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Port Harcourt Zone
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Owerri Zone
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Asaba
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Joan4427: @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!

Sounds smart.

infonaire:

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to all: thanks all the same! I have been off this post since and now will follow one or two of the info for a great book. Thanks once more

@Rosebud, Hi. Just saw your excerpt posted 6years ago. No one except Joan made a comment. You are cool. And you are the reason i join this forum. Plz kindly leave a-mail or any contact. i will be in touch. Keep up.

A friend writes Erotica stories and is seeking a publisher. Any lead would be appreciated.

I heard someone saying something about editing manuscripts. Check out
www.blacktowerpublishers.com.ng They are book publishers and offer
online services like editing too.