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André Klein


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    • “Luckily, my wife earns enough”
      Yesterday, I stumbled over an interesting recording from the re:publica 2012 about the changing face of publishing titled: “What happens when authors circumvent publishing houses”. Especially noteworthy I found Leander Wattig‘s introductory talk whose core facts I’d like to summarize … Continue reading → […]
    • Why There Isn’t Any Competition In Self-Publishing
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    • Botanicula: The Return Of Creative Adventure Games
      I grew up with adventure games. Without characters like Zak McKracken, Guybrush Threepwood, Roger Wilco or Dr. Fred, my childhood is hard to imagine. Not only did these characters teach me the first meaningful sentences of English outside of an education … Continue reading → […]
    • Why The “Descriptive Camera” Gives Me The Creeps
      Everyone seems to be talking about the descriptive camera at the moment. If you haven’t heard about it yet, click the link. Basically, it’s a camera connected to a printer. Only, the printer doesn’t output an image but a description of … Continue reading → […]
    • How Ebooks & The Net Bring Us Back To The Middle Ages
      Recently, I’ve been reading the Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man, that (in)famous work of Marshall McLuhan, and it struck me that many of his insights relating to print media and reading culture can be applied to what is … Continue reading → […]
    • “Diamond Scrapmining”
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    • The Bermuda Triangle Of Social Network Data Sinks
      As much as I love the Internetz there’s something that really irks me, and no, I don’t mean the time-wasting (isn’t that its true purpose?) but something else entirely. “When you’re not paying for it you’re the product.” Companies like … Continue reading → […]
    • “Noon is neither before or after noon; it is simply noon.”
      At the moment I’m preparing the launch of my first picture book for children. I’m planning to kick it off with a free promo through Amazon. I’ve done it a few times before with other publications, and I like to … Continue reading → […]
    • Ramasser Les Feuilles à la Pelle
      For some reason only yesterday, after almost a decade of work on this domain, I had the idea to install WordPress here. The motive: to collect all the things that I’ve done over the years in some organizable (uncluttered?) way … Continue reading → […]

  • Articles and Posts by André Klein

    All You Need Is A Good Idea: How We Create Our Own ‘Entertainment Industry’

    February 20, 2012

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    Posted in Lifestyle, Technology | 3 comments

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    In the wake of publishing two picture books for German language learners I became aware again of how how the Internet is the perfect roadbed for fresh ideas. Both of these publications have become instant best sellers.  Did I need expensive equipment to produce them? No. Did I have to pay a gatekeeper? No. Did…

    Yet Another Free Picture Book For German Learners (And Some Ruminations About Audio-Augmented Ebooks)

    February 16, 2012

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    Posted in Books | 2 comments

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    After I published “Peter und das Huhn” last week I was completely mindboggled. It was downloaded hundreds of times within just a few hours and received lots of positive feedback. What started out as just a little experiment (yours truly listening to punk rock and doodling away like a madman) quickly grew into a serious…

    Why We Don’t Need Anti-Piracy Laws But More Artist & Consumer Awareness

    February 14, 2012

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    In the wake of recent discussions about ACTA, SOPA, PIPA and a number of other Orwellian acronyms, the lines have been drawn rigidly. While the claims of anti-piracy lobbyists that illegal downloads destroy artists’ lives and lead to the annihilation of all artforms are somewhat amusing in their death-rattling desperateness, the claims of anti-copyright groups…

    A 5 Minute German Mini Course [FREE DOWNLOAD]

    February 7, 2012

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    In almost every language course there’s a part about grammar and looking at tables of conjugations and declensions. I still remember the faces of my students in Berlin whenever I whipped out the Irregular Verbs Worksheets… Now, I have to admit that there’s no way of just skipping that part altogether (it’s still worthwhile to…

    5 Simple Facts You Can Learn From A Computer Crash

    February 5, 2012

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    Posted in Lifestyle, Technology | 6 comments

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    Last week every user’s worst nightmare paid me a visit: the full fledged system crash. While I documented the death, resurrection and salvaging on Twitter, here are some conclusions from the whole episode. (As usual, what happened is rather inconclusive: laptop went to sleep and didn’t “wake up”. The nerds from the computer store told…

    Time Management For Freelancers And Power Procrastinators

    January 29, 2012

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    During any given day I do a lot of different things. I’m working on short stories, help people with their WordPress websites and German skills, write blog posts like this one and try to be a normal human being that gets enough fresh air and food. Sometimes I joke that the day doesn’t have enough…