You Can Sell 10, 000 Copies of A Book Monthly on the Street in Nigeria

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I sold out copies of "The Language of True Love" on two streets in Nigeria like a travelling salesman.
I can teach how Market Based Distribution (MBD) can be used to sell books or any mobile hardware  on the street and in a market and 100, 000 copies can be sold by one salesperson in 10 months.

Quote from *The Language of True Love":
"Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it."
~ Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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See The Big Picture: From Script To Screen

You have to see it as you write it.

I have written for the stage, radio, television and cinema.
I was the youngest professional scriptwriter for the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) from when I was 18 years old and I was well paid for three years before I went on to be commissioned as a public health illustrator and translator for a family planning project by the JHU/PCS of the @johnshopkinsu through the, USAID @usaid when I was 21.

I see everyone and everything even before I write a script for a stage play, teleplay or a movie. I have co-written and written screenplays which have not been produced, because I want them to be produced by the best filmmakers. 

The "Naked Beauty" screenplay co-written with the multiple award winning veteran #Nollywood filmmaker and film studies scholar, Dr. Chika Christian Onu is a masterpiece and I published it as a book since 2006. Just in case you don't know who is Dr. Chika Onu. He is the director of the sequel to "Living in Bondage"  of Chris Obi Rapu of 1992. He directed "Living in Bondage" 2 in 1993; "Glamour Girls" in 1994; " Karishika"" in 1996 and over 100 other movies.
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He said:
"The road to the phenomenon called Nollywood has been exciting and awesome."
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1994. Dir. Chika Onukwafor (“Christian Onu”).

He is still active and currently writing a book on Nollywood.

- Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima,
Publisher/Editor,
NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®Series
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"Dance of the Locusts" Inspired By Wole Soyinka's "The Lion and the Jewel"

"Dance of the Locusts" is title of one of my plays set in a rural Yoruba village in south western Nigeria in the 1950s.

A romantic drama inspired by Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka's play, The Lion and the Jewel.

I was angry that the romantic idealist school teacher, Lakunle lost the belle of the village, Sidi to the polygamous Chief Baroka , the Balè of the chiefdom of Ilujinle. So, in  my "Dance of the Locusts", the teacher won in the end.

The parents of the belle of Itẹsiwáju, Wuraọlá the most beautiful maiden said she had been betrothed to the Asiwáju of Itẹsiwáju Kingdom and so there was no need for suitors, including. Olufẹmi, the young handsome village school teacher she was in love with. 

The Asiwáju was rich and powerful and the only owner of a car in the kingdom. Olufẹmi had only a Raleigh bicycle which Wuraọlá enjoyed riding with him. But he was a poor teacher by traditional standards without any house or farmland.

All hopes seemed lost for Olufẹmi as their plans to elope failed until a conspiracy of the universe favoured him and Wuraọlá, when a thrumming swarm of thousands of locusts invaded the village at dawn. Olufẹmi quickly carried Wuraọlá on his bicycle and fled the village.

"To Ibadan, my love! Where I am going to go to the University of Ibadan to study Law and you will study to become a school teacher!"

"We will have beautiful children," she said.

- By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima,

Publisher/Editor, 

NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®Series 

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The Six Most Important Powerful Books I Have Read

The 6 Most Important Powerful Books I Have Read

I cannot count the numbers of the books I have read since I started reading books of both nonfiction and fiction. I have read all of William Shakespeare in one big collection, most of Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe, Cyprian Ekwensi, Elechi Amadi, Isdore Okpewho, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Ben Okri and other Nigerian authors. I have read many books by English authors in my teens and twenties in the 1980s when we had a vibrant reading culture in Nigeria. Reading was a competition among Nigerian youths with the popular African Writers Series of Heinemann, Drumbeat Series of Longman and Pacesetters Series of Macmillan, including several books by Evans and University Press. I also read books by several African authors, including Camara Laye, Steve Biko and others.  Reading western novels of Harold Robbins, James Hardley Chase, Nick Carter, Barbara Cartland and others  was a popular addiction for us. And presents of new books were among the best gifts we exchanged. I was known for giving books to girlfriends. Reading books also made many of us to start writing our own books, inspired by our famous award winning writers: Amos Tutuola; Prof. Wole Soyinka, the first black Nobel laureate in Literature; Chinua Achebe; Cyprian Ekwensi; J.P. Clark; Christopher Okigbo; Gabriel Okara; John Munonye;  Mabel Segun, Flora Nwakpa, Buchi Emecheta, Nkem Nwankwo,  Onuora Nzekwu, T M. Aluko, Elechi Amadi,  Kólé Omotosho, Eddie Iroh, Isdore Okpewho, Festus Iyayi and others. Among the new generation of outstanding Nigerian writers, Ben Okri, the youngest winner of the highly coveted Booker Prize, published his first novel, "Flowers and Shadows" at 19 in 1980 and won the Booker Prize at the age of 32 in 1991.

