Tom Corson-Knowles > Quotes

“If everything is smooth sailing right from the beginning, we cannot become people of substance and character. By surmounting paining setbacks and obstacles, we can create a brilliant history of triumph that will shine forever. That is what makes life so exciting and enjoyable. In any field of endeavour, those who overcome hardships and grow as human beings are advancing towards success and victory in life.” – Daisaku Ikeda”
― Tom Corson-Knowles, 20 Life-Changing Books Box Set: 20 Bestselling Authors Share Their Secrets to Health, Wealth and Success

“I believe Buck Books is now the most powerful book promotion site for authors, and it’s free to use.”
― Tom Corson-Knowles, The Kindle Publishing Bible

“Make sure you list your book on all these sites AT LEAST 1 week in advance so that they have time to post it for you.”
― Tom Corson-Knowles, The Kindle Publishing Bible

“Did you know there are hundreds of sites where you can list your free Kindle book promotions and they will give you FREE publicity and promote your book to avid Kindle readers?”
― Tom Corson-Knowles, The Kindle Publishing Bible

“a book published in paperback via CreateSpace as well as Kindle will have different and separate keywords for the paperback sales page and the Kindle sales page. So make sure you utilize good relevant and DIFFERENT keywords for each version of your book!”
― Tom Corson-Knowles, The Kindle Publishing Bible

“The biggest objection people give for not meditating, praying or resting more is that they don’t have enough time. But, the truth is, you have more than enough time. The simple fact that you’re reading this book right now proves that you have more than enough time to engage in life enhancing activities (certainly reading should be considered a life enhancing activity). Study after study has shown that a few minutes of extra sleep at night or napping during the day can increase work performance, improve memory, and increase productivity.”
― Tom Corson-Knowles, Destroy Your Distractions: How to Make Work Awesome, Get Things Done, and Skyrocket Your Productivity

“Amazon has a list of the top 500 and top 1000 reviewers. I highly recommend contacting these top reviewers and asking them to review your book.”
― Tom Corson-Knowles, The Kindle Publishing Bible

“You can change your category anytime you want. If you’re not in the top 100 in a category, change your category to a less competitive one.”
― Tom Corson-Knowles, The Kindle Publishing Bible

“First of all, I recommend mentioning the following Tweeters who promote Kindle books and letting them know about your book with the link to it and the dates of your free promotion:”
― Tom Corson-Knowles, The Kindle Publishing Bible

“If you say yes to everything everyone asks you to do, you’ll spend all your time working on everyone else’s priorities. But that’s not the way to improve your life. The fastest way to improve your life is to work on your highest priority. Working on something less than your highest priority will get you less results.”
― Tom Corson-Knowles, Schedule Your Success: How to Master the One Key Habit That Will Transform Every Area of Your Life

“An imbalanced perspective on life leads to imbalanced activity, and that imbalanced activity can lead to very negative results over time. For example, drinking water is good for you. Until you drink too much and get water poisoning (which can be lethal). Too much of a good thing can turn out to be a bad thing. On the other hand, whenever you see”
― Tom Corson-Knowles, Schedule Your Success: How to Master the One Key Habit That Will Transform Every Area of Your Life

“However, if you only have one book and you REALLY want to get the most results out of your KDP free days, then I would recommend doing two promotions – one for 3 days and one for 2 days.”
― Tom Corson-Knowles, The Kindle Publishing Bible

“You can have success or excuses, but you can’t have them both.”
― Tom Corson-Knowles, 20 Life-Changing Books Box Set: 20 Bestselling Authors Share Their Secrets to Health, Wealth and Success

“If you want to move up and achieve new and bigger goals, surround yourself with others who are doing the same or who have already achieved what you want to achieve.”
― Tom Corson-Knowles, Schedule Your Success: How to Master the One Key Habit That Will Transform Every Area of Your Life

“I highly recommend that whenever you stop writing for the day, stop with a half-written sentence so you can just pick it up where you left off without any hesitation or time wasting.”
― Tom Corson-Knowles, The Kindle Publishing Bible

“Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.”
― Tom Corson-Knowles, 20 Life-Changing Books Box Set: 20 Bestselling Authors Share Their Secrets to Health, Wealth and Success

“There’s no better way to earn trust than to provide useful information and education to someone for free.”
― Tom Corson-Knowles, The Complete Guide to Quora

“I believe the only real shame in life comes from not following your heart.”
― Tom Corson-Knowles, The Kindle Publishing Bible

“For frictionless publishing, I write the book, finish the chapters and then post it on Kindle with minimal or no editing immediately for 99 cents. At this stage, the book is definitely worth at least 99 cents so I know that anyone who reads it will get a lot of value out of it and will not be disappointed in their investment. But, I don’t aim to publish and sell 99-cent books. I believe my books are much more valuable. So as soon as I know the book is live on Kindle, I work my butt off to make sure to edit out all the typos, add in any graphics or pictures I need, check the formatting, rewrite any sections that are unclear, add in bonus info and content for my readers and voila! What used to take me 2-3 months to edit and complete now takes 2-3 days, sometimes less. Once I’m confident that the book is finished and I’ve uploaded the final copy on Kindle (unless I find more typos or decide to add more later which I can do anytime thanks to the ease of Ebook publishing), I raise the book’s price to my ideal selling price.”
― Tom Corson-Knowles, The Kindle Publishing Bible

“Make sure to test your book covers using Facebook ads”
― Tom Corson-Knowles, The Kindle Publishing Bible

“It’s called the copycat writing exercise. Your task is to emulate your favorite writer and write two pages of your book as if you were them. For example, if you love Think and Grow Rich like I do, you would write two pages of your book as if you were Napoleon Hill writing it. The idea of this exercise isn’t to become a copycat but rather to learn about the VOICE of an author. Every person on this planet has a unique voice – and every great author lets their voice shine through their writing.”
― Tom Corson-Knowles, The Kindle Publishing Bible

“go through the books by these similar authors and contact the people who reviewed their books, offering them a free review copy of your book.”
― Tom Corson-Knowles, The Kindle Publishing Bible

“According to a study from Digital Book Today, here are the rankings for the most book sales per day on Amazon (the percentages are the percent of total sales for the week): 1. Monday 17.6% 2. Sunday 17.4% 3. Wednesday 13.8%”
― Tom Corson-Knowles, The Kindle Publishing Bible