Romance Publishing Academy Review: Is It Worth It?

About this video

Dale reviews Romance Publishing Academy, disclosing up front that it sponsors his channel, gave him complimentary access to the video portion, and has an affiliate relationship with him. He met founders Jacob Rothenberg and Sunana (Su) Singh at VidSummit in Los Angeles and describes both as running their own successful fiction publishing businesses. The program combines a video course with two-on-one coaching from Jacob and Su. Entry is vetted and at a higher premium: applicants have an initial consult to check fit and budget, and Dale says even those not accepted are given some direction. The course is over eight hours across dozens of videos, trickled out over five weeks so students act on each part rather than binge-watching, and is narrowly focused on romance — tropes, research, keywords, cover models and covers — with no filler on other genres. Dale’s headline pro is the guarantee as he describes it: they coach you until you recoup your investment. His cons are the higher premium (price is discussed in the consult rather than stated publicly, against a market where he says many courses are around $700), that the strong video course is not sold standalone because the founders want context and accountability, and that results require doing all the work rather than cherry-picking. Dale did not take the coaching himself, so his review centers on the video course and outside elements like the Facebook group, which he says members praise.

Key takeaways

• Disclosure: the Academy sponsors Dale’s channel and gave him free video-course access; he did not take the coaching program he reviews
• Founders Jacob Rothenberg and Sunana Singh offer two-on-one coaching, not just one-on-one, plus a vetted application/consult process
• The guarantee, as Dale describes it, is coaching continued until the student recoups the investment
• Video content is 8+ hours, released over five weeks to enforce action-taking, and is romance-only in focus
• Cons Dale cites: higher premium pricing discussed only on the consult, no standalone video-course option, and no results without doing the full work

Episode details: published January 29, 2020 · 16:18 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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