Hello great authors/writers.

I'm a lover of written literature most especially children and teens category.

Is it that we don't have time for writing children and teens novels or its not marketable?

We have many authors here on nairaland, but i have never seen any advertise literary work for the children.

Why?

Would be nice to hear what people have to say


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Who knows

The market for it is not Large.

How many children will come online to read literature texts?

In schools, they only use some selected literature texts.

let me sit down and learn before I continue with this children's book I am writting

How many children are on Nairaland, so you want them to start writing for children. Register your child then you can start writing for him or her, but when they start viewing topics in romance section, no complain oooooo

They are cos I read children's literature on daily basis

If u ask me who I go ask?.
FTC

I think the market is poor, why? Because parents these days only concentrate on buying books recommended by school for their children. My opinion though

Most children now prefer iPads and smartphones. Reading books is gradually becoming boring to them.

'Adult stuffs' are now thought in primary and secondary schools. Today's kids know way far more than what their mates knew a decade ago. Why would you expect children books to be published for adults? LMAO.

Eaugusta:
I think the market is poor, why? Because parents these days only concentrate on buying books recommended by school for their children. My opinion though

You must be a teacher, ma'am. Are you?

If you mean African writers, then I would say it's due to the market forces... Besides, the copyright © laws here are not efficient enough to protect those literary works.

But worldwide, there are still lots of children books being published. Perhaps limited access to those and the downturn of reading habits in these parts have made it less obvious.

The children themselves are tired of the literatures. Everybody is waiting for 2019

I think it all boils down to the decline in reading culture in the country, most children are rather exposed to watching cartoons and games on minipads, which has reduced the demands for children's books, and writers cannot write what people would not buy.

E no dey sell market

Times have changed and unfortunately parents only encourage kids to read within the recommended syllabus.
In specifics say what age range are you looking at?

darlingnuel:
You must be a teacher, ma'am. Are you?

No sir

In Nigeria,government recommends books for primary and secondary schools,therefore if you write any book without connection to any top government officials in the federal ministry of education bro na only you and your family go read the book

Because these days children don't read; they tweet.

Ishilove:
E no dey sell market

That depends on the kind of connections you have.

I'll go with other above and say there is an issue with our reading culture.

Which child has time for a library...physical or online?

Books should be read to acquire knowledge...but some people read books just to pass an exam

Hello great authors/writers.

I'm a lover of written literature most especially children and teens category.

Is it that we don't have time for writing children and teens novels or its not marketable?

We have many authors here on nairaland, but i have never seen any advertise literary work for the children.

Why?
[color=#990000][/color] I GUESS ITS because THESE DAYS AT A VERY TENDER AGE "CHILDREN" DON DEY DO ADULT THINGS

For most Nigerian authors, children literature does not sell unlike the imported ones such as beauty and the beast, Cinderella, Sleeping beauty et al. Even in the aspect of literature in the mother language, there's been a drastic reduction because they are no longer being patronized. Sometimes the publishers are guilty of not publishing the books in beautiful materials that can pop-up as the children open them hence, the books are less attractive. But overall, we don't have a government that will help the writers by regulating books being proliferated in our schools. Except the author will monitor his own work to the publishing aspect and do self marketing of his books, we may rely wholly on Snow White and others for more generations to come.

They are all considering there POCKET...

They can continue doing that because it doesnt pay as much as adult.

Simple Answer:
It doesn't sell well.

If you ask me na who i go ask.

children are now reading adult contents and not ready to read any teens' literature

Fmartin:
Hello great authors/writers.

I'm a lover of written literature most especially children and teens category.

Is it that we don't have time for writing children and teens novels or its not marketable?

We have many authors here on nairaland, but i have never seen any advertise literary work for the children.

Why?

the Nigerian educational sphere of interest is on decline. The interest is no longer there. The market is shrinking and do you want them to make books people are not willing to buy? Nigeria's reading culture is diminishing everyday.

naptu2:


That depends on the kind of connections you have.

True. VERY TRUE