Book Publishing In Nigeria

Can you post excerpts of your novels so we can determine whether they are worth publishing?  Thanks.

Extract from SCORES TO SETTLE,  My upcoming Novel!

“Well, your daughter, Lucy is in our custody. She is in safe hands unless you tried to be smarter than how you are. If it pleases you, her life may not amount to what we’ll require of you.”
            “We are men of the underworld, not blackmailers and have nothing to do with your money. We’ve been paid a huge sum of money to carry out this operation. Are you still there?”
            “Yes, Yes!” Chief stammered, frightened and at the same time upset and infuriated.
            “All we need from you is very simple and it has an ultimatum. You are to choose what you want most out of the two things you cherished most. The first is in our custody, your daughter, while the second is in your hand.”
            “If it’s money, please sirs, I’ll give you everything you ask for. Anything! All I need is my daughter back home. Pleas don’t harm her, she is all I look up to after her mother died and , ”
            “Shut up. If you are not asked to talk, you must not or else, ” chief heard something that sounded like a shove and what followed was a scream that resembled Lucy’s voice.
            “Please, don’t hurt her. I’ll do anything and give away everything to have her back. Please, for God’s sake.” Chief pleaded, already shivering and feeling sympathy for his daughter, blaming himself for allowing her to go out for the shopping earlier.
            “That’s okay. We don’t need your goddamn money. All we need is your cooperation. If you prove smart by informing the police, we’ll get at you before you get at us. And remember, your daughter is in our hands and your being cool would be the only thing that could help her.
            “You have a week. Just seven days from now. It’s either you step down from your political post as the deputy-governor-to-be for the KDP and have your daughter back or you hold unto that post and find her dead on the street.”
             
(c) Olukanni Olayinka 2006

What's the genre? If it's Christian, we can talk. I 'm a Christian Book Publisher. 

hi
i'm new in the house. i've been hearing about the site but didn't know there was a forum for writers till yesterday when i registered. i've been writing novels since i was 12 and right now, i'm in dear need of a good publisher or a good director for my works. here are two extracts from two of my works.Enjoy and let me know what you think,

EXTRACT FROM TRUE LIES

CHAPTER ONE
JUNE 2003
       The Bakares’ livingroom was a grand and luxuriously-furnished one. Rich beige carpet graced the wide floor, the glass windows covered by mustard-coloured drapes with gold trimmings on them. The side stools beside the coffee-brown leather sofas were made of glass and ivory. Two large-sized Picassos hung on adjacent walls and a grand-father clock showed the time as 9.00 p.m
        Tolu sat on one of the sofas, uncomfortable under the reproachful eyes of her parents, but sure of herself and determined to win them to her side. Bridget Bakare, her mother, heaved a deep sigh, curving her lips as she clasped and unclasped her hands restlessly, the only distinct sound in the room being the gentle humming of the air conditioner at the far end. Tension grew so thick in the air one could cut it with a butter knife. After what seemed like an eternity, Gerald Bakare cleared his throat and spoke.
“Tolu,”
“Yes,dad.”
“Can you repeat what you just told us?”
Tolu took a deep breath and said, “Lanre proposed to me two days ago. He asked me to marry him.”
“And what did you tell him?”
Her eyes moved uncertainly from him to her mother, then back to him.
“I told him yes.”
“You told him yes,” he repeated quietly, shutting his eyes and nodding slowly, in mock approval.
      Like a volcanic eruption, Bridget watched her husband’s temper slowly rise, though he was desperately making an effort to control it. She had lived with him for twenty-five years and always knew when an outburst was imminent, as one was now….


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CHAPTER ONE
          The electric kettle made a wheezing sound, signaling its content had boiled. Joe watched the steam gently rise, allowing the water to boil more till the on-button popped up and the wheezing sound faded gradually. He lifted the kettle and poured hot water into his coffee mug before he dropped it and stirred his coffee gently. He strode to his reading table, took a sip from the mug and placed it on the desk before facing his laptop once more……. His eyes moved back to the name on the pad before is cell phone rang again. This time, it was his mother.
“Good evening, mum, how are you?”
“’Evening dear.” She paused, knowing he could sense the sobriety in her voice.
“What’s wrong? You sound dull.”
”It’s you I’m worried about, Joe. Well, your father…, the both of you actually.”
“What is it this time?”
“The same, Joe. It’s just that he’s serious this time. He’ll be finalizing some things in his will and he’s determined about this. I can’t even talk him out of what he’s planning to do to you.”
“What exactly are we talking about here, mum?”
“Your inheritance,” she said shortly. “Or doesn’t it matter to you?”
He heaved a sigh. “I think I’m old enough to make choices. He doesn’t have to string my inheritance unto his own choices for me!”
“All he wants is an heir…, just a proof that you’ll settle down in life. Is that too much for a father to ask for?”
Joe bit his lip and said nothing. The picture of Uncle Acho sprawled out on the carpeted floor and writhing in pain from the effect of the cyanide flashed through his memory and he swallowed hard.
“Joe,” his mother persisted. “Lydia, your cousin is having her traditional marriage in two weeks time. I hope you’re coming down for the ceremony.”
He got hold of himself. “Of course I won’t miss it for the world.”
“Good. Just bear in mind that your father will be expecting a positive sign from you then before he finalizes his will. And listen very good— I don’t want you left out of it. Do you understand?”
“Yes I do.”…….
He dropped the phone on a pile of books on the table, shut his eyes and rubbed the bridge of his nose in thought,

LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!CIAO!

I am writing an Igbo Name Book. I plan 2 versions, one in German and one in english. Is there a good publisher in nigeria for the english version?

Writers who need proofreading services should contact me. Its what I'm good at.
You write, i straighten it up for you.

Its okay to publish traditionally, i mean using offline publishers, the only issue is some times you get ripped off. the issue of bad distribution , marketing and tracking makes these matter worse in Nigeria.
it is most times better to self publish your books on the internet .there are many web sites  where you can do this .you get 80 percent from the proceeds of your book ,unlike the traditional publishers that take up to 70% of the proceeds.
try www.lulu.com,
i am an author , i just started using the site, check it out . i will be publishing  my first book soon.

hi for those intending to publish i think its not too wise exposing excerpts of your intended publication, anyone interested in helping you owt can get in touch with you just like someone i think did in the post. leave your contact info for anyone ready to help out. for your own copyrite protection good. cheers.

@Yinkaolu, sorry about the diversion from other posters. The good news is that once people see something good, they all wanna jump into that same boat 

Well, I agree with what Seun said, and I quoate:


 Alternatively, I also see reason wuth Orikinla who recommended ANA as quoted below:


Basically, if your target audience are Nigerians, then go with ANA by all means. However, if this is a mainstream thriller and you want it available to everyone, everywhere, without you as the author having to do your own marketing, distribution and publicizing, then ANA may not be the best choice, though the publishing world is a dog-eat-dog kind of business.

As for the suggestion below:

Well, you are on your own when you self-publish. I will let you know that self-published commercial works especially fiction, are not viewed as authentic publications. You run a high chance of your work being ridiculed and ignored by the literate world, no matter how error-free or properly formatted it turns out to be. Reviewers won't look at it, you can't apply for most competitions and major awards, and you can't call yourself a serious published author in the midst of other authors.
Finally, if you self-publish, you have to market your book yourself. Vanity publishers like Lulu, Publish America, Xlibris, Iuniverse, createspace, etc, etc, do not do a damn thing to help you sell your book. Unless you just want to sell to your mother, family, and close friends, then, 

Also, it is true authentic publishers will take close to 70-90% of the book proceeds while Literary Agents will take another 10% of what is left. However, when you compare and contrast: Self-published books are quite expensive and only sell about 40 copies on average, and about 150 copies if the author works hard on promoting and convincing people to buy the books. Some books never sell more than one or two copies. Sad, but very true. (See the Lulu book sales report of 2008).
On the other hand, a great traditionally published thriller, for example. will sell anywhere from 10,000 copies to several hundred thousands or even millions! You do the math.
So, even if a self-published author is receiving $15 per book out of the $20 dollar list price for his book and only sells 100 copies, then he has made a total of $1,500 for the life of his book.

On the other hand, if an author, who is published traditionally, is receiving $1 per book and sells the minimum of 10,000 copies, that totals $10,000. If the book makes the best-seller list and sells millions, say, 30,000,000; then the author nets in $30 Million dollars! Also, there may be other deals like movie and TV rights, audio, e-book, etc. etc. Any of these can rake in about half a million for the author.

In effect, here's the way it works. If your book is not very good and does not measure up and you don't have the time, energy, or inclination to work on it and make it a masterpiece; yet you are too impatient and want to see it in print, then self-publishing may be for you. Don't expect to reap any rewards though, cos what you put in is exactly what you'll get.

For those who wish to go through the traditional and officially accepted route, here are great links for finding agents and publishers, and communicating with other serious authors/writers:

http://www.querytracker.net/
http://www.critiquecircle.com/
http://anotherealm.com/prededitors/
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/

Well, just my two cents worth.

Good Luck!

@ Ofala,
You are welcome. The book publishing business requires a lot of patience. And if you're persistent and your work is great, I don't see why you shouldn't make it in the end.

At the publishing company I work for, we recruited 2 of our authors from the absolute write forum. Another one came to us through query tracker. So you see, it works!