Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
KDP has quietly confirmed a huge change to the Select program, and we've got the update. Plus, big audiobook news from ElevenLabs, a lifetime discount on Authorbase, and a special report from Jane Friedman on the past decade of publishing. All that and more in the Self-Publishing News for September 9, 2025.
• The Final 3: Your Publishing Playbook, Rewritten - DaleLinks.com/Kickstarter
• Email Marketing for Books - DaleLinks.com/EmailBook
Sources:
• KDP: How to enroll in KDP Select - kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GD9PMU58BV24QFZ7#enroll
• Kindlepreneur: ghost categories. - kindlepreneur.com/how-to-choose-the-best-kindle-ebook-kdp-category
• Publisher Rocket - DaleLinks.com/Rocket (affiliate link)
• Amazon Ads - advertising.amazon.com
• Writer Beware: If Your Publisher Promised to Register Your Copyright, Check Your Registration Now - https://writerbeware.blog/2025/08/29/if-your-publisher-promised-to-register-your-copyright-check-your-registration-now
• Jane Friedman: How Publishing Has Changed Since 2015 - janefriedman.com/how-publishing-has-changed-since-2015
• GeniusLink - DaleLinks.com/Genius (affiliate link)
• ALLi’s 2025 Author Income Survey - allianceindependentauthors.org/survey (deadline September 17, 2025)
• MailerLite: Free plan update: What you need to know - mailerlite.com/help/free-plan-update-faq
• MailerLite - dalelinks.com/mailerlite (affiliate link)
• Author Nation - DaleLinks.com/AuthorNation (affiliate link)
• ElevenReader - elevenreader.io
• AuthorBase - DaleLinks.com/AuthorBase (affiliate link) Lock in 20% off for life till September 30th.
• September 2025: Creating Multiple Income Streams from Your Book - twinflamesstudios.com/monetize?partnerid=r1397 (affiliate link)
• Draft2Digital's Self-Publishing Insider: Catching Up with Dale Roberts - youtube.com/live/WRG4SfnhDKg?si=JY2_3R4oSxEeCSlv
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🔥 Check out my main YouTube channel - youtube.com/@DaleLRoberts
📚 My Books - DaleLinks.com/MyBooks
😇 Wanna tip me? Visit dalelroberts.gumroad.com/coffee.
Time Stamps credit: @AuthorDLTillery
0:00 Intro
0:30 The Final 3: Your Publishing Playbook, Rewritten
0:57 Email Marketing for Books
1:18 KDP: How to enroll in KDP Select
2:49 Kindlepreneur: ghost categories
4:17 Publisher Rocket
4:42 Amazon Ads
5:23 Writer Beware: If Your Publisher Promised to Register Your Copyright,
7:15 Jane Friedman: How Publishing Has Changed Since 2015
9:20 GeniusLink
10:58 ALLi’s 2025 Author Income Survey
12:07 MailerLite: Free plan update: What you need to know
13:27 MailerLite
13:37 Author Nation
14:10 ElevenReader
15:39 AuthorBase
16:45 September 2025: Creating Multiple Income Streams from Your Book
17:55 Draft2Digital's Self-Publishing Insider: Catching Up with Dale Roberts
19:24 The Final 3: Your Publishing Playbook, Rewritten
19:39 Email Marketing for Books
19:50 Closing
Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding!
- Dale L. Roberts
KDP has quietly confirmed a huge change to the Select program, and we've got the update. Plus, big audiobook news from ElevenLabs, a lifetime discount on Authorbase, and a special report from Jane Friedman on the past decade of publishing. All that and more in the Self-Publishing News for September 9, 2025.
• The Final 3: Your Publishing Playbook, Rewritten - DaleLinks.com/Kickstarter
• Email Marketing for Books - DaleLinks.com/EmailBook
Sources:
• KDP: How to enroll in KDP Select - kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GD9PMU58BV24QFZ7#enroll
• Kindlepreneur: ghost categories. - kindlepreneur.com/how-to-choose-the-best-kindle-ebook-kdp-category
• Publisher Rocket - DaleLinks.com/Rocket (affiliate link)
• Amazon Ads - advertising.amazon.com
• Writer Beware: If Your Publisher Promised to Register Your Copyright, Check Your Registration Now - https://writerbeware.blog/2025/08/29/if-your-publisher-promised-to-register-your-copyright-check-your-registration-now
• Jane Friedman: How Publishing Has Changed Since 2015 - janefriedman.com/how-publishing-has-changed-since-2015
• GeniusLink - DaleLinks.com/Genius (affiliate link)
• ALLi’s 2025 Author Income Survey - allianceindependentauthors.org/survey (deadline September 17, 2025)
• MailerLite: Free plan update: What you need to know - mailerlite.com/help/free-plan-update-faq
• MailerLite - dalelinks.com/mailerlite (affiliate link)
• Author Nation - DaleLinks.com/AuthorNation (affiliate link)
• ElevenReader - elevenreader.io
• AuthorBase - DaleLinks.com/AuthorBase (affiliate link) Lock in 20% off for life till September 30th.
• September 2025: Creating Multiple Income Streams from Your Book - twinflamesstudios.com/monetize?partnerid=r1397 (affiliate link)
• Draft2Digital's Self-Publishing Insider: Catching Up with Dale Roberts - youtube.com/live/WRG4SfnhDKg?si=JY2_3R4oSxEeCSlv
🔴 Subscribe to The Self-Publishing Hub - TheSelfPublishingHub.com
🟡 Subscribe to my email newsletter - DaleLinks.com/SignUp
🟣 Join Channel Memberships - DaleLinks.com/Memberships
🔵Join Me on Discord - DaleLinks.com/Discord
🔥 Check out my main YouTube channel - youtube.com/@DaleLRoberts
📚 My Books - DaleLinks.com/MyBooks
😇 Wanna tip me? Visit dalelroberts.gumroad.com/coffee.
Time Stamps credit: @AuthorDLTillery
0:00 Intro
0:30 The Final 3: Your Publishing Playbook, Rewritten
0:57 Email Marketing for Books
1:18 KDP: How to enroll in KDP Select
2:49 Kindlepreneur: ghost categories
4:17 Publisher Rocket
4:42 Amazon Ads
5:23 Writer Beware: If Your Publisher Promised to Register Your Copyright,
7:15 Jane Friedman: How Publishing Has Changed Since 2015
9:20 GeniusLink
10:58 ALLi’s 2025 Author Income Survey
12:07 MailerLite: Free plan update: What you need to know
13:27 MailerLite
13:37 Author Nation
14:10 ElevenReader
15:39 AuthorBase
16:45 September 2025: Creating Multiple Income Streams from Your Book
17:55 Draft2Digital's Self-Publishing Insider: Catching Up with Dale Roberts
19:24 The Final 3: Your Publishing Playbook, Rewritten
19:39 Email Marketing for Books
19:50 Closing
Where noted, some outbound links financially benefit the channel through affiliate programs. I only endorse programs, products, or services I use and can stand confidently behind. These links do not affect your purchase price and greatly helps to building and growing this channel. Thanks in advance for understanding!
- Dale L. Roberts
