The Publishing Performance Show Dale L. Roberts – The Complete Guide to Publishing Wide Across Multiple Platforms
Dale L. Roberts is an award-winning author and self-publishing educator with over a decade of experience in the indie publishing industry. He's the author of "Wide Publishing for Authors," a comprehensive guide that helps authors break free from Amazon-only publishing and expand their reach across multiple platforms. Dale is known for his conversational writing style and practical, actionable advice that comes from real-world experience managing his own wide publishing business. Through his website SelfPublishingWithDale.com, he provides resources, tutorials, and direct support to help authors navigate the complex world of multi-platform publishing while maximizing their royalties and reader reach.
In this episode:
- What wide publishing means and why it matters
- KDP Select benefits: free promos and countdown deals
- Hidden algorithm advantages of KDP Select enrollment
- The 90-day test strategy for new authors
- Why expanded distribution on KDP costs you money
- IngramSpark vs. Draft2Digital for print distribution
- PublishDrive's monthly subscription model (100% net profits)
- BookVault's superior print quality and special features
- LaterPress: keeping 100% of royalties minus processing fees
- The ISBN dilemma: free vs. owned ISBNs
- How to publish wide with free ISBNs (and avoid duplicate listings)
- Deselecting expanded distribution to go direct to Ingram
- The overlap problem: avoiding platform conflicts
- Royalty rate comparisons across platforms
- The 70% royalty asterisk: delivery fees explained
- Dale's two-hour upload workflow for multiple platforms
- Direct sales advantages: email lists and better margins
- PayHip + BookVault integration for print sales
- Tools for direct sales: Shopify, WooCommerce, Gumroad
- Why "build it and they'll come" doesn't work
- Marketing strategies for driving traffic to your direct store
- Offset printing vs. print-on-demand quality
Resources mentioned:
- Wide Publishing for Authors: A Guide to Expanding Your Book’s Reach and Finding More Readers (Self-Publishing with Dale): https://www.amazon.com/Wide-Publishing-Authors-Expanding-Self-Publishing/dp/1639250603
- Amazon KDP: https://kdp.amazon.com/
- KDP Select: https://kdp.amazon.com/help/topic/G200798990
- Draft2Digital: https://www.draft2digital.com/
- IngramSpark: https://www.ingramspark.com/
- PublishDrive: https://publishdrive.com/
- BookVault: https://bookvault.app/
- Laterpress: https://www.laterpress.com/
- Payhip: https://payhip.com/
- Gumroad: https://gumroad.com/
- Story Origin: https://storyoriginapp.com/
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