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Dimash Tokmyrza: Complete Song Production Fell From KZT 1.2 Million to KZT 600,000

Раимбек Искендиров — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:23:46 +0000

Dimash Tokmyrza, a sound engineer at Aura Lab Studio, once sent a guitarist a part generated by a neural network. The musician replied that he understood how it should sound, but the chord did not exist: it was physically impossible to play on the fretboard. After that, Dimash stopped using generated music as a track’s […]

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Marina Yels: Amazon’s Royalty Rate Is Twice LitRes’ — but LitRes Brings in More Money

Раимбек Искендиров — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:20:31 +0000

Marina Yels is an Almaty-based writer using the same pen name in Russian and English. She is a writer, literary editor, ghostwriter and translator, and a member of Kazakhstan’s USW writers’ community (@usw_kz). In 2022, she was longlisted for the Qalamdas literary prize under her real name. Her debut novel “Wine and Guilt” appeared on […]

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Katerina Kucherova: Six Years Writing a Book, KZT 1 Million Invested and 200 Copies Sold

Раимбек Искендиров — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:16:55 +0000

Katerina Kucherova spent six years writing her book, turned down publishers’ offers and released it herself. Financially, she is still in the red, and says so openly. Self-publishing is presented as a simple process: upload a manuscript, obtain an ISBN, get listed in stores and wait for sales. The process works, but its economics are […]

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Christopher Trickett Has Lived in Kazakhstan for 18 Years. Now He Writes About It for International Readers

Раимбек Искендиров — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:13:37 +0000

Why Good Content Has Yet to Become a Business Christopher Trickett has lived in Kazakhstan for 18 years and taught English for 25. He is now trying a new role, developing the English edition of SaqTimes. The project is already attracting readers abroad, but is still building its business model. Christopher is developing the edition […]

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