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ResourceSelling Public Domain Books on Kindle | Publishing on KDP
Dale L. Roberts explains selling public domain books on Kindle Direct Publishing. Public domain means content belonging to or …
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ResourceHow Do I Unpublish A Book On Amazon KDP? Is It Safe?
Dale L. Roberts explains how to unpublish a book on Amazon KDP and whether it is safe. He says unpublishing with good intentions is …
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ResourceProWritingAid Premium Review 2020: Is ProWritingAid Worth It
Dale reviews ProWritingAid Premium after about a year of use, disclosing ProWritingAid gave him complimentary premium access for one …
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ResourceKDP Amazon | Best 90 Minutes Kindle Short Reads Niches 2020
Dale explains Amazon Kindle Short Reads, focusing on 90-minute reads: books of about 44 to 64 pages. He describes Short Reads as six …
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Resource5 Ways to Make Money Online with Email Marketing
Dale presents five ways to make money online with email marketing in 2020, aimed at authors and other email marketers, arguing email …
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ResourceMy Books Aren't Selling on Amazon: 5 Mistakes on Amazon KDP
Note: this video's available caption track is in Arabic; summarized from that track. Dale says he constantly hears 'my books aren't …
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ResourceAmazon KDP Niche Research: Find Profitable Keywords & Niches
In the first installment of a Fiverr-sponsored series taking a book from idea to publishing, Dale teaches Amazon KDP niche research: …
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ResourceKindle Books On Amazon Banned for Poor Quality & Plagiarism
Provenance note: the transcript track for this video is in Arabic (a coherent Arabic rendering of Dale L. Roberts's English video); …
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ResourceHow To Self Publish A Book On Amazon & Beyond in 30 Minutes
Dale walks through publishing the same ebook wide on five platforms — KDP, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble Press, Rakuten Kobo and …
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ResourceKindle Direct Publishing Explained: Is KDP Worth It in 2020?
This video's banked transcript is on an Arabic caption track; summarized here in English, it is Dale's 2020 deep dive asking whether …
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ResourceNo Content Book Publishing Controversy: Amazon KDP Weighs In
Dale follows up his 'death of no content publishing' video with new information on IngramSpark policy changes rolled out February …
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ResourceNo Content Book Publishing: @IngramSpark Clarifies New Policy
Dale interviews Robin Cutler, founder and director of IngramSpark, to clarify Ingram's new policy on no-content and low-content …
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Resource5 Ways of Self Publishing on Amazon 2020 | Beyond KDP Books
(Summarized from the Arabic caption track.) Dale argues self-publishing is broader than books and lists five ways to self-publish on …
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ResourceKotobee Author Review 2020 | Is Kotobee Worth It?
Roberts reviews Kotobee Author, disclosing upfront that Kotobee is the exclusive sponsor of his channel but saying he has permission …
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ResourceNo Content Publishing: An Open Letter to @AmazonKDP
In an open letter to the Amazon KDP team, Dale argues that no-content books — blank-interior diaries, journals and planners the …
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ResourceThe Death of No Content Publishing
Dale L. Roberts reacts to an IngramSpark email announcing it will actively remove print content that harms buyers and the …
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ResourceKDP Amazon | Category Squatters Who Ruin Self Publishing
Dale explains 'category squatters' on Amazon KDP — books listed in wrong categories — and how category placement works. When …
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ResourceAudiobook Publishing Business | Make More Money in 2020
Roberts interviews Tina Dietz of Twin Flames Studios, an audiobook publisher, podcast producer and vocal leadership expert, about …
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ResourceAmazon KDP Publishing Features You Didn't Know About
In a video sponsored by Kotobee, Roberts counts down five underutilised Amazon KDP dashboard features. Number five is Contact Us, …
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ResourcePublisher Rocket Review | Is It REALLY Worth It?
In this 2020 review, with an affiliate disclosure, Dale endorses Publisher Rocket, an Amazon research tool for PC and Mac created by …
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ResourceMore Bad Book Reviews | Amazon's Raging Dumpster Fire
(Summary based on the Arabic caption track.) In another installment of his bad-book-reviews series, Dale L. Roberts reads and laughs …
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ResourceAmazon KDP Select Review 2020 | Is It STILL Worth It?
Roberts reviews whether KDP Select is still worth it in 2020. He explains Select is a 90-day, auto-renewing exclusivity agreement …
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ResourceHow to Increase Kindle eBook Sales w/ @MarcGuberti
(Summary based on the Arabic caption track.) Dale Roberts hosts Marc Guberti, described as a USA Today and Wall Street Journal …
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ResourceSelf-Publishing with Dale Channel Membership | Announcement Video
Dale announces that YouTube has allowed him to offer channel memberships for Self-Publishing with Dale, stressing that nothing …
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