It was great to hear yesterday from Tom Harbin, the author of Waking Up Blind: Lawsuits over Eye Surgery. You may recall that we featured a generous excerpt from the book last week in Free Kindle Nation Shorts, and apparently it had quite an impact in creating interest in a fascinating book! 

Dear Steve

I was blown away by the results of your writing up my book,  Waking Up Blind: Lawsuits over Eye Surgery, in last week’s Kindle Nation Shorts.  In the weeks previous, my sales rank of the Kindle version had ranged from about 16,000 to 59,000.  Within eight hours of your posting, my sales rank had increased to 173.  It has fallen back a bit, but still remains in the mid triple digits instead of five digits.  You reach many people and get action. I can’t thank you and all the citizens of Kindle Nation enough and can recommend your Kindle Nation Shorts to any author or publisher looking for an increased presence among the thousands of Kindle owners who read Kindle Nation.

Tom Harbin MD 

You’re welcome, Tom. And — aside to readers — if you haven’t read the excerpt yet and downloaded the entire book, I’m here to say that you owe it to yourself to do both while the Kindle edition is still available at the 50%-off price that Tom’s publisher set in association with the book’s Free Kindle Nation Shorts placement.