6 Ways to Step Up Your Book Marketing Game

 Jae De Wylde, Author of The Thinking Tank at one of her Book Signings events. Photo Credit: www.jaedewylde.com.

6 Ways to Step Up Your Book Marketing Game

NEW YORK, July 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Publishing a book is a great way to increase your credibility and expert status and provides the opportunity for exposure to new audiences. To make the most of these efforts, authors need to set a book marketing strategy that guides these practices. Marketing plans are comprised of many moving parts and while unexpected obstacles might arise once the plan is set in motion, there are steps you can take to build a solid foundation and set your marketing efforts up for success.

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In the most recent article on PR Newswire's PR Toolkit, CEO and founder of Author Marketing Experts, Inc., Penny Sansevieri outlines a six-step approach to follow when formulating your book marketing plan.

1. What is the (Real) Goal? Selling your book should be the primary focus, but Sansevieri suggests exploring other goal objectives such as promoting thought leadership and discoverability and driving traffic back to your business website. All three could help to increase book sales if incorporated correctly into your marketing plan.
2. Diversify. Sansevieri recommends you do not limit yourself to just one tactic but instead introduce variety into your marketing plan, such as content marketing, speaking engagements and hosting author events.
3. Benchmarks. A clear way to determine what's working is if you've established goals that you can compare to your results. Keep in mind that with your social media efforts you are participating in an online conversation and goals should include more than the total number of followers on various platforms.

For further discussion on the three remaining tactics, read Sansevieri's article, "6 Ways to Make Your Online Book Marketing Plan Work" here: http://bit.ly/1f3GE8P.
PR Newswire's Small Business PR Toolkit is a comprehensive resource that provides small businesses and entrepreneurs the tools to develop an affordable public relations and marketing plan that helps generate interest from potential customers, engage with key audiences and grow their businesses. The toolkit features relevant content such as informative white papers, interactive webinars and how-to articles and premium access to educational resources, as well as the opportunity to take advantage of special offers designed specifically for small businesses. To request information on how PR Newswire can help your small business, click here. You can receive updates on new Small Business PR Toolkit content by following @prnsmallbiz on Twitter.

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PR Newswire (www.prnewswire.com) is the premier global provider of multimedia platforms that enable marketers, corporate communicators, sustainability officers, public affairs and investor relations officers to leverage content to engage with all their key audiences. Having pioneered the commercial news distribution industry over 60 years ago, PR Newswire today provides end-to-end solutions to produce, optimize and target content -- from rich media to online video to multimedia -- and then distribute content and measure results across traditional, digital, mobile and social channels. Combining the world's largest multi-channel, multi-cultural content distribution and optimization network with comprehensive workflow tools and platforms, PR Newswire enables the world's enterprises to engage opportunity everywhere it exists. PR Newswire serves tens of thousands of clients from offices in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region, and is a UBM plc company.

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Novelist Jerry Kaczmarowski Announces the Release of His Latest Techno Thriller 'Sapient'

Novelist Jerry Kaczmarowski Announces the Release of His Latest Techno Thriller Sapient.
Sapient is now available for sale on Amazon in eBook and paperback

SEATTLE, April 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Jerry Kaczmarowski announced today that his latest highly anticipated novel Sapient, a techno thriller, is now available for sale on Amazon in eBook and paperback.

