Do you want to self-publish a book? Would you like to be self publishing without Amazon? Believe it or not, it's a rather simple process, but can be quite detailed. Follow along on this podcast to see the practical steps it takes to publish away from Amazon and be 100% independent.

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2. Subscribe to Self-Publishing with Dale on YouTube at https://DaleLinks.com/YT and https://DaleLinks.com/YouTubePodcast.
3. Join other like-minded and motivated self-publishers in the Self-Publishing Books Group. Learn, grow, and network with authors, freelancers, and industry experts at https://DaleLinks.com/SPB. Remember to answer the 3 questions to gain entry.
4. Get access to my go-to resource, Publisher Rocket. Confidently research profitable keywords & categories. Easily select effective keywords for Amazon Advertising campaigns. For more details, visit https://dalelinks.com/PR.

FULL DISCLOSURE: Most outbound links financially compensate the podcast through affiliate programs or sponsorship deals. We only recommend products and services we’ve used and confidently stand behind. Using the links do not adversely affect your purchase price and greatly helps support the channel. Thank you for your understanding. 

Are you thinking about self-publishing books, but not sure where to go? Have you considered KDP or IngramSpark? Believe it or not, you don't HAVE to choose one or the other. Discover the true winner in the battle of KDP vs Ingramspark.

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1. The Amazon Self Publisher – https://DaleLinks.com/SelfPubBook
2. The Alliance of Independent Authors – https://dalelinks.com/alli
3. Subscribe to Self-Publishing with Dale on YouTube at https://DaleLinks.com/YT and https://DaleLinks.com/YouTubePodcast.
4. Join other like-minded and motivated self-publishers in the Self-Publishing Books Group. Learn, grow, and network with authors, freelancers, and industry experts at https://DaleLinks.com/SPB. Remember to answer the 3 questions to gain entry.
5. Get access to my go-to resource, Publisher Rocket. Confidently research profitable keywords & categories. Easily select effective keywords for Amazon Advertising campaigns. For more details, visit https://dalelinks.com/PR.

FULL DISCLOSURE: Most outbound links financially compensate the podcast through affiliate programs or sponsorship deals. We only recommend products and services we’ve used and confidently stand behind. Using the links do not adversely affect your purchase price and greatly helps support the channel. Thank you for your understanding. 

Are you planning to copyright a book before publishing it? Then, you need to hear about THIS first, or you'll waste a lot of money and time while creating more work for yourself.

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1. North Street Book Prize - https://winningwriters.com/dale21
2. Subscribe to Self-Publishing with Dale on YouTube at https://DaleLinks.com/YT and https://DaleLinks.com/YouTubePodcast.
3. Join other like-minded and motivated self-publishers in the Self-Publishing Books Group. Learn, grow, and network with authors, freelancers, and industry experts at https://DaleLinks.com/SPB. Remember to answer the 3 questions to gain entry.
4. Get access to my go-to resource, Publisher Rocket. Confidently research profitable keywords & categories. Easily select effective keywords for Amazon Advertising campaigns. For more details, visit https://dalelinks.com/PR.

FULL DISCLOSURE: Most outbound links financially compensate the podcast through affiliate programs or sponsorship deals. We only recommend products and services we’ve used and confidently stand behind. Using the links do not adversely affect your purchase price and greatly helps support the channel. Thank you for your understanding.

Discover how to get an ISBN for your self-published book, including why you might need one and how to make sure it's done right. Also, find out how Bowker and Nielsen have a stranglehold on ISBNs in the US and UK and what you should be aware of when getting an ISBN for your book.

Level-Up Your Self-Publishing Business TODAY:

1. North Street Book Prize - https://winningwriters.com/dale21 
2. Subscribe to Self-Publishing with Dale on YouTube at https://DaleLinks.com/YT and https://DaleLinks.com/YouTubePodcast. 
3. Join other like-minded and motivated self-publishers in the Self-Publishing Books Group. Learn, grow, and network with authors, freelancers, and industry experts at https://DaleLinks.com/SPB. Remember to answer the 3 questions to gain entry. 
4. Get access to my go-to resource, Publisher Rocket. Confidently research profitable keywords & categories. Easily select effective keywords for Amazon Advertising campaigns. For more details, visit https://dalelinks.com/PR. 

FULL DISCLOSURE: Most outbound links financially compensate the podcast through affiliate programs or sponsorship deals. We only recommend products and services we’ve used and confidently stand behind. Using the links do not adversely affect your purchase price and greatly helps support the channel. Thank you for your understanding.

So, you know how to get book reviews, but what do you do next? Do you just gather more reviews? Or, should you be doing something with the current crop of book reviews? Find out how book reviews are your greatest marketing tool and what you need to do once you get a review.

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1. North Street Book Prize - https://winningwriters.com/dale21
2. Amazon Reviews for Books - https://dalelinks.com/reviewsbook
3. Book Description Generator – https://DaleLinks.com/HTML
4. Subscribe to Self-Publishing with Dale on YouTube at https://DaleLinks.com/YT and https://DaleLinks.com/YouTubePodcast.
5. Join other like-minded and motivated self-publishers in the Self-Publishing Books Group. Learn, grow, and network with authors, freelancers, and industry experts at https://DaleLinks.com/SPB. Remember to answer the 3 questions to gain entry.
6. Get access to my go-to resource, Publisher Rocket. Confidently research profitable keywords & categories. Easily select effective keywords for Amazon Advertising campaigns. For more details, visit https://dalelinks.com/PR.

FULL DISCLOSURE: Most outbound links financially compensate the podcast through affiliate programs or sponsorship deals. We only recommend products and services we’ve used and confidently stand behind. Using the links do not adversely affect your purchase price and greatly helps support the channel. Thank you for your understanding.

