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Book Review from Christian Book Review

Apr 21, 2012

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in book reviews, christian fiction, Promotion

I received another book review, this one from Christian Book Review. They gave it 5 stars on Amazon, which is the non-spoiler version: Times of Trouble novel’s backdrop is on the End Times and all the other events leading to it. It is like a true story as most of the character sketches, circumstances, and…

More reviews & the Book trailer

Apr 18, 2012

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Cliff Ball

in christian fiction, writing

Here is the book trailer I made for Times of Trouble. You do what you can afford…. And I received another review on Amazon, a 4 star: “scarily prophetic!April 16, 2012 By Dirtboy’s Girl Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase The way Mr. Ball writes I wonder if he isn’t living as a fly on the wall…

March Madness – Times of Trouble featured

Mar 1, 2012

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Cliff Ball

in books, indie author, novels, Promotion, writing

All the new news related to my newest novel, Times of Trouble. Featured today as a New Release on the World Lit Cafe: http://www.worldliterarycafe.com/content/books/march-new-release Featured on the front page of Humanmade.com: http://www.humanmade.net/books/times-of-trouble Part of a listing of books under $5 on the Independent Author Network: http://www.independentauthornetwork.com/kindle-under-5.html Listed here: https://sites.google.com/site/dvwbooksorg/christian Flurries of Words New Christian Books…

Sales for 2011

Jan 22, 2012

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Cliff Ball

in indie author, novels, self publishing, writing

Now that I’m pretty sure I have all the sales numbers in for all platforms, I’d like to share how many novels I sold or had downloaded last year as an independent author, to give encouragement to those that aren’t sure they can do it. I’ve been doing this for about 4 years, 1 1/2…

Stats for The Usurper in November

Dec 3, 2011

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Cliff Ball

in writing

I decided to let The Usurper go free in November (and it’s still free, no thanks to Kobo not changing the price) with the understanding that I was going to get blasted by the perpetual Negative Nellies on Amazon (or elsewhere), but I thought it would be a good way to get my novel in…

Sales Experiment for October

Nov 1, 2011

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Cliff Ball

in writing

For October, I decided to make two of my novels go free on Amazon(only in the US) just to see what would happen, by making them free on Smashwords, which made them free on Sony, Apple, Kobo, etc. I also had them distributed to B&N, but I don’t have any sale/download figures for anything yet…

My sales for year so far

Sep 21, 2011

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Cliff Ball

in books, indie author, novels, science fiction, self publishing, writing

When I started self-publishing in 2008, I didn’t really have any kind of goals on how big of a number I wanted to reach. When I hit 100 sold by the end of 2009 without any promoting except for Facebook, I thought that was cool. When I managed to get a little over 500 sold…

My $.99 ebook sale.

Aug 23, 2011

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Cliff Ball

in aliens, Area 51, books, indie author, novels, science fiction, self publishing, writing

Until September 19th, all four of my novels in e-book format are on sale for $.99 each. THE USURPER: a political thriller Gary Jackson is raised to hate. Hate the United States, its people, and everything they have ever stood for. His mission is to destroy the country from within, allying himself with the worst…

#SampleSunday-Shattered Earth excerpt

Feb 26, 2011

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Cliff Ball

in indie author, novels, science fiction, writing

For Sample Sunday, this is an excerpt from Shattered Earth, one of my science fiction novels. Once you read the excerpt, buy links are at the end, or click on the picture to take you to Smashwords for all e-book formats. Chapter Five Around this period, two very rich Terran adventurers had decided to hitch…

Where all my novels are located

Feb 14, 2011

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Cliff Ball

in book reviews, books, writing

Dear reader, if you’d like to know where you can buy my novels, here is a comprehensive list: Out of Time, originally published through iUniverse in 2008 in paperback, now through Createspace, and a 2nd edition uploaded as e-book this year. With coupon code ZC6JYHVF get this title for 50% off from Createspace. Paperback: Createspace…

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