Etisalat in my next book the characters will use your network- please make my book a brand ambassador.

We need book tours in Nigeria, but authors have two jobs and it is hard to survive on writing alone. The cost of publishing, Internet subscriptions, and phone recharge cards, paying rent and feeding is high. Then add it to the unstable fuel price and the picture is dark. Writing is a gift, and people who love to write need to be motivated.

Nigeria needs to be reading books written for Nigeria, by Nigerians. We need all the genres of literature in order to develop our society.

Authors sell ideas to people and open the imagination. We need to build a society of problem solvers, and we need new innovations. We all agree that Nigeria needs structural development, and so does the writing profession. We need structure in publishing, creative writing courses and book sales. Writing is a profession that can bring profit; authors are a good source of advertisement. Authors need to sell the ideas of peace, nation building, innovations and positive mindset.

 We need opportunities to sell our books.One way of selling our books is to have book tours; we have 90 Nigerian universities in Nigeria. An author does not have the resources and time to travel to all the universities but with a partnership with a network provider and literature/art departments of the university and secondary schools. The author can organise book readings on Skype, Google, Facebook and twitter etc.  

This can be organised on weekends and in return the authors can help the university/ Secondary schools by offering courses in creative writing. Literature departments can afford to pay authors to give courses on literary fiction, children’s fiction poetry and drama etc.  The network provider will also gain by advertising their products.

The author of this article uses Etisalat network to call and browse and for research purposes. In the future authors will be able to give book readings across Africa and the world and at the same time create change.