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ResourceBook Marketing Traps Wasting Your Time
(Summary based on the Arabic caption track.) Dale Roberts argues that when book sales slow, adding more marketing is usually the …
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ResourceHow to Get Your KDP Account Back After Termination
Dale Roberts recounts, via a September 18 Hidden Gems Books piece, how author Roland Hume got his KDP account reinstated after …
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ResourceAmazon KDP Has the Traffic, But What Are You Giving Up?
Dale argues that authors who do the marketing work but send buyers to Amazon hand over both a cut and the customer relationship. …
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ResourceWhy Amazon KDP Keeps Asking Authors to Verify
Dale Roberts examines why Amazon KDP keeps asking authors to verify their identity. He says KDP rolled out a new identity …
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ResourceThe KDP Mistakes Making Your Book Invisible
Provenance: The transcript track is in Arabic; this summary is in English based on that Arabic track. Roberts argues a published …
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ResourceBuild a Professional Author Website Easily | Tertulia for Authors
Note: this summary is based on the Arabic-language caption track, summarized faithfully in English. Dale Roberts hosts the …
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ResourceI Found 111 Places to Promote Your Book
Provenance note: the transcript track for this video is in Arabic (verified by reading the actual text, despite any differing ledger …
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Resource10 Things I Wish I Knew BEFORE Starting Amazon KDP
Note: summarized from the Arabic caption track. Dale Roberts lists ten things he wishes he had known before starting Amazon KDP. He …
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ResourceHow to Promote Your Book on a $0 Budget
(Summarized from the Arabic caption track.) Dale Roberts rejects the claim that authors cannot afford to market their books, arguing …
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ResourceI Spent 2 Hours in the KDP Community, It Got Ugly
(Based on the video's Arabic caption track.) Roberts contrasts helpful indie authors in Facebook groups, forums and his own Discord …
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ResourceDraft2Digital Review: Should Authors Use It in 2026?
Dale's updated 2026 review of Draft2Digital (D2D), the aggregate publisher founded in 2012 by CEO Chris Austin that distributes one …
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ResourceKDP Account Bans: What Authors Need to Know
Dale explains how KDP account enforcement works, stressing that suspension and termination are different: a suspension is a …
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Resource10 Unorthodox Book Marketing Ideas for 2026
Dale offers ten book marketing ideas beyond the standard advice (post more, run Amazon ads, build a list). (1) Donate copies to …
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ResourceHow to Self-Publish on KDP in 10 Minutes (2026)
A fast walkthrough of publishing an ebook, paperback, and hardcover through Kindle Direct Publishing in about 10 minutes, starting …
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ResourceHow to Publish on KDP in 2026 (Start to Finish)
Dale's complete start-to-finish KDP tutorial for publishing an ebook, paperback and hardcover. Preparation comes first: create the …
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ResourceWhy KDP is a Trap: The 5 Hidden Platforms for Selling More Books
Dale argues KDP is not the enemy, but treating Amazon as the whole business is a trap: Amazon is crowded, ads take more search …
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ResourceBest Print on Demand Platform for Authors in 2026
Dale orders print proofs from five platforms — Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, Lulu, BookVault, and PublishDrive — using the cheapest …
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ResourceHow to Get 100+ Amazon Book Reviews Fast (Without Getting Banned in 2026)
Dale argues reviews build trust but chasing 50-100 of them with risky tactics can cost reviews or an account. He cites Amazon …
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ResourceIngramSpark Review 2026: Is It The Best KDP Alternative?
Dale reviews IngramSpark, founded in 2013 by Ingram Book Group, as a KDP alternative and companion. Its core appeal is direct access …
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ResourceNovel Report Review 2026: Amazon Research Done for You?
Dale reviews Novel Report, a paid done-for-you Amazon research service for authors. Instead of doing keyword, category, and …
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ResourceThis Scam Could Cost Authors Real Money
Dale issues a warning about a scam in the indie author community: people are impersonating him by email and trying to sell coaching, …
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ResourceBookvault in 2026: Better Than Amazon KDP?
Dale reviews UK-based print-on-demand company BookVault in 2026 and compares it with Amazon KDP and IngramSpark using proofs he …
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ResourceAmazon KDP in 2026: Still Worth It for Authors?
Dale's comprehensive 2026 review of Amazon KDP asks who the platform still works for. He traces its history from the 2007 launch …
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ResourceHow to Manage Your Entire Self-Publishing Project in One App
In this sponsored video, Dale Roberts reviews Dibbly Create as an all-in-one, cloud-based self-publishing workspace for research, …
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