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How to Market Your Book Even Before You Begin Writing It
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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How to Market Your Book Even Before You Begin Writing It

Effective marketing begins long before the first word is penned.

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Mastering EU VAT Invoice Collection for KDP Self-Publishing
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Mastering EU VAT Invoice Collection for KDP Self-Publishing

Learn how to navigate Amazon's KDP VAT invoicing, understand VAT in publishing, and automate your EU invoice conversion process.

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Automate Your KDP XLSX Invoices to Amazon as an EU Self-Publisher: Here's How
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Automate Your KDP XLSX Invoices to Amazon as an EU Self-Publisher

Master the art of automating your Amazon KDP invoices and generating PDF invoices easily with KDP Payment XLSX Converter.

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Mastering Book Keywords: Essential SEO Strategies for Authors
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Mastering Book Keywords: Essential SEO Strategies for Authors

Discover essential SEO tips for authors to elevate online presence with perfect keyword selection for fiction and non-fiction works.

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Master the Art of Engaging Writing: Techniques to Captivate Your Audience
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Master the Art of Engaging Writing: Techniques to Captivate Your Audience

Discover the secrets of crafting text that resonates with readers. Learn how to create an enticing opening act, impactful one-liners, and maintain a rhythmic narrative flow that invites reflection and transcends mere words. Elevate your content to captivate and engage in the digital realm.

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Crafting Your Unique Writing Style: Insights from Celebrated Authors
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Crafting Your Unique Writing Style: Insights from Celebrated Authors

Discover how to define and refine your unique writing style by exploring literary elements and the distinct techniques of renowned authors. From diction to symbolism, learn how each component shapes your narrative voice.

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Unlocking Publishing Success: A Practical Guide for Aspiring Authors
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Unlocking Publishing Success: A Practical Guide for Aspiring Authors

Explore a step-by-step guide for aspiring authors on building a supportive network, creating a unique writing path, mastering book essentials, and innovative marketing strategies to navigate the dynamic publishing world and connect with readers.

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Optimizing Your To-Do List: Strategic Backlog Management with the INVEST Method
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Optimizing Your To-Do List: Strategic Backlog Management with the INVEST Method

Maximize your productivity with our expert guide on backlog management using the INVEST criteria and the dual hat method. Streamline your workflow and achieve peak efficiency!

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The Aspiring Author's Blueprint: Crafting Your First Book With Confidence
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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The Aspiring Author's Blueprint: Crafting Your First Book With Confidence

Embark on your book writing journey with our comprehensive guide. Learn the secrets of ideation, structuring, layering, and defeating procrastination to transform your unique ideas into a compelling manuscript. Perfect for first-time authors seeking to make an impact.

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Understanding Style Guides: The Blueprint for Consistent Writing
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Understanding Style Guides: The Blueprint for Consistent Writing

Dive into the world of style guides, from the classics like Chicago Manual of Style to brand-specific guides. Discover their purpose, what they entail, and their undeniable impact.

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Optimizing Your Writing Desk Setup: Ergonomics & Essentials
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Optimizing Your Writing Desk Setup: Ergonomics & Essentials

Discover how to transform your writing space for maximum comfort and productivity, from ergonomic gadgets to ideal desk setups tailored for writers.

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The Agile Transformation Blueprint: A Step-by-Step Guide for Companies
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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The Agile Transformation Blueprint: A Step-by-Step Guide for Companies

Dive into a comprehensive guide on agile transformation, understanding the role of an agile coach, and the steps to transition your company to agile methodologies within 3-6 months.

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Streamline Your Collaborative Projects with Overleaf
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Streamline Your Collaborative Projects with Overleaf

Dive deep into the world of collaborative editing with Overleaf. Learn how to seamlessly work with editors, track changes, and enhance your LaTeX projects.

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Agile vs. Waterfall: Unraveling the Myth that Agile is Always Faster
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Agile vs. Waterfall: Does Agile Really Mean Faster Project Completion?

Explore the nuanced relationship between Agile methodologies and project speed. Does Agile always outpace Waterfall? Uncover the factors that influence speed, cost, and efficiency.

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Navigating Success: A Comprehensive Guide to Introducing OKRs to Your Team
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Clemens Lode
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March 11, 2023
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Unlocking Team Potential: A Guide to Introducing OKRs

Learn how Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) can transform your team's effectiveness and productivity. Understand how OKRs can reduce work-in-progress and minimize interruptions.

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Book Publications

You can find all our books on Amazon, Amazon.de, or Leanpub.

