Book Review: My Evernote

Katherine Murray wrote My Evernote*, and I would classify it as a very detailed beginner’s book. Murray does a great job of detailing the use of Evernote in a step-by-step manner. The author arranges the book in twelve chapters, each focusing on a specific way to capture or organize notes in Evernote.

What My Evernote Covers

Here is a list of topics covered:

• Getting started with Evernote
• Evernote everywhere, on everything!
• Capturing and tagging your first notes
• Editing and formatting notes
• Adding and working with images
• Inking your notes
• Grabbing Web clippings and Webcam notes
• Recording audio notes
• Creating and managing notebooks
• Finding and viewing notes your way
• Previewing and printing your notes
• Sharing notes with others

Step-by-Step Instructions and Helpful Images

This book is available as both a paperback and a Kindle book. I have the Kindle version of the book, and I am very pleased with the inner workings of the book. When Murray discusses a concept that is explained in more detail in another part of the book, she links to the material. This makes it simple to focus closely on the part you need. She has also included countless images with detailed annotations, which help identify key portions of the image or the step being addressed. Murray uses the images liberally as she walks you through various step-by-step tasks.

Murray has certainly done her research as she put together this book. She has included content that I have not seen in similar books. That said, you can find much of the information in the Evernote tutorials. Also, you will only need to accomplish many of the procedures, such as setting up your account, once. However, it is nice to have such a detailed tome available for reference when needed.

Throughout the book, Murray includes useful tips gleaned from experience as a user.

Who Will Benefit From This Book?

If you are an Evernote fan or just starting out with Evernote, I would certainly recommend this book. Murray provides a high level of detail. This level of detail may get in the way if you are simply looking for ideas on how to leverage Evernote. Still, I think My Evernote has a prominent place on your Evernote resource shelf.

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