Hardcover Edition Added: Best Ways to Sell Your Photos and Videos

Posted on September 19, 2021January 7, 2023 by markmagedotcom

A hardcover edition of my image-creator book Best Ways to Sell Your Photos and Videos is now being published and will be available throughout the 2021 Christmas season and beyond. Hardback definitely being the more nice-looking option, this edition could make a great gift for anyone who’s looking for Christmas presents for photographer or videographer friends and family.

Have a look at the hardback edition of the book here: https://markmage.com/try/photo-video-best-ways-hc/ and don’t forget to use the free LOOK INSIDE feature to find out more!

Other outlets for the hardback edition than just Amazon will be added using Lulu.com, but I am currently working out some deals to make this as affordable as possible to readers. Watch this space or subscribe to be notified of other re-sellers as they’re being added.

Audiobook, Paperback and eBook Editions: Learning YouTube Studio

Posted on August 9, 2021September 12, 2021 by markmagedotcom

Audiobook edition also available now. Learning YouTube Studio, my easy-to-follow introduction to using YouTube’s online video administration and editing tool, is now available in all three formats. With the release of the audiobook version on July 13, this book -like most of my other titles — now offers all three format options for readers (and listeners). Click here to check it out online (the link should give you a FREE download via Audible.com) and also remember that I always offer companion editions with clickable links as eBooks to all my audiobook listeners. The link for the accompanying eBook is included in the audiobook narration — right before the closing credits — to insure you as a listener can make use of your free bonus.

Just Released: Second Improved Edition

Posted on July 13, 2021July 13, 2021 by markmagedotcom

The second improved and updated edition of Photo and Video Optimization for Internet Search has just been released. This book is available in all three formats, paperback, eBook, and audiobook. A hardback edition is also available through Blurb.com, which is covered in more detail in a separate article. The updated 2nd edition in the above three format options has been released on July 12, 2021 and is now available for immediate purchase.

Now Available Online: Learning YouTube Studio

Posted on July 2, 2021July 13, 2021 by markmagedotcom

The Learning YouTube Studio Quick and Easy Reference has been released and is now available online. This beginner’s guide has been produced in three versions — eBook, paperback, and audiobook — to suit all needs of its audience and provide the maximum number of formatting options for buyers.

This guide covers the functions and features of YouTube Studio and provides a walkthrough and basic explantions of what you can do applying these options to your own YouTube videos in real life, in order to increase the success of your online videos.

Lake Vaner: Forests, Rocky Shorelines, and Islands in Sweden’s Viking Land

Posted on March 18, 2015May 6, 2015 by markmagedotcom

West Sweden has been one of the original homes to the Vikings. With its rugged coastline and rocky islands, the region is the backdrop to early Viking life. Forests and lakes further inland also provided a habitat for these early settlers, with numerous relics of the era still visible today. From the Kattegat coastline to Lake Vaner, Europe’s largest body of freshwater outside Russia, to Southeastern Norway, historic sites and places of early settlements can be found almost everywhere. Further afield and scattered across Norway’s more sparsely populated areas, there are equally interesting locations to be found. [Excerpt only — To view the full article, please e-mail.]

Nextpleaseprochaine, All in One Word: Welcome to Atlantic Canada

Posted on March 13, 2015May 6, 2015 by markmagedotcom

It had been a perfect flight across the North Atlantic. We even were afforded views of Greenland’s southern tip and icebergs before slowly descending into a colourful Indian Summer afternoon. A glimpse of red bushes below, then flying patches of fog outside the cabin window, and a few minutes later we touched down safely and taxied towards that not very large terminal building.

Still a bit dizzy from hours spent in our passenger seats, we finally walked down the arrivals building and up to the immigration counter, staffed with a reddish-blonde checking passports and accompanying faces.

“Nextpleaseprochaine”, she exclaimed like a virtuoso, and we put our luggage on the bench in front of her.

Welcome to Atlantic Canada.

The entire procedure was a breeze, nothing compared to that humiliating drill you’re subjected to when arriving “three blocks to the south” at New York’s JFK (where it seems being “a Berliner” doesn’t buy you much either). Our Canadian border guard handed us back our passports, and we were good to go.

Finding a rental car was next on our list of walk-in travelling, but we were lucky and got the second-last in the building that evening. So off we drove from Stanfield’s airport into Halifax, Nova Scotia. [Excerpt only — To view the full article, please e-mail.]

Europe: De-Facto Bitcoin Haven

Posted on January 31, 2015May 6, 2015 by markmagedotcom

Europe continues to be a hotspot for Bitcoin opportunity. Despite all those “warnings” and misrepresentations by a totally clueless EBA, European countries themselves continue to be mostly Bitcoin-friendly. Many have established rules the Bitcoin industry can reasonably rely on. Most notably, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands as well as the three Baltic states have developed into “very Bitcoin-friendly” places.

