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ResourceEdit Your Book in One Weekend: The 50+ Book System Pros Use
In a video sponsored by ProWritingAid, Dale L. Roberts describes the three-step editing system he says he refined over 12 years and …
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ResourceThe "No-Skill" Author Branding System (Full KDP Kit in 15 Mins)
Dale Roberts walks through Design Studio, a new feature inside the Dibble Create writing software, sponsored by Dibble. Unlike …
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ResourceHow to Turn Your "Fine" Book Cover Into an Unstoppable Sales Machine
Dale lays out five book-cover mistakes that quietly kill sales, arguing that readers judge a book by its cover in a split second and …
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ResourceYour Book Looks AMATEUR: The 5 Editing Checks You MUST Run Before KDP
Sponsored by ProWritingAid, Dale Roberts lays out five editing checks he says authors must run before publishing on KDP, ordered …
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ResourceWhy He Stopped Writing by the Rules
A rapid-fire two-minute interview at Author Nation 2025 with Jeremy Fabiano, a prolific cozy fantasy and LitRPG author published …
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ResourceWhat Kept Her Writing for Decades
A two-minute lightning-round interview at Author Nation 2025 with Carla King, who says she writes motorcycle adventure travel books …
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ResourceTwo Pen Names, One Hard Truth
At the Author Nation conference in Vegas this past November, Dale interviews Katie, an author of about 5 years who writes under two …
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ResourceWhy She Stopped Waiting for Permission
In a two-minute lightning-round interview at Author Nation 2025, award-winning fantasy author Jessica Dean Norris — who writes young …
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ResourceShe Ignored the Rules and Built a Bestseller
At the Author Nation 2025 conference, which Dale says he visited at the beginning of November, Dale holds a two-minute hallway …
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ResourceA Two-Minute Author Lesson on Persistence
Dale Roberts presents a two-minute Q&A recorded this past November at the Author Nation 2025 conference in Vegas with Kimberly …
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ResourceA Two-Minute Author Interview with Real Honesty
In a two-minute lightning-round interview at Author Nation 2025, Alexa Bigwarf — also known as romantic comedy author Lexi Haddock — …
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ResourceA Two-Minute Author Interview That Hits Hard
At Author Nation 2025, Dale Roberts runs dark fantasy author Adam, who writes as AP Besswick, through a rapid-fire two-minute …
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ResourceHow to Format Your Book for KDP in 10 Minutes | Ebook, Paperback & Hardcover
In this sponsored walkthrough of Dibbly Create, Dale shows formatting a book for ebook, paperback and hardcover output for platforms …
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ResourceAuthor Nation: The Conference Writers Cannot Miss
Dale Roberts presents Author Nation, in its second year, as a conference built around practice rather than theory: learn something …
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ResourcePublishDrive Review: Worth Leaving KDP For?
Dale reviews PublishDrive, a wide-distribution platform founded in 2014 that switched from revenue share to a subscription model …
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ResourceThe Truth Behind KDP Earnings
Dale argues KDP is not a safety net — accounts can be shut down, books blocked with vague explanations, and support can be unhelpful …
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ResourceHow to Edit Your Book Without Losing Your Mind
Sponsored by ProWritingAid, Dale Roberts recounts editing two five-year-old books in 10 days. For Marketing and Promotion for …
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ResourceHow I Wrote a Full Novel with AI (The Right Way)
Dale Roberts walks through how he wrote his full novel The Shoe Horn with AI, 'the right way' — meaning with heavy human help. The …
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ResourceAuthors Panic Over Amazon’s Hidden Algorithm Shift
Dale L. Roberts condenses Joe Solari's long research article 'The Hidden Rules of Amazon' — Solari, he says, manages millions in …
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ResourceAmazon KDP Isn’t Enough Anymore
Roberts says Amazon KDP changed his life and let him turn writing into a full-time career, but after his recent Self-Publishing with …
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ResourceLulu for Authors: The Truth About Print-on-Demand
Roberts gives an overview and hands-on proof review of Lulu, founded in 2002, positioning it as an older print-on-demand platform …
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ResourceCoverRater Review: The Fastest Way to Test Book Covers
Dale Roberts reviews a book-cover testing platform for authors, designers, and publishers as an alternative to asking family, …
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ResourceWhy Your KDP Book Cover Fails (And How to Fix It)
Dale argues a book cover is marketing, not decoration: on KDP readers decide in seconds from a thumbnail, so a cover that misses its …
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Resource10 Editing Mistakes That Kill Book Sales
In a video sponsored by ProWritingAid, Dale Roberts opens with real Amazon reviews complaining about blatant errors and sloppy …
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