iPads are ideal writing tools for authors and business professionals writing & publishing books to build their personal brands.

Click the mind map to the left and read Part 1 of my 3-part series, Writing Tools, Why Authors Need iPads. I wrote the series for the Author’s Corner section of Dan Schawbel’s Personal Branding Blog.

I created the screen capture for my review of Roy Peter Clark’s new book, Help! for Writers. You can download the PDF of the map here.

The map was created on my iPad while watching television late one evening. It clearly displays Help! for Writers’s structure and organization. It shows how to select topics and add text on the iPad’s touch screen keyboard.

Apple iPad mind mapping applications will also be discussed during next week’s free Published & Profitable teleseminar call next Tuesday, October 25, at 4:00 PM EDT. The call will focus on ways that authors can use mind mapping as developmental editing tool on paper, on whiteboards, or on your computer or iPad. To attend, call 570-310-0130 and enter PIN 513391#.

In addition to Part 1, you can also read Writing Tools, Part 2, Living with an iPad. Writing Tools, Part 3, Essential iPad Applications will be posted next Wednesday, at 1:30 PM EDT, on Dan Schawbel’s Personal Branding Blog. In the meantime, share your questions, concerns, or experiences writing and building your brand with an iPad below, as comments.