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ResourceTHIS Stops 90% of KDP Book Sales
Dale argues that what separates a successful Amazon book series from a failing one is consistent branding: like a row of Pringles …
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ResourceWriting Horror Stories in a Haunted Hotel
Dale stays overnight at the Golden Lamb, which he describes as Ohio's oldest and longest-running hotel, started in 1803 and expanded …
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ResourceAre You Breaking This Unclear KDP Rule?
Dale answers viewer questions about unclear KDP rules. Having a separate Amazon customer account and one KDP account is fine, but …
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ResourceKDP Authors are Losing Sales Because of THIS
Dale explains why many KDP authors lose sales: their book covers. Authors often design their own covers for creative control or to …
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ResourceAmazon KDP Is NOT as Bad as This Company
Dale argues that Amazon KDP's problems pale compared to ACX for audiobooks. He compares suspensions and terminations on both …
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ResourceKDP Hates Your Low Content Books
Dale, who says he has published low-content books since 2016 and made more than a significant living from them, lists KDP's problems …
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ResourceThe CORRECT Way To Use Amazon KDP
Note: summarized from the Arabic caption track. Dale argues most authors use Amazon KDP the wrong way — not by breaking rules, but …
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ResourceAmazon KDP Terminates Your Account for THIS...
Dale lists ways KDP can suspend or terminate an account, some obvious and some less so. He warns against abusing print price …
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ResourceCalling Out These Self Publishing Companies
Dale L. Roberts airs gripes about self-publishing companies and services beyond KDP. He calls Bowker in the US and Nielsen in the UK …
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ResourceAmazon KDP Will HATE This...
Dale lists grievances he says Amazon KDP will dislike. First, sweet-spot pricing: ebooks only earn 70% royalties between $2.99 and …
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ResourceGet EVEN MORE Money From a Self Published Book
Dale outlines five ways to get more money from a self-published book. First, back-matter/backlog promotion: right after 'the end,' …
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ResourceGet More Money from a Self Published Book
Dale argues most authors cannot live off one book, so they should diversify that single asset into ten revenue formats. One, an …
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ResourceFinding Keywords for KDP in 10 Minutes
Dale's free manual method for finding KDP keywords, with the caveat that quality research takes longer than the video. Keywords …
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ResourceAmazon KDP Low Content Niches on Fire
(Summarized from the Arabic caption track.) Dale lists his top 10 low-content book niches on Amazon KDP, first defining low-content …
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ResourceKDP Wants You to Sell on These Days
Dale argues the two biggest KDP selling windows are Black Friday to Cyber Monday and Prime Day, because Amazon pours millions into …
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ResourcePublish Low Content Books on KDP in 10 Minutes
Note: summarized from the Arabic caption track. Dale explains how to self-publish a low-content book on KDP in under 10 minutes. He …
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ResourceDid KDP Ruin Low Content Books?
Dale traces how KDP's stance on low content books — journals, diaries, planners, notebooks and other fill-in books, as distinct from …
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ResourceIs KDP Low Content Book Publishing Legit?
Dale Roberts argues KDP no-content and low-content publishing is legitimate but has become a 'dumpster fire.' He defines no-content …
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ResourceIs This KDP Alternative Hiding Something?
Dale gives a balanced critique of IngramSpark — launched in 2013 as the self-publishing sister company of Lightning Source under …
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Resource10 Best Self Publishing Companies
Dale ranks his ten best self-publishing companies for 2022, explaining that aggregators are middlemen who distribute for a cut of …
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ResourceWe Tripled Book Sales Doing THIS
This Book Rescue episode, sponsored by Fiverr, recaps the months-long effort to rebuild the author business of Robert G. Cole, a …
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ResourceIf Your Amazon KDP Account Closed…
Dale explains what to do if an Amazon KDP account is closed, stressing he has no silver bullet because KDP has the final say. He …
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ResourceIs This Low Budget Book Promotion Effective? | Book Rescue
In this Book Rescue episode, Roberts tests low-budget promotion for Robert G. Cole, a young adult fantasy author who, as presented, …
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ResourceAmazon KDP Review: Worth It in 2022?
[Track language: Arabic] Dale L. Roberts reviews Amazon KDP in 2022. He notes Amazon launched Kindle Direct Publishing in late 2007 …
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