On top, if a European country happens to be less than what you expected in Bitcoin-friendliness, then in comes that general rule of freedom to do business in all of the EEA (European Economic Area, which includes not only the EEC or EU member countries but also the additional EFTA countries plus Switzerland), and an affected Bitcoin business would be able to re-locate to another member country offering “greener pastures”.

Still, this business and innovation-friendly situation should not be taken for granted either: it is something to be cherished and to be defended against possible future deterioration. Particularly during the early Bitcoin years its significance is not to be under-estimated, for it allows Bitcoin “room to breathe” and to develop largely unhampered by needless bureaucrat intervention.

Canada Re-Considering BTC Policy

Posted on October 8, 2014May 6, 2015 by markmagedotcom

Canada, while being hailed as one of the best countries worldwide for Bitcoin businesses, is on record for having a hands-off and very open approach to the overall Bitcoin and digital currency phenomenon.

Still, the country recently appears to be moving toward more regulation. This would be in line with the country’s track record to steam ahead and then revert in order to please its southern neighbour, the overregulated and increasingly stagnant United States.

Whether or not it is good news then, the Canadian Senate is hearing witnesses and experts on Crypto currencies in order to decide future legislative action. Although the committee chairman appears to be enthusiastic and very open about economic and technical chances brought about by Bitcoin, the fact that at least some regulation will result from the hearings is bad news for Bitcoin already. For no regulation is always easier than some regulation, however well-meaning it may be. Had the internet been regulated or censored in the early 90s, it is doubtful that it would have evolved to the ubiquitous tool it is today.

Expert testimony delivered by Andreas Antonopoulos is included below (a full-length recording of the hearings). During his testimony, Antonopoulos made it very clear that the very structure of Bitcoin as a push payment system does not need any regulation and that imposing regulation derived from the conventional pull payment systems that are common today (banks, credit cards etc) would mean a fundamental misunderstanding of both Bitcoin and also the individual’s ability to act in their own best interest, generally without any government interference whatsoever.

TV Series “Ritter’s Cove”, CBC (Canada) / “Die Kuestenpiloten”, ZDF (West Germany)

Posted on July 27, 2014October 28, 2017 by markmagedotcom

A TV series from the early 1980s, co-produced by Canadian CBC and West-German ZDF networks, starring Hans Caninenberg (Karl Ritter), Susan Hogan (Kate Ashcroft) and others.

Plot Outline

The Ritter family run an air taxi business using an iconic DHC-2 “Beaver” floats-fitted airplane along the scenic coast of British Columbia, Canada, and run into numerous adventures and situations in the process.

Plot Summary

Karl Ritter’s (Hans Caninenberg) runs into many an adventurous situation operating his Canadian air taxi business along the British Columbia coastline featured in this TV series, co-produced by Canadian CBC and West-German ZDF television networks (German title “Die Küstenpiloten”) in the early 1980s. Featuring a legendary DHC-2 “Beaver” fitted with floats as a seaplane — and sometimes the competition’s Bell 212 helicopter, piloted by Kate Ashcroft (Susan Hogan).

Synopsis

The stories and adventures while running Karl Ritter’s (Hans Caninenberg) Canadian air taxi business along the British Columbia coastline are at the centre of all episodes of this TV series, co-produced by Canadian CBC and West-German ZDF television networks in the early 1980s. German official title was “Die Küstenpiloten”. One of the legendary DHC-2 “Beaver” fitted with floats as a seaplane is featured throughout all the episodes of the series. There are some interplays of a Bell 212 helicopter, operated by a competing neighbor and piloted by Kate Ashcroft (Susan Hogan). Individual episodes in this series feature a dramatic first flight by one of the Ritter family’s children, a bush-fire and rescue operations, third-parties engaging in criminal activities, and surprise bad weather situations, all leading to different kinds of adventures or critical situations for the Ritter family and others involved. Central to resolving these is usually their trusted-and-proven yellow “Beaver” aircraft which is hailed as a reliable tool off which they make a living in their beautiful, but sometimes difficult, surroundings in Canada’s Pacific province of British Columbia. The entire TV series consists of 20+ episodes, all of which have been aired in the early 1980s in Canada and (translated) in West Germany. Despite being in the memories of millions of viewers in both countries, there has not (yet) been any re-release of it despite a real possibility of gaining some traction not only among TV viewers but also airplane enthusiasts interested in the cult DHC-2 pattern built by DeHavilland during that time.

Tagline

Air courier service running a DHC-2 “Beaver” in B. C., Canada (“Die Kuestenpiloten”, co-produced with W. German ZDF TV).

Published: IMDb.com, see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0251529/?ref_=ttrel_rel_tt (28 October 2017).