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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

    How To Get Kindle Feed Subscriptions With Instapaper For Free

    January 24, 2012

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    kindle with official NYT subscription / img by B.K. Dewey via flickr

    Ever since I got a Kindle, I read a lot more. And it turns out that it’s not just great for re-reading the old classics or long PDFs I never had the nerve to read on screen, it’s also a very convenient way to get my daily dosage of news. These days, first thing in the…

    A Free Short Story About The Middle East

    January 19, 2012

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    Posted in Books, Indie Publishing | 4 comments

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    ( tl;dr – wrote a short story, you can download it here) I’ve lived both in the Far and Middle East. Both experiences left strong memories, traces, impressions. And I noticed very early that if I wanted to convey any of my experiences to others in writing, an autobiographical account wouldn’t cut it. Short Fiction…

    How To Skype Better: 5 Tips For Professional and Daily Calls

    January 13, 2012

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    Skype is not just a software. It’s a verb. As the Oxford Dictionary informs us, it can be used both with an object ”When is a good time to Skype you?” and without as in ”We skyped before we met in person.“ Skype is a word that is understood by grandmas and expat toddlers all over the world….

    Tons Of Kindle Screensaver Fun And Creative Wallpaper Resources

    January 11, 2012

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    kindle screensaver

    Some of us have learned to love the screensaver images Amazon ships with their Kindle reading devices. Others quietly suffer the rotating  selection of dead poets and educational images of fishes and plants. And yet others simply ask: “What if I’d like to see something else?” Personally, I belong to the third category. I was…

    SEO How To: Search Engine Optimization: 5 Simple Tips For Beginners

    January 6, 2012

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    Posted in Hacks & Tutorials, Online Business | 5 comments

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    When I first heard the term SEO (Search Engine Optimization) I had very mixed feelings. Optimizing my site so it shows up better when people search for it? Sure. But so much of what I read online seemed so, well…esoteric. I have no other word to describe the feeling one gets when reading the blogs…

    Free Media Center Solutions For Sofa Browsing

    January 2, 2012

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    xbmc media center

    About seven years ago I painted my television’s screen with thick bright colors to turn the distracting time-sucking device into a permanent artwork. My friends resorted to even more drastic measures such as cutting the power cord with scissors (turn off the device first, thank you!) But we all had one thing in common: We…