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ResourceHow to Promote Your Book with 5 Free eBook Amazon Promotions
Dale describes five free ways Amazon itself can surface a book, instead of paying for Facebook, Amazon Marketing Services or Google …
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ResourceIs Your KDP Account Banned? WATCH THIS!
Dale Roberts addresses what to do if a KDP or CreateSpace account is suspended or terminated, arguing Amazon can do this with no …
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Resource5 Reasons to Publish with Lulu
Dale introduces Lulu.com as a self-publishing distribution option he has not personally used yet but is strongly considering for his …
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ResourceAmazon KDP Promotions: An Exclusive Kindle Book Promotion
Dale documents an exclusive invitation he received by email from Amazon KDP to include one of his books in a promotion on Amazon.in, …
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ResourceSelf Publishing Interview with Tom Corson Knowles
Dale interviews Tom Corson-Knowles, founder of TCK Publishing, who says he started his first business at 13, was earning a full-time …
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ResourceSelf Publishing Interview with Dave Chesson
Dale interviews Dave Chesson of Kindlepreneur about SEO and keyword research for books. Chesson says he follows the 80/20 rule …
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ResourceWriting & Self Publishing Your First Book | Martin McConnell
Dale interviews Martin McConnell, full-time speculative-fiction author with a physics degree and author of Finish the Damn Book. …
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ResourceSelf Publishing Interview with Chris Fox
Dale interviews prolific author Chris Fox, author of 5,000 Words Per Hour and science fiction, fantasy and thriller novels, on …
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ResourceCrowdfunding & Self Publishing Books w/ Artist Naomi VanDoren
Dale Roberts interviews fantasy artist and self-published author Naomi VanDoren, who grew up in the Spice Islands of Indonesia, now …
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ResourceSelf Publishing Interview with Jonny Andrews
Dale interviews Jonny Andrews of Author Platform Rocket, a done-for-you email list-building and marketing service for authors. …
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ResourceHow to Publish Your First Book | Riley Morrison Interview
Dale interviews Australian writer Riley Morrison, presented as a first-time case study: a new self-publisher about to publish on …
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ResourceSelf Publishing Books without Amazon w/ Animator John Celestri
Dale interviews animator John Celestri, whose credits include He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, the Care Bears movie, and …
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ResourceDraft2Digital Amazon - D2D Gets Distribution to KDP
(Summarized from the Arabic caption track.) Dale opens by contrasting bad news — the aggregator Pronoun shutting down, covered in …
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ResourceSelf Publishing Success Stories with Author Martin Crosbie
Dale interviews Martin Crosbie, born in the Highlands of Scotland and living outside Vancouver, whose debut My Temporary Life was …
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Resource5 Reasons Amazon Advertising Rejects Your Book Ads
Dale L. Roberts explains five reasons Amazon Marketing Services (AMS) may reject book ads, prompted by a viewer noting display ads …
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ResourceFiction Writing & Publishing Fiction Books with Kim Here
Interview with Kim of the Kim Here YouTube channel, an award-winning speculative fiction writer who writes under a pen name …
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ResourceSelf Publishing Books | Kevin Tumlinson of Draft2Digital
Dale interviews Kevin Tumlinson, best-selling thriller author and Director of Marketing for Draft2Digital, the aggregator …
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ResourceHow to Write a Book Description for Fiction with Kim Here
Dale says fiction book descriptions are outside his wheelhouse and brings in guest Kim to explain how to write one. Kim offers two …
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ResourceKindle Formatting Tutorial: How to Fix Common KDP Interior Problems
Answering a viewer whose EPUB looked fine on tablet view but broken on Kindle view, Dale shares three formatting rules from …
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ResourceHow to Become a Best Selling Author w/ Author Paul Rega
Dale interviews author Paul Rega, presented as an Amazon top 100 best-selling author in fiction and nonfiction. Rega says he began …
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ResourceHow to Get a Book on First Page Amazon | 5 Ways
Dale argues first-page placement on Amazon is not just about keywords, and lists five factors behind why a book may not appear …
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ResourceEditing Your Book: What Are the Best Editing Hacks?
Editor James Rancid (as transcribed) warns that shortcuts in editing and book creation are detrimental. A shortcut is doing …
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ResourceAmazon KDP Publishing: Should I Publish on KDP or Not?
Answering a viewer named Kevin, who asked whether to list on KDP first to get attention and then list everywhere else, Dale gives …
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ResourceEditing a Book with Book Editor James Ranson
Dale Roberts interviews James Ranson in person in Columbus, Ohio: a Wall Street Journal bestselling editor, ghostwriter, and book …
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