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- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
December 2019 Ingram Sales Strong
ESE, Inc. reported today, paperback sales of its ESETOMES books have been particularly strong this month at IngramSpark, the self-publishing platform of Ingram Content Group (Ingram). IngramSpark sales have been firing on all cylinders as the company has reported sales of each ESETOMES paperback book, “Not Far From The Tree,” “#HTSP - How to Self-Publish,” and “Getting Your Book Into Libraries” through the first half of the month. ESETOMES is the copyrighted brand name for w
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simm884
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
Coming Soon - “Getting Your Book Into Libraries”
Coming Soon - “Getting Your Book Into Libraries” ESE, Inc. announced today, “Getting Your Book Into Libraries,” the latest book by Company CEO and Author Eric Simmons will be available in bookstores soon. Believed to be the first book ever written on the topic, in “Getting Your Book Into Libraries,” Simmons lays out the methodology and tactics he developed to successfully get his self-published books into 85 libraries, including 7 of America’s largest, in less than two years
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simm884
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
CEO Believes Multi-Orders Tied to Checkouts
Six (6) Libraries now have both of ESE, Inc. CEO Eric Simmons’ first two ESETOMES books, and he believes checkout performance of his works led to multiple orders and will lead to potential sales down the road the Company shared today. “When we began selling to Libraries last year, I knew book circulation was important to Librarians. If a book sits on a Library’s shelf and collects dust, it will be difficult for an Author to convince the Library to purchase another one of hi
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simm884
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
Bacon Memorial District Library Adds #HTSP
Bacon Memorial District Library has added, “#HTSP - How to Self-Publish” to its Collection ESE, Inc. reported today. The book joins, “Not Far From The Tree,” which was purchased last month, on the Library’s shelves. Housed in the historic Ford-Bacon House, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Bacon Memorial becomes the fifth Library in 2019 to acquire both ESETOMES Books. “Not Far From The Tree” and “#HTSP - How to Self-Publish” are copyrighted pro
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simm884
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
Blurb Becomes Latest ESE Inc. Distributor
ESE, Inc. announced today; it is adding Blurb as its latest distributor for its ESETOMES books. Blurb, the world’s first platform for creating, printing, and publishing independent books, is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2005, Blurb has over 2 million customers worldwide, resulting in over 4 million unique book titles, with nearly 18 million units shipped to almost 100 countries around the world. ESE, Inc. has begun uploading its titles onto Blurb’
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simm884
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
ESETOMES Books On/Off/On Google Play Store
ESE, Inc. CEO Eric Simmons recently went onto the Google Play Store to check on his ESETOMES books, and to his surprise, they weren’t there the Company reported today. A recent policy change by Google apparently caused Simmons’ works to be taken off the site. Per Aggregator PublishDrive, “Their updated policies require them to have a direct relationship with copyright holders (authors and publishers).” The problem Simmons had was ESE, Inc. already had a two-year existing d
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simm884
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
How To Get Your Book Into Libraries
ESE, Inc. announced today; it has added a link on the Company’s ESETOMES website to take readers directly to CEO Eric Simmons' well-received article, “How To Get Your Book Into Libraries.” Posted June 12th on New York Times and USA Today bestselling Author Joanna Penn’s website, The Creative Penn, the article has generated 2,144 interactions to date. These include shares, comments, likes, retweets, mentions, and links to the ESETOMES site from individuals in 27 countries.
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simm884
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
CEO Seeks 90 Libraries by EOY
One of ESE, Inc. CEO Eric Simmons’ “2019 Business Goals” for the Company was to have his ESETOMES books be in eighty (80) Libraries by the end of the year, the Company shared. Having achieved that goal in October, and now with 83 Libraries carrying his written works, Simmons has increased the target to 90 Libraries by the End of Year (EOY). Accustomed to “stretch goals” from his days in Corporate America, the CEO realizes the revised goal will be a challenge due to the upcom
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simm884
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
October Sales Up 100% Over Prior
ESE, Inc. reported today, unit sales of ESETOMES books were up 100% in October over the prior year. Retail sales of the paperback version of “Not Far From The Tree” led the way. During the month, the book made its 10th appearance in 2019 on Amazon’s “Best Seller” list, was acquired by 4 Public Libraries* including two that are on the National Register of Historic Places, had one Library order a second copy, and had its second international sale (Canada). ESETOMES is the bra
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simm884
- Jan 13, 2020
- 2 min
Aggregators’ Contribution to ESETOMES Library Sales
Aggregators that ESE, Inc. uses to get its ESETOMES books into Libraries have been instrumental to the Company’s success in this segment it acknowledged today. Currently, five Aggregators have helped generate sales of 93 books to 83 Academic and Public Libraries. Chief amongst them has been Ingram Content Group and Baker & Taylor (B&T), a leading provider of books and services to public libraries nationwide. Per its website, Baker & Taylor supports 6,000 public library sys
