Top Five Book Publishers In Nigeria

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Black Tower Publishers Limited was incorporated

in Costa Rica in December 1966 and today Black

Tower Publishers Nig Ltd (branch) stands among

Nigeria's leading educational and online

publishers. They publish books of all kinds; and

offer manuscript editing, proofreading, script

review and ghostwriting services.

- University Press Plc

University Press Plc was founded in 1949 under

the name of the Oxford University Press Nigeria,

and has grown to become one of the oldest, most

experienced and the Nation's foremost Publishers

of materials for educational and for general

reading. At Incorporation as a public liability

company in 1978, the company's name was

changed to University Press Limited with an

authorized share capital of 8 million ordinary

shares of 50k each. Quoted on the Nigerian stock

exchange on 14th August 1978, UP PLC has, on

two occasions, won the prestigious stock

exchange merit Award in the service sector of

quoted companies. It has also won, for two

consecutive years, 1984 and 1985, the Concord

Prize for Excellence in Academic publishing.

- Literamed Publication

Literamed Publications Nigeria Limited was

incorporated in April 1969, primarily for the

publication of Medipharm, a medical index of

pharmaceutical specialties in Nigeria.

Medipharm formed the name Literamed, which

means literary and medical publication.

The Chairman, Otunba Yinka Lawal Solarin,

embarked on building a printing press; he

approached the manager of then Barclays Bank

131 Broad street, Lagos, Nigeria of his intention,

he was told the bank was not in the habit of

financing a whole project but that if he could

build a factory, the bank would finance the

machine for production.

The Executive Director, Olori Bjorg Solarin, an

architect designed a plan on two acres of land

bought at Alausa Oregun road Ikeja for the

printing press and within six months the printing

press was completed.

Mr. Wiggin of the Bank came to inspect the press

and fulfilled his promises paid full amount for the

machines.

On August 1972, Medipharm was successfully

printed and delivered on the commissioning day of

the printing press by Prof. Thomas, the then Vice-

Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

That was the beginning of Literamed Publications

taking on its own life. Lantern Books started with

the publication of Verbal and Quantitative

reasoning. The success recorded informed the

publication of educational books which stated

with Comprehensive Social studies. The first

edition published in 1992. Literamed had

sustained itself on the publication of Medipharm,

pre-primary books and Happi product before the

advent of primary school titles.

In 2004, Literamed floated Comics Hut, a

subsidiary for the publication of Comic books

which tells indigenous African stories with good

moral values while Living Scrolls are Bible stories

in pictures. In 2008, Literamed opened another

office in Ghana, West Africa, which is being

managed by a county manager.

- Kachifo Limited

Kachifo Limited is an independent Nigerian

publishing house set up in 2004 by Muhtar Bakare

to tell our own stories. They are the publishers of

Farafina Books, Prestige Books and Farafina

Magazine until suspension of its publication in

2009.

Kachifo also established a non-profit trust,

Farafina Trust, whose broad vision is to promote

literature and literary skills in Africa. Kachifo

limited aims to set high standards for editorial,

conceptual and production quality in the Nigerian

publishing industry.

- Cassava Republic Press

Cassava Republic Press is obsessed with

changing the way people think about fiction.

Cassava Republic strongly believes that

contemporary African writing should be rooted in

African experience in all its diversity whether set

in filthy-yet-sexy mega cities such as Lagos, in

little-known rural communities, in the recent past

or indeed the near future. They also think the

time has come to build a new body of African

writing that links writers across different time and

spaces, following the marvelous example of the

African Writers Series in the past.

Cassava Republic Press is based in Abuja, which

is a bit like the English town Milton Keynes but

set in the tropics. It's a great place to be, with a

modern infrastructure, gorgeous landscapes

outside the city and all corners of the continent

only a few hours flight away.

The design bible Monocle Magazine, listed

Cassava Republic Press as one of the top ten

brands to look out for in 2009.