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Poems For ReviewRe: Excerpt Of A Short Story: Please Comment/critique by Joan4427(f): 11:03pm On Jun 08, 2009
This is brilliant! Storyline seems to be properly executed and the excerpt is well-written.
The whole package works for me.
Just watch-out for over-usage of the ly-adverbs.
Other than that, it is a very beautiful piece. On-point descriptions, voice, pacing, and sentence length.

Good job!

Joan
LiteratureRe: New Novel by Nona David (FEDDIE GIRL) by Joan4427(f): 7:08pm On Jun 06, 2009
jasonbod:
Sounds interesting. I sure will take a look at that.
Jason,
Please go to the publisher's website and read excerpts of the novel http://bernardbooks.com/subpage.html
You can also reserve a copy and the publisher will contact you in July when copies come off the press http://bernardbooks.com/form.html

Thanks.

Joan
LiteratureRe: FEDDIE GIRL Novel: For all ex-boarding school students. Check this out!!!!!! by Joan4427(op): 2:33pm On Jun 05, 2009
Novel coming to Bernard Books Publishing this July.

The count down continues: 4 weeks to go!

Copies available by reservation only! Reserve your copy today! http://bernardbooks.com/form.html
LiteratureAsk Your Questions About Writing And Publishing Here by Joan4427(op): 5:48am On Jun 05, 2009
Dear Writers and Authors,

This thread is meant for educating determined writers and upcoming authors about the literary industry and helping them find answers and solutions to questions and problems about book publishing.

Whether you need a literary agent or a publisher for complete novels, self-help books, non-fiction books, a collection of short stories and poems, screen plays, etc. Or you are looking for authentic literary forums and websites where you can meet and network with other authors. Or you need useful insights, information, direction, and honest answers to your questions.

This thread is for you.

Post your questions and I (and other interested or knowledgeable individuals in the field) will do our best to provide answers and offer directions and insights into the literary and publishing maze.

Ask your questions about traditional publishing, subsidy publishing, self publishing, POD, Vanity press, etc.
Ask about the advantages and disadvantages of each type of publishing and which type would be the best bet for your work or situation.
Ask questions about writing, characterization, scenes, dialogue building, plot development, theme, editing, proofreading, copy editing, etc.
Ask questions about grammar, punctuation, sentence construction, word usage, problematic sentences, verb usage, thesaurus application, cliches, etc.

PLEASE POST ONLY AUTHENTIC QUESTIONS. NO SPAMMING. NO ADVERTS OR COMMERCIALS.

Finally, be courteous and polite.


Best Regards,

Joan Peck (Book Publicist)
Bernard Books Publishing,
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
http://bernardbooks.com
LiteratureRe: FEDDIE GIRL: Don't Miss-out on Advance Copies!!!!!!!! by Joan4427(op): 4:42pm On Jun 03, 2009
Read excerpts of the actual novel, FEDDIE GIRL and reserve your copy at http://bernardbooks.com/subpage.html
LiteratureRe: FEDDIE GIRL: Don't Miss-out on Advance Copies!!!!!!!! by Joan4427(op): 6:13am On May 24, 2009
Still no word yet,
LiteratureRe: FEDDIE GIRL Novel: For all ex-boarding school students. Check this out!!!!!! by Joan4427(op): 6:12am On May 24, 2009
nich:
lipsrsealed
huh
Poems For ReviewRe: FEDDIE GIRL (an adventure/thriller set in Nigerian Federal School) by Joan4427(op): 6:08am On May 24, 2009
Posted a new excerpt smiley
LiteratureRe: Waste Management by Joan4427(f): 4:06pm On May 21, 2009
There are numerous types of wastes depending on the Industrial sector you're targeting.
Ie. Agriculture, Food, Chemical, Mechanical, Automobile, Computers, etc, etc, etc,

Try googling 'Industrial Waste Management' and see what comes up. Or do a specific search on a particular industry like "Food Industrial Waste Management".

That should be the easiest to write on cos there are tons of information from the EPA, USDA, and FDA concerning Food Industries and their Waste Management Systems.