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simm884
- Jan 13, 2020
- 2 min
ESE, Inc. Uses 80/20 Rule to Find its Books in Libraries
Currently, there are ninety-three (93) copies of ESE, Inc. ESETOMES books, “Not Far From The Tree,” and “#HTSP – How to Self-Publish" in 83 Academic and Public Libraries per the company. How does ESE, Inc. know which Libraries have its books? First, ESE, Inc. keeps track of Libraries it has contacted, either via email, the primary method, or by phone. Next, as sales come in each month, ESE, Inc. applies the 80/20 business rule to the Aggregators it uses that have reported
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simm884
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
East Cleveland Public Library Becomes Latest Customer
East Cleveland Public Library has become the latest Library to add an ESETOMES book to its Collection, ESE, Inc. reported today. With its purchase of “Not Far From The Tree,” East Cleveland becomes the 83rd Library to acquire an ESETOMES book since January 2018, the time in which ESE, Inc. began introducing the written works of CEO Eric Simmons to Librarians. East Cleveland is home to General Electric's historic Nela Park, the world's first industrial park. The ESETOMES bra
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simm884
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
ESETOMES Website Gets “Re-Branded”
ESE, Inc. announced today; it has “re-branded,” so to speak, its ESETOMES book website, www.esetomes.com, to reflect the color scheme used in the Company’s new ESETOMES logo. CEO Eric Simmons, a Certified Wix Webmaster, used a color palette generator to get the hexadecimal RGB color codes used in the logo to redesign the color scheme throughout the website. ESETOMES is the copyrighted brand name for books written by ESE, Inc. CEO Eric Otis Simmons. #ESEInc #ESETOMES #EricOt
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simm884
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
ESETOMES Defined
Per ESE, Inc. today, ESETOMES stands for Eric Simmons Enterprises, Inc., followed by the word Tomes, which is defined as one of the books in a work of several volumes. ESETOMES is the copyrighted brand name for books written by ESE, Inc. CEO Eric Otis Simmons. #ESEInc #ESETOMES #EricOtisSimmons @esimmonsauthor
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simm884
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
ESETOMES Brand Gets a Logo
ESE, Inc. unveiled today, its new logo for the Company’s ESETOMES brand of books written by CEO Eric Simmons. The design incorporates modernistic graphical-like pen quills, to connote writing, in various brown hues, and spells out ESETOMES utilizing Playfair Display font. The emblem will be used to differentiate Simmons’ books and creates advertising and merchandising opportunities around items such as coffee mugs, polo shirts, baseball caps, etc. “I plan to get myself a p
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simm884
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
Belleville Public Library Adds Memoir
The Belleville Public Library and Information Center (Belleville, New Jersey) has added ESE, Inc. CEO Eric Simmons’ Memoir, “Not Far From The Tree” to its Collection, and has become the eighty-first (81st) Library to purchase an ESETOMES book the Company announced today. Opened in 1911, Belleville Public Library is one of New Jersey's original thirty-six Carnegie libraries. It serves a population of 35,926 and has a Collection of 105,452 volumes. One of the town’s notable
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simm884
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
Getting to Profitability
ESE, Inc. disclosed today that at its current run rate, its ESETOMES book business unit should reach profitability in 2020. The unit’s effectiveness has been boosted by the faster than expected sales success of “#HTSP – How to Self-Publish,” a significant reduction in books ordered for various events and by focusing on advertising that yields the highest rate of return. “I Googled, “How long does it take an author's book to become profitable” and didn’t get a single hit that
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simm884
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
States with ESETOMES Books
Recently, ESE, Inc. mapped the states in which its current Library customers reside, to identify additional areas of opportunity for book sales; the Company shared today. While ESE, Inc. has been tracking its retail sales by geographic location, it had not been doing so for Libraries. The analysis revealed, of the 80 Academic and Public Libraries, in 21 states that have acquired ESETOMES books, “Not Far From The Tree” and “#HTSP - How to Self-Publish,” 41 of them are locate
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simm884
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
Carnegie Becomes 80th Library Customer
Carnegie Public Library’s recent addition of, “Not Far From The Tree,” makes it the 80th Library to add one of ESE, Inc.’s ESETOMES books to it Collection, the Company announced today. Based in East Liverpool, Ohio, the Library was funded by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, whose uncle lived in East Liverpool. Along with the Steubenville, Ohio library, it was the first library in Ohio funded by Carnegie. It was listed on the National Register of Historic P
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simm884
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
ESETOMES Books Coming to Hoopla
ESE, Inc. announced today its ESETOMES books (“Not Far From The Tree,” “#HTSP - How to Self-Publish,” and “ESETOMES Box Set”) will soon be available through Hoopla, via Draft2Digital (D2D). Hoopla is a web and mobile Library media streaming platform for eBooks, audiobooks, comics, movies, music, and TV. Hoopla allows Library patrons to download or stream the above media content. “Last month, during a review of Public Libraries and their digital content offerings, we discove
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