i don't know if its just me but i think books by naija authors are scarce in the country.most book shops sell foreign books even the road side sellers sell only foreign books.pls help where can i get good books my my fellow country men?

yeah that is true

That's easy. Here are a few pointers.

For Purchasing, visit the following:
Books Nigeria  http://booksng.com
Flegz Online http://flegz.com
Kachifo Limited http://www.kachifo.com/order/index.php
Havilah Library Solutions  http://www.havilahbooks-ng.com/aboutus.html
Office and Book World http://www.officeandbookworld.com
Also Search Nigeria Galleria http://www.nigeriagalleria.com/Shopping/Bookshops/General_Bookshops_d.html

I can call a few Nigerian authored novels to your attention.
1. Half of  Yellow Sun and Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
2. The upcoming novel FEDDIE GIRL by Nona David (My company published this one. https://bernardbooks.com )
4. Everything good will come by Sefi Atta
5. The Mrs Club by Ekene Onu
And may more.

PS: FEDDIE GIRL is published by the publishing house I'm affiliated with: Bernard Books Publishing.

You can get a copy online at our website https://bernardbooks.com/links.html

Or buy one in Nigeria. Check our website for the locations and contact details of our Sales Agents: https://bernardbooks.com/news.html

If you have questions, please contact me at [email]joan.peck@bernardbooks.com[/email]

Joan

naija books are scarce even in naija?

that's bad PR, imo. Maybe the authors are focusing on the diasporan market and ignoring the people at home.

No wonder I'm yet to see OBJ's wife's memoirs.

sherifatou:

naija books are scarce even in naija?

that's bad PR, imo. Maybe the authors are focusing on the diasporan market and ignoring the people at home.

No wonder I'm yet to see OBJ's wife's memoirs.

My dear, it's not that easy for a foreign publisher to market to the Naija community. Having worked as a book publicist with a publisher here in the US, I am speaking from experience.
The major problem foreign publishers face with the Nigerian market is the fraudulent and pirating measures. E.g. A Nigerian author writes a great book tailored to Nigerian readers and wants to see it published by a quality and reputable publisher. They approach companies based in US and UK. After all the struggles and hard work, they manage to land a  reputable publisher and their novel gets published and the marketing and sales begin.
Then before you know it, the books show up on ebay, amazon, etc and the merchants are all based in Nigeria and selling the books for pennies on the dollar!

Meanwhile, the publisher has only sold a few hundred copies in the US alone. So how did the Nigerian merchants get a hold of the book to the extent of offering it wholesale on Amazon and Ebay on a merchant account? You see, what these fraudsters do is, they buy one or two copies then they make thousands of photocopies and rebind. They also scan the original covers of the book complete with the ISBN, SAN, EAN and LCCN and paste it on there! Just crazy!
The fraudulent impostors make all the profit while the main author and authentic publishers who did all the work suffer.

Due to this, marketing in Nigeria will prove almost fruitless. If you see same book one of high quality selling at $19.95 (N2400) and another of lower quality selling at $4 (N600), which will you purchase?

See? that is exactly what we see and the risk we take by taking on Nigerian authors and authors of Nigerian works.

Very sad, but it happens all the time.

Read Motivational book 'How To Make Wealth Without Capital' by Austin Aniekie.The book is interesting.

The Joan missus said it all, finished writing a book,but I'm skeptical to the heavens of even publishing, if I publish in Nigeria,despite the piracy,the book still ends up with a poorly finished exterior and stuff, so poor, gotta bid my time andhope for the best.

Mitchelin, if you're this worried about publishing your work in Nigeria, why not submit to foreign publishers and literary agencies? It is a daunting procedure, but if you're determined, you will succeed in the end. Hey, even J.K Rowling was rejected thirteen times before she finally landed an agent for "Harry Potter."

Just as an after-thought, one of the major reasons why American publishers hardly accept Nigerian authors is the high degree of piracy going on in Nigeria. Publisher's hardly recoup their investment on these authors which includes cost of professional manuscript editing, type-setting, book design, printing, marketing, adverts, and promos.

Another major reason is that Nigerians are not proud of their authors and will hardly ever take it upon themselves to help promote their author's works. Word of mouth is any new author's best promotion device. If those your work is aimed at do not help you promote your work, you're sunk.

Only if the novel wins a major award, like in the case of Ms. Adichie, will people come out and proclaim their Nigerian-relation to the author. But, even then, ask them if they actually paid to read the novel and you'll be surprised at what their answers will be.

In all my years as a book publicist, I'll tell you that Nigerian authors are the most difficult to promote.

Joan, I hate to say this but your experience speaks for itself. My book just came out and I'm hoping for the best.