This is just a pointer!

Good Luck!
EducationRe: Bad Things You Did In Secondary School? by Joan4427(f): 3:43pm On May 21, 2009
Hah! Boarding school days. Such funny tales we have to tell. Lol!

There is a new novel coming out this July that is all about the experiences and adventures in Nigerian Federal School.
The book is, FEDDIE GIRL, written by Nona David.

If you haven't heard about this novel, you need to check it out. Go to the publishers site to read excerpts http://bernardbooks.com/subpage.html
Also see the FEDDIE GIRL blogs at http://joanpeck.

It's simply hilarious! You will think you're back in boarding school re-living those experiences!  Grin Grin Grin Grin

For more info, please contact me:

Joan Peck (Book Publicist)
Bernard Books Publishing
http://bernardbooks.com
joan.peck@bernardbooks.com
EducationRe: Nigerian Boarding House Stories And Pictures by Joan4427(f): 3:40pm On May 21, 2009
Hah! Boarding school days. Such funny tales we have to tell. Lol!

There is a new novel coming out this July that is all about the experiences and adventures in Nigerian Federal School.
The book is, FEDDIE GIRL, written by Nona David (an ex-feddie student)

If you haven't heard about this novel, you need to check it out. Go to the publishers site to read excerpts http://bernardbooks.com/subpage.html
Also see the FEDDIE GIRL blogs at http://joanpeck.

It's simply hilarious! You will think you're back in boarding school re-living those experiences! grin grin grin grin

For more info, please contact me:

Joan Peck (Book Publicist)
Bernard Books Publishing
http://bernardbooks.com
joan.peck@bernardbooks.com
Poems For ReviewRe: FEDDIE GIRL (an adventure/thriller set in Nigerian Federal School) by Joan4427(op): 3:05pm On May 20, 2009
The countdown to publication date continues.

You can now reserve an advance copy of this novel on the publishers site. You will be notified once the copies come off the press. http://bernardbooks.com/form.html
LiteratureRe: FEDDIE GIRL: Don't Miss-out on Advance Copies!!!!!!!! by Joan4427(op): 3:00pm On May 20, 2009
@Kay9

No, no word yet. Thanks for the continued interest and patience.

Joan.
LiteratureRe: Attn: Seun and StephenP!!! Nairaland Writers Union (NWU)? by Joan4427(op): 2:58pm On May 20, 2009
Thanks to all those who expressed their interest via e-mail. We are still waiting to get a word from Seun and the other moderators.

Thanks for your patience!

Joan.
LiteratureRe: New Novel by Nona David (FEDDIE GIRL) by Joan4427(f): 6:11am On May 19, 2009
Ifez:
@Joan4427

This new FEDDIE GIRL NOVEL will be available in Naija too, right? kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss
You mean in Nigeria? Answer is yes!

Thanks!

Joan
LiteratureRe: FEDDIE GIRL: Don't Miss-out on Advance Copies!!!!!!!! by Joan4427(op): 6:09am On May 19, 2009
Don't Miss-out on Advance Copies, they are now limited!!!!!!!!

Reserve a copy at http://bernardbooks.com/form.html
LiteratureRe: FEDDIE GIRL Novel: For all ex-boarding school students. Check this out!!!!!! by Joan4427(op): 6:06am On May 19, 2009
Unseal the lips, Lol!

If you haven't reserved a copy of FEDDIE GIRL, there's still a chance to reserve advance copies coming this July.
http://bernardbooks.com/form.html
LiteratureRe: FEDDIE GIRL Novel: For all ex-boarding school students. Check this out!!!!!! by Joan4427(op): 3:37pm On May 14, 2009
@Beaubrains,

Thanks a lot for the kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed it. And "yes" to your first question and "no" to the other.

Nona David is an American. See ore details on our website.


Joan
LiteratureRe: Attn: Seun and StephenP!!! Nairaland Writers Union (NWU)? by Joan4427(op): 11:10pm On May 13, 2009
@ Kay9,

Thanks a lot for the info. I have just e-mailed both Seun and StephenP. We now have to wait patiently until they provide us with a feedback. Hopefully, it will be favorable.

