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  • Where all my novels are located

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    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…

  • Moment With Mystee Interview

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    This is today’s post from the blog Moment With Mystee. It’s an interview I did with her: As a child, what did you want to do when you grew up? Baseball player, track star, or writer. I lack athletic skills, having had asthma, so I went with writer. What inspired you to write your first…

  • December sales numbers

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    I did this last month, so I figured I would do it again this month for December. This is for Smashwords itself, Nook, Kindle, and a couple of paperbacks. This is all without much in the way of paying for ads, or being on blog tours, just mostly from word of mouth across Facebook, Amazon,…

  • Today’s Sponsor on The Frugal eReader

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    I am today’s sponsor on The Frugal eReader Ever wonder what would happen if our worst fears were realized and we elected someone who was willing to destroy the USA, even if he was destroyed himself? The Usurper is that novel. It is a fictional account of what would happen if the Soviet Union and…

  • Sales for November

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    I thought I would post my sales numbers for my novels for the month of November. The Usurper Paperback through Amazon – 1 Amazon US Kindle: 21 UK Kindle – 1 Smashwords: 0 B&N Nook – 3 Apple – 0 Sony Kobo Out of Time Paperback through Amazon -1 US Kindle – 18 UK Kindle…

  • Introduction to Smashwords

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    You want to know what Smashwords is? Then check out this presentation: Plus… check out my novels on Smashwords: Out of Time for $.99 Shattered Earth for $2.99 The Usurper for $2.99

  • The Indie Spotlight

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    My novel is featured today on the Indie Spotlight, and here’s the information: Title: The Usurper Author: Cliff Ball ISBN: 1453702725 or 978-1453702727 Page count: 184 Genre: Thriller Price: $8.99 for Paperback, $2.99 for Kindle Author Bio: Cliff Ball currently lives in Texas, has a BA in English, currently pursuing a 2nd BA to eventually…

  • Mentioned on J.A. Konrath’s blog

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    My novel, The Usurper, was mentioned, along with quite a few other Indie authors, on mega Indie author J.A. Konrath’s blog, here: http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2010/11/with-little-help.html Check out all the novels listed. All these authors would like to have more people read their novels, including myself. I am very appreciative of the fact that Indie authors generally help…

  • Announcing Shattered Earth, a science fiction novel

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    Shattered Earth is my fourth novel. What it’s about: Advanced humans, called Terrans, leave Earth when its threatened by a massive meteor. The remaining humans on Earth fall back into primitiveness. The advanced humans, and a group of aliens, the Ragnor, involve Earth in an interstellar war. Thousands of years later, the humans of Earth…

  • Goodreads Book Giveaway Winners and other info

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    The contest has finally ended for readers to win one of two copies of The Usurper on Goodreads.com. I had it go for a month, and ended up with 646 people signing up for the contest. Thank you to everyone who participated, it exceeded my expectations. The winners that were chosen were: Dan Halperin and…