpress so this is a good option as I don’t have to carry posts around on my flash drive. I travel between computers a lot and when the inspiration hits as long as I have an internet connection I cna get my thoughts down.
wow thats a good idea
its like telling people to pray then if god doesnt help them they didnt pray hard enough! If only I can get as rich as religions!
Seriously though… Its not really a how to book its more (as the steps show) what process we go through at shoemoney media when building a company/website. In 15 years of trying to make money I have only been successful for about the last 4. I have more experience in failing at business then succeeding. Hopefully sharing our steps in building businesses will save you from years of failures
I used Google docs as a To-Do list – extremely helpful when you’re on the road and doesn’t have a PDA with you.
Creating a ebook with it? That’s a pretty new thing to me…
I love googledocs, I use it all the time for work stuff, home stuff and working up articles and posts, being able to use it anywhere it such an advantage when you are on the road and work out of different offices all the time.
Google word does allow sharing.
Ive been using it since it was writely and I love it. Though I would love to see a it adapted to allowe live collaboration with multiple people.
google docs does not have too many advance stuff but it is enough for me to frequently jot down notes and store certain non-sensitive important documents.
yes. your text document can export into html, rtf. word, openoffice, PDF or normal text.
we have a competition…. google and microsoft now needs to think about more changes… I believe this will change how you look at internet.
http://www.live-documents.com/
This is a great service–I didn’t know these existed. I have been trying to find an easy way to publish an e-book. Maybe this will help. thanks for pointing this out.
I actually just started writing articles and will definitely look into google docs to help me. Thanks for the heads up.
interesting
They allready allow this..
I love google docs, I generally use it as a backup to store my important documents.
He said there is a lot of errors, not there isn’t.
I haven’t tried Google Docs. I’ve had Word for so long that I can’t imagine using something else. Alas, there is no Word on my new laptop, so I may have to give Google Docs a try.
Definitely looks like “writing on the go”
Google Docs seem like a very easy tool for people to use. I’ll be sure to give it a try.
-Mike
Dude, how do you get 13 players on your team and the defense only has nine? It is noticing that kind of stuff that slows down my learning I think.
Great tip, Jeremy. Thanks! I’m signed up to the service on my Google account, but haven’t used it yet. I will definitely peruse the service more and find a way to benefit. Thanks again.
yeah i never really tried this myself, will check it out too
Great for Excel style spreadsheets and the ability to collaborate is good.
I havent been using i google docs but I have been planning on doing it more often.
Hi Jeremy, this was a great tip. I got the docs going and will collaborate on an ebook by the Rich Sage — all done on Google docs.
Thanks for the info on Google docs. I’ll check it out.
I cant wait for the shoemoney book!
I hope someone proofs your books before they’re published, Shoe.
GoogleDocs is hands down the best tool for collaborating on the ‘net, although Open Office isn’t bad either.
I didnt lik google docs.