Untold Secrets of Structured Product Investing

Like Terry Pratchett, I would not want to drink a suspicious cocktail, the ingredients, and level of alcohol of which were unknown to me. Likewise, I wouldn’t want to invest my hard-earned money in some complicated investment product while understanding neither the purpose nor the risk profile of the investment. This is why I decided to write a guide that takes a deep dive into the world of structured product investing—to explain their purpose, construction rules, and risk and performance profiles. This is the book where you will find many of the untold secrets of structured products—secrets usually known only to the expert traders who construct these products. Just as you don’t need to know how to mix a martini to enjoy one, you don’t need to know any complex statistical formulas to get a great deal from this book. You should, of course, know that the likelihood for positive or negative returns is often described by probability distributions. For instance, you may want to keep in mind the plot of the bell-shaped Gaussian distribution. Payoff charts and illustrations of the probability distribution of returns are powerful concepts that we will use in this book to illustrate the performance and risk characteristics of structured products. Where I have introduced concepts, the first mention is in bold type, and you will find a full definition in the glossary.

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Cover image of the book Kanban Remastered, Agile Lessons from Strategy Games

Kanban Remastered, Agile Lessons from Strategy Games

With Kanban Remastered, being an Agile coach, I realized that especially in industries with teams with a gaming background, coaching lessons could benefit if I could show the relationship between games and Agile methodology. Likewise, you can start explaining management methodology in a language that your tech-savvy audience understands.‍

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3D Cover of Scrum Your JIRA! Your Waterfall Organization Transformed into Multidisciplinary Teams, 10 Essays on Using Online Tools to Improve an Offline Technique

Scrum Your JIRA!

This book challenges two illusions that can get in the way of your company’s road to being genuinely Agile: first, that your Scrum is “special,” and second, that you can hide behind project management software. JIRA is powerful—and this book will show you how to use it more effectively—but it makes it easy to forget that the first idea of Agile is: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools.‍

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The cover of Does Your Brain Need You? - An Introduction to Neuroscience and Consciousness

Does Your Brain Need You?

Recently, researchers have found a theory that explains every aspect of conscious experience. To understand the relationship between you and your brain, we need to take a look at neuroscience and consciousness. This book explores the theory and introduces you to the science of the brain and our subjective experience.

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Book Cover with the title Better Books with LaTeX the Agile Way, Streamline Your Writing Process and Connect with Readers from Day One in 2023

Even Better Books with LaTeX, the Agile Way in 2023

Streamline your writing process with LaTeX and connect with readers from Day One. Self-publish your book on Amazon, Google, and Leanpub. Here you can find all tools you need to publish your book professionally online or in print with LaTeX. Learn to complete your book project in small steps—the agile way. Better Books with LaTeX the Agile Way covers the entire publishing process, from your initial concept to marketing your book on Amazon, Google, or Leanpub.

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Cover mit griechischen Statuen und dem Titel Philosophie für Helden, Wissen und Sprache

Philosophie für Helden: Erkenntnis (Wissen und Sprache)

Ein Held zu sein ist mehr als eine Heldentat zu vollbringen. Man verwandelt sich nicht auf wundersame Weise in einen "Helden" als ein Ergebnis der Umstände. Die Rettung in letzter Sekunde, das Aufbegehren in Zeiten einer Krise oder sogar das Führen anderer aus einer brenzlichen Situation, ein Held zu sein ist mehr als diese mutigen Taten. Es bedarf einer tiefen Einsicht -- die Art philosophischer Reise die die weisesten Köpfe der Menschheitsgeschichte gemacht haben‍.

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Cover of Philosophy for Heroes: Act, a book on neuroscience and consciousness

Philosophy for Heroes: Act (Neuroscience and Consciousness)

Being a hero means standing up to false heroes. To gain this ability, we need to have a good grasp of the nature of the universe and to be able to understand our minds. This book is an introduction to the most current research in neurobiology and consciousness. It is easy to read, uses numerous examples, and introduces concepts from the ground up. After reading the book, you will be able to explain what it means to be conscious. Becoming a hero requires gaining an understanding of what the greatest minds of history have pondered. Philosophy for Heroes summarizes their wisdom and connects it with the modern world.‍

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The cover of the book Philosophy for Heroes: Continuum showing a ocean with a turtle and a human head.

Philosophy for Heroes: Continuum (Physics and Evolution)

In this, the second book in a four-part series, Clemens explores questions like: What is the quantum theory and how can we interpret it? How did the universe come out of "nothingness" and how did life develop from non-living matter? What is the origin of our own creativity? ‍

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Cover of the book Philosophy for Heroes: Knowledge, with two Greek statues in front of a blue sky

Philosophy for Heroes: Knowledge (Philosophy and Language)

True heroes don’t follow, they lead. In order to be a leader, you have to be free of unwanted external influences or ideas. While we are not completely free in our decisions, the more we know about the world and ourselves, the freer we can become.

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