Put My Books in Your Library

I'm Jermaine Jefferson. Husband, dad, and the guy behind GrowFitFL. I teach Florida families how to grow their own food, and I self-publish every one of my books from right here in West Central Florida. No New York publisher. No marketing department. No shelf space handed to me. Just a family doing its best to help people feed themselves and change a little corner of the world. Every single book that gets bought and read means the world to me and my family.

Here's the truth about independent family educators like me: the big chains stock the big publishers. We get in through the side door, and that side door is you. Everything on this page takes two minutes or less, and I've done all the thinking for you. Pick one and do it now, while you're here.

1. Put my books in your library, free for your whole county

Libraries buy books their patrons request. One request from you puts my books in front of every family in your county, free, forever.

  1. Tap the green button below. The request text copies itself.
  2. Tap your library's request form. Search your library's name plus "suggest a purchase" or "request an item." Every Florida county system has one. Or just ask at the front desk, librarians handle these every day.
  3. Paste. Submit. Done. If the form asks how to order, the answer is Ingram, the distributor libraries already use.

Please consider adding these titles by Florida author Jermaine Jefferson to the collection. They are regional gardening guides written specifically for Florida growing conditions, plus a personal development title. All are available to libraries through Ingram.

The Florida Perennial Garden: Easy Plants That Thrive in Heat, Sand & Humidity
Jermaine Jefferson | ISBN 979-8-9947732-0-8 | Paperback $24.95

Grow Food NOT Lawns: Simple Steps To Turn Any Yard Into A Year-Round Garden
Jermaine Jefferson | ISBN 979-8-9947732-2-2 | Paperback $24.95

Discipline: What Nobody Wants to Hear
Jermaine Jefferson | ISBN 979-8-9947732-3-9 | Paperback $14.99

Then tell me you did it. Email contact@growfitfl.com with your county. I keep a running list, I follow up with those libraries, and I thank every single person who does this.

2. Already have one of my books? An honest review changes everything

Reviews are how new readers find an indie author. Amazon shows my books to more people when real readers share what they honestly thought. It takes two minutes and it is the single most powerful thing a reader can do for my family. These links take you straight to the review box:

★★★★★  Review The Florida Perennial Garden ★★★★★  Review Grow Food NOT Lawns ★★★★★  Review Discipline

To everyone who already bought, read, reviewed, or told a friend: thank you. From me, from Toni, from our whole family. You are the reason we get to keep doing this.

3. Get my books into your local garden center

Store owners listen to their regulars far more than they listen to publishers. If you shop at a nursery, feed store, or botanical garden gift shop, you have more power there than I do.

  1. Next visit, say one sentence at the counter: "You should carry The Florida Perennial Garden, it's written by a Florida guy specifically for our climate." That's the whole job.
  2. Show them your copy if you have it with you.
  3. Leave them my info. Show them the note below or snap a photo of it for them.

To garden center and shop owners: I'm Jermaine Jefferson, a Florida author and independent publisher (GrowFitFL, Lakeland FL). My Florida gardening books sell at $24.95 retail and I offer shops a full 50% margin on prepaid wholesale cases, direct from me, no distributor paperwork, no big-box games. Email contact@growfitfl.com or call (305) 209-8128 and I'll take care of you personally.

4. Prefer not to shop on Amazon? Good. You have options.

Every library request, every honest review, every word at a nursery counter, every local order is a vote for a Florida family that teaches people to feed themselves. I see it, I appreciate it, and I don't take it for granted.

Grow Food NOT Lawns.
Jermaine