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ResourceCreateSpace Merging with KDP Print: Problem Solved?
Dale revisits the CreateSpace-to-KDP Print merge a couple of months after it was announced. His first attempt early on was …
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ResourceBest Promotional Strategies for Self Published Books
(Summary based on the Arabic caption track.) Dale interviews Julie Broad about promotional strategies for self-published books. …
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ResourceAMS Ads for Kindle Publishing - Step-by-Step Amazon AMS Ads Tutorial for Beginners
Sean walks through setting up a first AMS (Amazon Marketing Services) ad for Kindle books at advertising.amazon.com using the KDP …
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ResourceSelf Publishing Success Stories | @Author Level Up Host Michael La Ronn
This is the first installment of Dale's Indie Author Spotlight / indie author stories series, a Facebook Live interview with Michael …
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ResourceHow to Deal With Negative people When Building a Business
Filmed at his grandparents' farm in Japan, Sean Dollwet talks about dealing with negative people when building a business. He says …
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ResourceMindset You Need to Have to Succeed as an Entrepreneur
Filmed while visiting his hometown in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, Sean reflects on the simple, frugal life there and says he chases …
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ResourceMerch By Amazon Premium Shirt Review
Dale unboxes and reviews Merch by Amazon Premium and Standard shirts he ordered for his own author branding. Both arrived in about …
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ResourceWhy Kindle Publishing is One of The Easiest Business to Start For Beginners
Sean argues self-publishing through Kindle Direct Publishing is the easiest online business for beginners. He introduces himself as …
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ResourceAmazon Marketing Services AMS Ads For Kindle Publishing 2018 - Why you should be running AMS
Dollwet urges Kindle publishers to run Amazon Marketing Services (AMS) ads, saying not doing so loses money and hurts a book's …
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ResourceMy September 2018 Kindle Publishing Income Report
Sean presents a September income report to argue that many publishers inflate results by screenshotting one lucky month. Sean …
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ResourceKindle Publishing 2018 - Top 3 Challenges I Faced When I First Started
Dollwet lists the top three challenges he faced starting Kindle publishing. First was bad and conflicting information online: …
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ResourceKindle Publishing Student Book Review/Critique - Don't make these mistakes
Sean critiques a student's book on teaching a baby to fall asleep alone, which the student said was selling only a couple of copies …
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ResourceMy Inspiration to become an Entrepreneur and Invester - How it all started
Sean traces his path to entrepreneurship to growing up in Wakayama, in rural Japan, until age 14, where as a half-white child he …
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ResourceKindle Publishing 2018 - How I earned six figures in 9 months
Sean says that for 2018 he has cleared over $100,000 from his online business, with Amazon alone at $110K so far that year. He …
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ResourcePublishing Your Book on Lulu w/ Chelsea Bennett of @luludotcom
Dale interviews Chelsea Bennett, public relations and events coordinator for Lulu.com. Chelsea says Lulu has operated since 2002 and …
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ResourceReview of Rev.com: Is Rev Worth It?
This video's banked transcript is on an Arabic caption track; summarized here in English, it is Dale's review of Rev.com as a …
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ResourceCreateSpace News: Merged or Not?
Dale Roberts updates viewers on the troubled CreateSpace to KDP Print merger, saying some authors migrated easily but a great …
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ResourceNews About Create Space: How to Move to Kindle Direct Publishing
Dale Roberts explains CreateSpace's announced merge with KDP Print and what it means for self-publishers. CreateSpace is not going …
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ResourceCreateSpace Publishing Moves to KDP Publishing
Dale reports and demonstrates Amazon's announcement that CreateSpace is combining with Kindle Direct Publishing, making KDP the …
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ResourceKDP Low Content Books: How To Make Journal Interiors
Roberts presents four preferred ways to make journal and notebook interiors for low-content and no-content KDP publishing, plus a …
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ResourceHow to Get 5000 Subscribers on YouTube
Dale shares how he grew Self-Publishing with Dale to the 5,000-subscriber benchmark, framing it as best practices learned from …
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ResourceHow To Use Grammarly Tutorial
A hands-on Grammarly tutorial covering four ways to access the tool and what free versus premium actually changes. On the website, …
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ResourceCockygate: The Cocky Trademark Controversy
(Summarized from the Arabic-language caption track.) Dale covers 'Cockygate': romance author Faleena Hopkins, author of the Cocker …
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ResourcePassion or Profit in Publishing Books with Rob Archangel
Dale Roberts asks Rob Archangel, founder of Archangel Ink, whether self-publishers should choose passion or profit. Archangel argues …
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