Did We Publish a Book on KDP in 90 Days? | Book Rescue FINALE

About this video

This is the finale of the Book Rescue series, in which Fiverr challenged Dale to help subscriber Sarah, a paranormal cozy mystery author and homeschooling mother of two with over a dozen titles — launch a book in 90 days. In the first 64 days they had done keyword research, description writing, editing, proofreading, beta reading and a full series cover overhaul, plus consulting with marketing experts. The remaining plan included sifting free and premium promotion sites, using a gifted copy of the 2020 Book Reviewer Yellow Pages, and holding a live launch party across Sarah’s YouTube channel and Facebook page — planned as a pajama party with pre-recorded guest contributions via StreamYard, trivia, scavenger hunts and prizes. Dale also advises Sarah on Amazon ads that were burning through a $3/day budget before 9 a.m., suggesting she lower her cost-per-click toward 11-15 cents and raise it gradually only if impressions dry up. Dale then admits they did not launch within 90 days, and reframes the goal: beat Sarah’s personal best of 16 launch-day sales by doubling it to 32, with an official launch date of Tuesday, June 14, 2022. He stresses never rushing a launch for vanity. Sarah did hold the two-hour party with five guest contributions, but the video ends while waiting for the final sales count and does not report whether the 32-sale goal was met. Instead Dale surprises her with gifts: paperbacks of all six Paranormal Penny books, one year of ProWritingAid, one year of Book Brush Gold, the Atticus formatting software, an Author Brand Kits website package, $100 of Fiverr credit, and $1,000 to spend as she wishes.

Key takeaways

• The 90-day launch deadline was missed; Dale explicitly advises against rushing a book launch for vanity or ego and reset the launch date to June 14, 2022.
• The revised goal was to double Sarah’s personal best of 16 launch-day sales to 32 — the video ends before a final sales count is reported.
• A live launch party with pre-recorded guest segments, trivia, scavenger hunts and prizes was her main launch-day promotional event.
• For Amazon ads burning budget too fast, Dale advises cutting CPC to around 11-15 cents and raising it in small increments while monitoring impressions daily.
• Sarah received a closing gift package including ProWritingAid, Book Brush Gold, Atticus, a website package, $100 Fiverr credit and $1,000 cash.

Episode details: published November 29, 2022 · 12:08 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dale L. Roberts’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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