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Novel sales stats for 2012

Jan 1, 2013

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in books, christian author, christian fiction, indie author, novels, Promotion, science fiction, writing

First off, Happy New Year 2013 to everyone and a big thank you to all those out there who bought/downloaded a copy of one of my novels. I thought I’d blog again this year about how many sales/free downloads my novels had this year. My marketing/promoting consisted mostly of using Twitter, Facebook groups/pages, joining up…

Sales for the year so far

Jun 1, 2012

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Cliff Ball

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

Now that it’s June, here are my sales numbers for the year so far, from regular sales to when one of my novels was in KDP Select to free giveaways. These are all from mostly just promoting online on Twitter, Facebook, and a bunch of message boards. The novels are listed in order of publication,…

#Samplesunday Times of Trouble

Feb 5, 2012

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Cliff Ball

in writing

Here is the sample from Chapter 1 of Times of Trouble, an End Times novel. Buy links are at the end. Chapter 1 My wife, Lynda, was about to give birth to our third child, but she seemed to be having a lot of complications, so I was incredibly worried about her and the baby.…

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…

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…

December sales numbers

Jan 2, 2011

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Cliff Ball

in self publishing

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,…

Reader reviews for The Usurper

Dec 14, 2010

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Cliff Ball

in books

Currently, the Usurper has 6 reviews, 5 of which are 4 star on Amazon. Brian says: Cliff weaves an interesting story with enough connections to real happenings in the world today that this book seems to be non-fiction. Just when you think you know where the story line is going Cliff changes up on you.…

Today’s Sponsor on The Frugal eReader

Dec 4, 2010

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Cliff Ball

in books

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

Dec 1, 2010

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Cliff Ball

in writing

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…

Bargain eBooks and Kindleboards Book of the Day

Oct 23, 2010

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Cliff Ball

in books, events, novels

As of 10/23/2010, all three of my novels are featured on the Bargain eBooks website. Please check it out! On Sunday and Monday, the 24th and 25th, The Usurper will be the Kindleboards Book of the Day. Here is the thread for the novel. Please check that out. Thanks!

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