Thanks a lot for your interest. An yes, I work in the Book Publishing Business. The company I work with is Bernard Books Publishing located in Cincinnati Ohio USA. http://bernardbooks.com

Once the Nairaland executive and moderator gets back to us, we can start ironing out all the details and set the wheel in motion.

Joan.
LiteratureRe: Attn: Seun and StephenP!!! Nairaland Writers Union (NWU)? by Joan4427(op): 6:11pm On May 13, 2009
MojiEsther:
Good idea. First, let Seun know about this.
Please how do I get in touch with Seun? Does he have a contact info or something?

Thanks!

Joan
LiteratureRe: Attn: Seun and StephenP!!! Nairaland Writers Union (NWU)? by Joan4427(op): 2:24pm On May 11, 2009
Joan4427:
Hey everyone,

While going through this forum, I realized something. Nairaland has many TALENTED WRITERS that are going to waste!!!!

This is so sad but it doesn't have to be the case. We need to form a union: Nairaland Writers Union (NWU)

Okay look at it this way. There are obviously many experienced and talented writers with novel-length manuscripts on their hands that are looking for trust-worthy publishers. Now, what if we form a panel of novel judges that are delegated to collect submitted manuscripts from Nairaland writers and sift through them, and come up with like 6-12 of the best every year, [/b]then let [b]all nairalanders vote for the best 3 they would like to see in print. [/b]Then we delegate a book publisher to publish these books and make them [b]available to members of Nairaland at publishers rate?

Meanwhile, the authors of the chosen novels get their royalties per copy of the book sold!!!!

What do you guys think? Seun and the other executives will have to be involved of course and Nairaland will also receive a royalty from each book sale as the referrer. That royalty can go towards maintaining the forum, etc.

There are more than 330,000 registered Nairalanders [/b]and new members sign-up everyday. This will be a good way to leverage the two most important things we have on this forum: [b]Talented writers, and readership base.

Think about it!!! What do you all thinkhuh


I'm in the book publishing business, and I'm sure we can swing this.

Joan Peck (Book Publicist)
Bernard Books Publishing
http://bernardbooks.com
[email]joan.peck@bernardbooks.com
[/email]


For e.g. see FEDDIE GIRL by Nona David coming to Bernard Books Publishing this July http://bernardbooks.com
As soon as we get a favorable word back from Seun and other moderators, we'll get the ball rolling.

Meanwhile, you can e-mail me if you want to join up. Or ask your questions on this thread and we will address the concerns and iron out the details.

Thanks.

Joan Peck
LiteratureRe: Nairaland Writers Let's Meet Here by Joan4427(f): 2:17pm On May 11, 2009
Hey people!

All talk and no action will get us nowhere!

Please, e-mail me at the address below if you are interested in the proposal I presented and want to join the union.

Nairaland Writers Union (NWU)


Also, how do I get ion touch with Seun? If we have enough writers signing on, we should be able to catch Seun's interest with our pitch.

Thanks!

Joan Peck (Book Publicist)
Bernard Books Publishing
http://bernardbooks.com
[email]joan.peck@bernardbooks.com[/email]
LiteratureRe: Papa(i Love Him A Lot) by Joan4427(f): 4:37am On May 11, 2009
Hold in the hearts dream
Here in the tiny blooms
Eyes to see the dream
Tears of happiness fall like poison
How Sware's life,
That confused Jhulsata day and night,
Cast him a Cu can
Tourism million that it does
Sun, shade, storm, storm,
the Jatan do to save him,
Were not seen any of her,
That would just pray every moment,
Mosque temple, Gurudwara, the
Tikta around in this head,
Her every Kwahis it,
Nanhi to her in the eye
Cast him a possible,
That day and night for it to Mhnt
Day day moment moment he
Hoto to see him cut,
When breaking the silence,
Muh Dad will speak to father,
They wait in the same breaths that fills every moment,
Plaque is like that even today,
Not like a new day today
Today Bhrun in the same flower,
Fiza innocent is the same today,
Sa new day, then why think that today?
Gunje sweet voice in his ears,
Someone is calling her father by saying,
Today that dream is
Every moment in which the wait was a puree breaths,
Why today was his disloyal,
Why in the water from the falls,
It is then that you guys wait,
From which he was so Lmhun,
Of course it's Hindi with some Urdu mixed in. I've translated part of it, but some of it doesn't make complete sense cos of the Urdu mixed in. To me, it just feels like trying to translate English mixed with some pidgin tongue tongue tongue tongue