Book reviews are the lifeblood of any indie author business. The more quality reviews you get, the better your chances of success. What if you could get more book reviews through certain services? We're going to discuss the problem with book review sites for authors.

Are book review sites detrimental to your business? It's not a cut-and-dry answer, so let's weigh in today!

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1. North Street Book Prize - https://winningwriters.com/dale21
2. Get Books Reviewed – https://getbooksreviewed.com
3. Amazon Reviews for Books – https://dalelinks.com/reviewsbook
4. Subscribe to Self-Publishing with Dale on YouTube at https://DaleLinks.com/YT and https://DaleLinks.com/YouTubePodcast.
5. Join other like-minded and motivated self-publishers in the Self-Publishing Books Group. Learn, grow, and network with authors, freelancers, and industry experts at https://DaleLinks.com/SPB. Remember to answer the 3 questions to gain entry.
6. Get access to my go-to resource, Publisher Rocket. Confidently research profitable keywords & categories. Easily select effective keywords for Amazon Advertising campaigns. For more details, visit https://dalelinks.com/PR.

FULL DISCLOSURE: Most outbound links financially compensate the podcast through affiliate programs or sponsorship deals. We only recommend products and services we’ve used and confidently stand behind. Using the links do not adversely affect your purchase price and greatly helps support the channel. Thank you for your understanding.

After seeing numerous celebrities getting a Google autocomplete interview, I thought it was high time we take a look at the burning questions people commonly ask on Google. Find out all you need to know in this self-publishing Q&A.

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1. Subscribe to Self-Publishing with Dale on YouTube at https://DaleLinks.com/YT and https://DaleLinks.com/YouTubePodcast.
2. Join other like-minded and motivated self-publishers in the Self-Publishing Books Group. Learn, grow, and network with authors, freelancers, and industry experts at https://DaleLinks.com/SPB. Remember to answer the 3 questions to gain entry.
3. Get access to my go-to resource, Publisher Rocket. Confidently research profitable keywords & categories. Easily select effective keywords for Amazon Advertising campaigns. For more details, visit https://dalelinks.com/PR.

FULL DISCLOSURE: Most outbound links financially compensate the podcast through affiliate programs or sponsorship deals. We only recommend products and services we’ve used and confidently stand behind. Using the links do not adversely affect your purchase price and greatly helps support the channel. Thank you for your understanding.

Did you ever notice how Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing ONLY wants you to publish to their platform alone? It's not a conspiracy and it's true! The facts don't lie, so find out how Kindle Direct Publishing doesn't want you to publish wide.

Also, find out WHY you SHOULD be publishing wide and avoiding KDP exclusivity.

Level-Up Your Self-Publishing Business TODAY:

1. Subscribe to Self-Publishing with Dale on YouTube at https://DaleLinks.com/YT and https://DaleLinks.com/YouTubePodcast.
2. Join other like-minded and motivated self-publishers in the Self-Publishing Books Group. Learn, grow, and network with authors, freelancers, and industry experts at https://DaleLinks.com/SPB. Remember to answer the 3 questions to gain entry.
3. Get access to my go-to resource, Publisher Rocket. Confidently research profitable keywords & categories. Easily select effective keywords for Amazon Advertising campaigns. For more details, visit https://dalelinks.com/PR.

FULL DISCLOSURE: Most outbound links financially compensate the podcast through affiliate programs or sponsorship deals. We only recommend products and services we’ve used and confidently stand behind. Using the links do not adversely affect your purchase price and greatly helps support the channel. Thank you for your understanding.

Since its inception in early-2008, Kindle Direct Publishing has become the leading self-publishing platform. However, that success didn't come easily since many authors and would-be self-publishers gamed the system and poked holes in a system that seemed infallible.

Find out key moments when KDP brought down the hammer and closed MANY accounts due to bad practices and unethical hacks. Also, discover what this means to you and your business in the coming years.

Level-Up Your Self-Publishing Business TODAY:

1. Subscribe to Self-Publishing with Dale on YouTube at https://DaleLinks.com/YT and https://DaleLinks.com/YouTubePodcast.
2. Join other like-minded and motivated self-publishers in the Self-Publishing Books Group. Learn, grow, and network with authors, freelancers, and industry experts at https://DaleLinks.com/SPB. Remember to answer the 3 questions to gain entry.
3. Get access to my go-to resource, Publisher Rocket. Confidently research profitable keywords & categories. Easily select effective keywords for Amazon Advertising campaigns. For more details, visit https://dalelinks.com/PR.

FULL DISCLOSURE: Most outbound links financially compensate the podcast through affiliate programs or sponsorship deals. We only recommend products and services we’ve used and confidently stand behind. Using the links do not adversely affect your purchase price and greatly helps support the channel. Thank you for your understanding.

With Kindle Vella rolling out in beta, where does this leave KDP Select? Is one avenue better than the other? Get a full breakdown where we compare KDP Select versus Kindle Vella.

Level-Up Your Self-Publishing Business TODAY:

1. Subscribe to Self-Publishing with Dale on YouTube at https://DaleLinks.com/YT and https://DaleLinks.com/YouTubePodcast.
2. Join other like-minded and motivated self-publishers in the Self-Publishing Books Group. Learn, grow, and network with authors, freelancers, and industry experts at https://DaleLinks.com/SPB. Remember to answer the 3 questions to gain entry.
3. Get access to my go-to resource, Publisher Rocket. Confidently research profitable keywords & categories. Easily select effective keywords for Amazon Advertising campaigns. For more details, visit https://dalelinks.com/PR.

FULL DISCLOSURE: Most outbound links financially compensate the podcast through affiliate programs or sponsorship deals. We only recommend products and services we’ve used and confidently stand behind. Using the links do not adversely affect your purchase price and greatly helps support the channel. Thank you for your understanding.