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    #HTSP - How to Self-Publish
    #HTSP - How to Self-Publish
    #HTSP - How to Self-Publish
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    #HTSP - How to Self-Publish

    By Eric Otis Simmons

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    #HTSP – How to Self-Publish is a concise 79 page “how to” book which can be used as a resource or “primer” by first-time self publishers and others interested in self publishing.  Simmons shares the methodology he used for “Not Far From The Tree,” his successful self-published Memoir, and first book.  In its first year, the book ranked in the “Top 1%” in sales (of over 8,000,000 books sold worldwide on Amazon.com) a total of 25 times and was in the “Top 10%” 104 times!

    “Thorough! That's the word I would use to describe #HTSP.  Simmons left no stone unturned with this one.  Pretty much any question a first-time self-publisher could ask seems to have been addressed by this book.
      -  Michael McCree, Amazon “Best Selling” self-published Author.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEric Simmons Enterprises, Inc.
    Release dateJan 26, 2019
    ISBN9780578409467
    #HTSP - How to Self-Publish
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    Eric Otis Simmons

    Biography Eric Simmons is the CEO of ESE, Inc., a website development firm specializing in creating sites for small businesses, high school/college athletes, authors, poets, and others who seek to project their “Personal Brand” on the Internet.  A former college athlete, he enjoys sports and public speaking.  He self-publishes under his full name, Eric Otis Simmons, and his written works are branded under the name ESETOMES (pronounced ESE-TOMES) to represent a “volume of books.” Eric has written and self-published four books that have appeared on Amazon’s “Best Sellers” list 181 times since January 2019.  His Memoir, “Not Far From The Tree,” chronicles his life and underscores how his single mother’s teachings propelled him to excel academically, athletically, and in Corporate America.  “#HTSP - How to Self-Publish” is based on the steps he undertook to write, market, and distribute his Memoir.  “Getting Your Book Into Libraries” evolved from his well-received article, “How To Get Your Book Into Libraries,” which became the top Google search result, out of over 2 billion, on the subject of “getting your book into libraries.”  Over 200 Libraries have purchased Simmons’ self-published books.  “Self Publisher’s Toolkit” is a two-in-one resource that shows the reader how to self-publish a book and market it to Libraries, a viable $30+ billion segment often overlooked by self publishers. Social Media Facebook: www.facebook.com/esimmonsauthor Twitter: @esimmonsauthor

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      #HTSP - How to Self-Publish - Eric Otis Simmons

      9780578409467

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated to my wife Cynthia as we celebrate our 39th wedding anniversary this year. Without question, you’re the best thing that has ever happened to me. You keep me grounded, and for that, I thank you. You are my best friend, and I sincerely appreciate you for all of your love and support over the years.

      Acknowledgments

      Many thanks to Carla Burton, Branch Manager of the Dr. Robert E. Fulton Library in Johns Creek, Georgia for suggesting I develop a presentation to share information with others about how I was able to successfully self-publish my first book. Carla’s recommendation spawned the creation of #HTSP – How to Self-Publish.

      Thanks also to Michael McCree for reviewing this book. As a Best Selling Author, Michael’s self-publishing acumen, insight, and ideas continue to inspire and keep me motivated about self-publishing.

      About the Author

      Eric Otis Simmons was born in Little Rock, Arkansas and moved to Montgomery, Alabama at the age of 13 with his Mother who raised him as a single parent. He went on to graduate from Auburn University where he finished in the Top 10% of his class (B.S. Business Administration, Marketing minor) and earned Varsity Basketball letters as a 5’ 7" walk-on player.

      After College, Simmons spent a little over three decades in Corporate America in various Sales/Sales Management roles with Fortune 500 employers IBM, AT&T, GE, MCI and W.W. Grainger. At IBM, he was named Class President of the Company’s then world-renowned Sales Training Program and appeared on a WSFA-TV live broadcast entitled, Blacks in Corporate America. His domestic and international business travels took him to 37 states and also Paris, Brussels and Hong Kong where he successfully closed sales of $500,000, $1 million, and $25 million respectively. During his AT&T tenure, Simmons was featured in Black Enterprise Magazine’s Powerplay section in an article entitled, The new deal on business entertaining.

      A Certified Wix Webmaster, Simmons started his own website development company, Eric Simmons Enterprises, Inc. (ESE, Inc.) in 2017. The company builds Personal Brand websites for High School Student-Athletes to help them get recruited by College Coaches. ESE, Inc. utilizes Simmons’ Copyrighted EC3 Continuum methodology to assist Student-Athletes and their Parents with the critical stages of Engaging Coaches (for Recruiting), Engaging Colleges (for Admission), and Engaging Companies (for Employment).

      After roughly 15 years of people urging him to write a book about his life, in March 2017, Simmons released his popular self-published Memoir, "Not Far From The Tree. The book is dedicated to his Mother and speaks to the invaluable seeds of knowledge" she instilled in him that enabled him to accomplish some incredible things in life, despite seemingly impossible odds.

      At the time of publication of, #HTSP – How to Self-Publish, Simmons’ Memoir had been acquired by 25 Libraries, 7 of which are amongst the largest in the Nation. The most notable being the New York Public Library which ordered his Memoir for its prestigious Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

      Not Far From The Tree and #HTSP – How to Self-Publish

      Website - https://www.esetomes.com

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      ESE, Inc.

      Website – www.eseinc1.com

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      Contents

      Dedication

      Acknowledgments

      About the Author

      Contents

      Why #HTSP?

      Chapter 1 - My First Self-Published Book

      Chapter 2 - Publisher versus Self-Publishing

      Chapter 3 - Getting Started Writing

      Chapter 4 - Writing Your Book

      Chapter 5 - Setting up Your Book Business

      Chapter 6 - Identifying Initial Service Providers

      Chapter 7 - Pricing Your Book

      Chapter 8 - Formatting Your Book for Printing

      Chapter 9 - Marketing Your Book

      Chapter 10 - Managing Your Book Business

      Chapter 11 - Can You Make Money Self-Publishing?

      References

      Why #HTSP?

      1. A little over a year after its release, Eric Simmons’ self-published Memoir, Not Far From The Tree, his first book, had been ranked in the Top 1% 25 times and in the Top 10% 104 times out of over 8,000,000 books sold worldwide on Amazon.com. From 2017 to 2018, sales of Simmons’ Memoir grew 69% year over year.

      2. Without paying for expensive book reviews, Simmons was able to convince 25 Libraries, some of which are amongst America’s foremost Academic and Public Libraries, to procure his self-published Memoir not long after

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