I couldn't do the whole thing. The poem is too long.
LiteratureRe: phillip Margolin And John Grisham.(2) by Joan4427(f): 3:33am On May 11, 2009
Margolin is an engaging writer. It's a wonder Grisham's books made it to fame and his didn't it. I guess it's a stroke of the elusive but desirable thing called 'luck'.
Glad you've also discovered Margolin. Enjoy!
AdvertsRe: Do You Own A Bookstore In Nigeria Or Abroad? by Joan4427(op): 5:53pm On May 10, 2009
Interested parties based in Nigeria, please contact me [email]joan.peck@bernardbooks.com[/email]

Those based abroad, please contact the publishing office directly http://bernardbooks.com

Thanks.

Joan Peck
BusinessRe: Can One Shop On Ebay From Nigeria? by Joan4427(f): 5:47pm On May 10, 2009
My sincere apologies to Smart$boy, whose thread has been hijacked and his original purpose transformed into something quite unrelated.
Please forgive us. We're all looking for a slice of that finite pie. grin grin grin grin
BusinessRe: Can One Shop On Ebay From Nigeria? by Joan4427(f): 5:36pm On May 10, 2009
Ccomputers:
NIGERIANS EVEN IF UR IN USA THAT DOESN'T MAKE U TO HAVE COMPUTERS CHEAP COS I SUPPLY TO SOME NIGERIANS AND CO-OPERATE BODIES THERE.

IF ITS CHEAP AS joan SAID HERE THEN BE SUPPLYING IT DOWN HERE AND STOP SELLING BOOKS.

PLS FEEL FREE TO POST ANYTHING U WANT AND NOT ABUSES.
Dear Ccomputers (Carlos Ventures),

It is not good work ethics to castigate people and their business anywhere, especially on public forums. The personal side you show in public tends to rub-off on your business as well.
I have not attacked you or your business, your website, or what you do on Ebay or anywhere else. Actually, if you scroll down, and view my posts to you on this thread, you'd see that I am one of the most supportive of you (with all due respect). I do not believe in putting others down to make myself (or the publishing company I work for) look good. I am a firm believer in, "Let your work/business speak for itself."

I said I do not need computers. Just like you may not need books. We are in different lines of business and that much at least is expected. Please, no need to get yourself worked up.

If people want to be pessimistic and attack you here on this thread, then just ignore them and move on. Continue to market your business to those who are interested, cos, no matter what others say, those who see value in what you do will find you and patronize you.

In my case, I work with a book publishing company (I am a book publicist). So unless you are interested in buying a contract/consignment of novels, for re-sale in Nigeria, then I don't see how our paths will be likely to cross.
At this point, the company I work with (based in Ohio, USA) does not need computer hardware. If in the near future, we decide it's time to upgrade our systems, or we come across another book publishing company who is in need of computer hardware, then, at that time, we may consider recommending Carlos Ventures. But for right now, it is not in our platform.

BTW, since you are based in Eastern Nigeria, do you know of any bookstore owner, wholesalers, distributors, or retailers that may be interested in carrying book consignments/direct orders from us at publishers price? It's okay if they're based in Onitsha, Enugu, Aba, Nsukka, Umuahia, Awka, Nnewi, Owerri, etc.

Thanks.

