Typewriter is a Meteor app that brings distraction-free writing to the Kindle. It also periodically saves drafts into a backup folder. Read more at: http://www.shubhro.com/2015/01/30/writing-amazon-kindle/
- Install Node and Meteor
cd meteor-app && meteor
- (Separate shell)
cd backup && npm install && node backup.js
- Open
localhost:3000/?editor
in your computer's web browser - Open
[your computer's IP address]:3000
in your Kindle's browser
Click on the computer web app's top left corner to start typing. What you type there will now instantly appear on the Kindle. Backups are saved every 15 seconds to the backup/backups
folder. For the best experience, dim your computer monitor and type on an external keyboard.
(2019-04-03) @gwynm made several improvements to the experience, available as a fork here: https://github.com/gwynm/typewriter