The Nigerian Book Publishing Industry
The quality, quantity and diversity of books produced by a society are important indicators of that society’s level of development – Valdehusa (1985). The book publishing industry has a tremendous impact on the society. Book publishing is an effective vehicle for development and positive change…
How book policy implementation will address sector challenge
The Nigerian indigenous publishing industry in the last two decades has experienced a downturn due to numerous challenges of book piracy, undefined boundaries in business relationships and government interference, among others. But all these can be turned around if the government implements the proposed National…
Lagos action plan and future of book publishing in Africa
Gbadega Adedapo is the president of the Nigerian Publishers Association (NPA) and member of the International Publishers Association (IPA) Executive Committee. He is also a former president of the Publishers Association of South Africa (PASA) and Chair, IPA Inclusive Publishing & Literacy Committee. He spoke…
Nigeria’s Copyright Commission calls on schools to avoid buying pirated text books
The Nigerian Publishers Association and the Nigerian Copyright Commission organised a meeting at the Education Resource Centre in Abuja, calling for schools to be more careful where they bought their textbooks. The Nigerian Copyright Commission Director General John Ohireime Asein, explaining the loss piracy caused…