Joan Peck (Book publicist)
Bernard Books Publishing
[email]joan.peck@bernardbooks.com[/email]
http://bernardbooks.com
BusinessRe: Can One Shop On Ebay From Nigeria? by Joan4427(f): 4:35pm On May 10, 2009
dearstan:
I mentioned much earlier that that guy called Ccomputers had scam written all over him, as observed from his "All Caps Post" which is peculiar to scammers. People should be very much wary of his likes, especially the lady "Joan" who i think is considering doing business with him.
Thanks for the warning and concern, Dearstan. But my company only works with people in the book business. We are based in the US and don't need computer hardware from Carlos computers. What is Dell, IBM, HP, Apple, etc, there for?

BTW, do you know of any authentic book distributors, store owners, wholesalers, and retailers that are based in Nigeria and would be interested in contracting whole-sale books at publisher price?

Thanks

Joan
LiteratureRe: Are You A Bookstore Owner Or Thinking Of Becoming One? by Joan4427(op): 4:29pm On May 10, 2009
We will be catering to book wholesalers, bookstore owners, distributors and retailers from July through December.

If you're based in Nigeria, contact me. If based abroad contact the publishing office directly.

Thanks.

Joan
EventsRe: Can One Plan A White Wedding With 450k? by Joan4427(f): 12:43am On May 10, 2009
naijacutee:
Cow for quarter of a million?!? Please buy a calf in advance and feed it abeg - let us see where the N250k went.
On point!!!!!!!! tongue tongue tongue tongue
TV/MoviesRe: Are Nigerian Movies Really That Good by Joan4427(f): 9:33pm On May 09, 2009
shotster50:
Please people dont confuse patriotism with criticism. I am proud of where I come from but that shouldnt mean I cant criticize constructively.

As far as Nigerian Home Videos go.

The pictures are very very very bad
The sound is even worse.
The Plots are always the same.
The theme songs are the same
There is a huge amount of bandwagonism
I can go on and on but heck I still watch, hoping  (some might say hopelessly) for the day our Directors and Producers will wake up from their greed induced coma.
iniguy:
tongue I have since lost interest in nigerian movies. they are predictable with stereotype story lines and characters. occasionally i take a peep or two @ them, but i prefer classical movies. On the whole there's still room for improvement.
Kozzie:
Naija movies suck!gosh! Sumtymz afta seein a movie u wnt bliv u jst wastd ur tym, their lastest dumb si 2ru trick, changin the title at d 2nd or 3rd part. In totality most naija movies are, Hlp me folkz xpres d anga
Nollywood movies may not be of good quality these days, but the producers, directors, and actors/actresses are not the most to blame.

What about piracy? Or 'bandwagonism' like someone mentioned?


Look at it this way, for e.g. the movie industry suffers and spends all this money to make a good movie (screen writing, great producing, brilliant actors/actresses, cool effects, wow factors, all the nuts and bolts). At the end of the day, the movie gets cut and produced and is ready for sale. The Nigerian yahoozes get a hold of the movie and makes thousands of copies in very low quality and start selling them at very cheap prices (even the same happens with foreign movie like Harry Potter, Twilight, Star Wars, X-men, etc).
The masses see the low quality version at a cheaper price and buy that one instead. Meanwhile, the actual movie producers do not break even, they are forced to cut their losses and fold. The brilliant actors/actresses do not get paid--they sit and starve. Next time, they turn down the job.

So to counteract this, the movie industries jump in the same boat as the Yahoozes. Since the Nigerian public will go for the cheapest version of anything, the industry go ahead and produce cheap movies for them, using bad scripts and artists. That way, the industry stays competitive with the Yahoozes and everybody wins! Not the best way to tackle the problem, but that is just how it works in Nigeria.

"If you can't beat them, you join them." Right?

Based on the above, the movie industry is not interested in investing, or motivated motivated to invest in quality or patented stuff that would help their industry grow like those in the Western countries.

We see the same all the time with the book publishing industry. I work with a publishing company, so I should know.

Just ask yourselves: "How many times have you opted for cheap pirated stuff over the authentic high-quality, high-priced product?"
  shocked shocked shocked shocked

Now you see where the major problem arises?

Now tell me again about "Re-branding Nigeria"huhundecided undecided undecided undecided

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