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"Authors can help in nation building by creating and becoming an industry. Also, by becoming the conscience and mirror for their societies."

— Eghosa Imasuen

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Nemesis, she was too slow. She was a crippled, ineffective, bitter old bitch.

Fine Boys (2012)

"The satisfaction an author derives and the reward they seek is to have their work read and loved by readers."

The light that seeped in through the sheer curtains bathed everything in a blue translucence that made the room look like one of those Igbo market shops where the most awful pair of jeans miraculously became a pair of Versace specials.

It is almost impossible to make a commercial case for these stories beyond the fact that there will always be people who want to read stories that are well told. I publish what I want to read, and believe strongly that there are many people like me who also want to read that work.

"Nigeria can begin to overcome book piracy by ensuring that piracy is painful for the pirates. Right now, the theft of intellectual property is perceived as a victimless crime. There is nothing like a fake book."

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