PROBLEMS OF BOOK PUBLISHING INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA
The study examines the problems of book publishing industry in Nigeria as books are effective medium of communication for intellectualism. Issues like poor financing, government regulation, poor reading culture, piracy and dearth of expertise were interrogated. The study is descriptive and data sourced from secondary sources. The paper concludes that stakeholders should come up with interesting solutions that can cater for human and material needs of the industry. The study recommends that the stakeholders in the publishing industry should be co operative towards the building of a virile publishing industry. Private investors such as financial institutions and influential individuals should participate in terms of massive capital injection. Government should embark on the formulation of developmental policies that can eliminate the piracy scourge and charge less import duties on publishing equipment and accessories. Finally, publishing firms should make it a policy to give their technical staff up to date professional trainings.