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Synopsis:

Abandoned by her husband after the birth of their child, Jane Dixon's world is defined by her autistic son and the research she does to find a cure for his condition. She knows her work on animal intelligence may hold the key. She also knows that the research will take decades to complete. None of it will ultimately benefit her son.

All that changes when a lab rat named Einstein demonstrates that he can read and write. Just as her research yields results, the U.S. government discovers her program. The army wants to harness her research for its military potential. The CDC wants to shut her down completely. The implications of animal intelligence are too dangerous, particularly when the previously inert virus proves to be highly contagious.

She steals the virus to cure her son, but the government discovers the theft. She must now escape to Canada before the authorities can replace her son's mental prison with a physical one.

About the Author:

Jerry Kaczmarowski lives in Seattle with his family. He writes techno thrillers that explore the benefits and dangers of mankind's scientific advancement. His first book, Moon Rising, was released in June 2014.

Jerry spent the first twenty years of his professional life in the consulting industry on the West Coast. A year and a half ago, he retired from consulting to focus exclusively on writing. His fascination with technology is matched only by his love of stories. His books intertwine action with a keen insight into how technology will shape our lives in the coming years.

To learn more, go to http://www.jerrykaczmarowski.com/

For further information, to request a review copy, or to set up an interview or appearance by Jerry Kaczmarowski, contact Kelsey McBride at Book Publicity Services at Email or (805) 807-9027.

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Famous Prof. Naomi S. Baron On Orikinla's Case for Oral Tradition of Nigerian Literature

Famous award winning author and linguist Prof. Naomi S. Baron at the American University, in Washington, D.C, and a former Guggenheim Fellow, Fulbright Fellow, and President of the Semiotic Society of America spoke on popular Nigerian prize winning writer and author Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, aka 'Orikinla Osinachi' in her bestselling book Words Onscreen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World.

She said on the topic "THE ORAL SIDE OF BOOKS":

In an interview, Nigerian author Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima described the rather rudimentary state of reading in his homeland. But Chima reminds us that: Nigerian Literature is largely based on our oral culture before the advent of English literature in the south around the 17th century and Arab literature in the north around the 15th century.

Acknowledging this oral tradition, Chima suggests that audio books rather than print or eBooks may be the best avenue on book development in Nigeria.

In the topic on "ECONOMICS MEETS CULTURAL PRACTICE", Prof. Baron said:

"Chima makes an excellent case for matching book access to cultural practice in Nigeria."

You can read more from Words Onscreen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World on http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199315760?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0199315760&linkCode=xm2&tag=kissrose-20

[b]Editorial Reviews[/b]



"A darkling view of what our world--and what we--will be like if codex reading eventually surrenders to the flickering screens of e-readers." --Kirkus Reviews

"A must-read for all Americans concerned with having future generations skilled in critical thinking." -Nat Hentoff, The Daily Herald

"From kindergartens to universities, schools are being pressured to replace printed books with electronic ones. But is reading from a screen the same as reading from a page? Naomi Baron provides the most thoroughgoing answer yet to that crucial question. Words "Onscreen is an essential book for educators, parents, and everyone who loves to read." --Nicholas Carr, author of The Glass Cage and The Shallows

"Naomi Baron has written a tour de force on the changes to reading in a digital milieu. It includes and then goes beyond the work before it, including my own. It deserves our "deepest reading" and re-reading in either, or perhaps, both mediums!" --Maryanne Wolf, Tufts University, author of Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain


"Anyone who loves reading about reading will love reading Words Onscreen. Baron goes back in history to place current trends in context, gives a tremendously clear-eyed view of the present, and points towards a future for those who prefer printed books that is both perilous and hopeful. What's particularly amazing is that a book so impeccably and thoroughly researched should also be so fun to read." -Will Schwalbe, author of the New York Times bestseller The End of Your Life Book Club

"The book is an engaging history of reading as well as a provocative argument about its future." --Wall Street Journal

[b]About the Author[/b]

Naomi S. Baron is Professor of Linguistics and Executive Director of the Center for Teaching, Research & Learning at American University in Washington, DC. She is the author of Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World.






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