THIS Stops 90% of KDP Book Sales

About this video

Dale argues that what separates a successful Amazon book series from a failing one is consistent branding: like a row of Pringles cans, every book in a series should share the same look, feel and atmosphere so readers instantly recognize it. A deeper backlog compounds the advantage — there is more to consume, readers come back repeatedly, and you can market the whole series by leading with book one, which he says puts one-off publications at a disadvantage. The video is built around fantasy author Andrew Clayton, who won a Miblart cover design package in a channel giveaway. Clayton had already used Miblart for his debut and praised their communication and pricing. When the first draft of his next cover arrived with cannons on a ship — wrong for the book’s time period, with six more on the back — one email got a reply within an hour promising a fix, and the corrected proof came back a couple of days later. Dale promotes Miblart as his preferred cover company, citing unlimited revisions, no prepayment for custom covers, a 7 to 10 day turnaround and one month of free revisions after delivery, and closes by tying Clayton’s uniform series covers back to the branding lesson.

Key takeaways

• A successful series needs one shared aesthetic across all its covers — the same look, feel and atmosphere — so the lineup reads as a single branded product.
• A deep backlog beats one-off books: more content to consume brings readers back and lets you market the whole series starting from book one.
• Give a cover designer room to show creative flair on scenarios rather than over-specifying every detail, as Clayton did for his later covers.
• Check drafts for period/genre accuracy — Clayton’s first draft had technologically wrong cannons on the ship, including six more on the back cover, and catching that was his job.
• Miblart (the video’s sponsor) offers unlimited revisions, no prepayment for custom covers, a 7 to 10 day turnaround and one month of free post-delivery revisions; they fixed the cannon issue after a single email.

Episode details: published October 13, 2022 · 5:59 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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