How To Make Money Writing A Book In Nigeria

Making Money off Book Writing In Nigeria

You can make money writing a book in Nigeria and I’m going to show you how. This article is directed at authors either intending or present and writers in general with a desire to make money authoring a book here in Nigeria.

Book writing is basically about authorship. So, if you are reading this, it means you wish to make money through book authorship.

This article is not to show you how to write a book. You can read that up here. Rather, it shows how to make money off book writing in Nigeria.

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Start By Identifying Your Target Market

Making money off writing books in Nigeria begins with you identifying your target market. Who are you writing for? What specific challenging problem are you trying to solve?

You must first of all figure out what people want. That is, what their specific needs are and then write a book(s) tailored to solving or meeting such needs. Else, you may not make money as an author in Nigeria.

Nigerians are always looking for solutions to their problems. Once they see a book which can solve such needs, they are ready to pay for it.

The solutions you are going to provide must be distinct, not easily found and with hard-to-find alternatives. Else, your book may not sell.

Thirdly, while finding your target market, go for lucrative niches which have a large pool or ready-to-buy clients. Else, your book may sell but not as lucrative as it should be.

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Some of the hot niches with huge patronage in Nigeria are:

1. How to get a job Easily in Nigeria

2. How to get a job in An Oil Company Nigeria Fast!

3. How to get a visa approval to travel abroad in Nigeria

4. How to Cure premarital ejaculation Fast!

5. How to start starting a small business in Nigeria and make millions in Two Weeks.

6. Treatments and Permanent cure for infertility

7. How to make money online even while sleeping

8. Etc.

Your Level Of Experience And/Or Expertise Matters

You may not sell fast if all that you have are simply reported experiences. People want to know how you did what and what the outcome was. So, let it be a mix of personal and reported experiences and be specific and authoritative.

Having a vast knowledge or experience in the subject matter, matters. If you already well versed in what you’re writing about, it gives you an edge over others who simply report others’ experiences. So, try to be practical as much as possible.

Use A Catchy Book Title

Many writers in Nigeria are not making as much money as they should because of their book titles. Crafting a nice, striking book title is a niche on its own. If your book must sell, your topic must apart from meeting the need, be catchy enough to attract a prospective buyer.

You need to niche down to the specifics and capture your book is about, elegantly. Also, writing to meet people’s desperate needs will fetch you more money than just writing on a related topic. Showcase this by giving your book a striking title.

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Hire Professional Book Reviewing and Editing Services

To make money as an author in Nigeria, you have to spend money pursuing the right course of action. There are people, professionals whose job is Professional Editing, Book Review, and Proofreading Services.

You need these people for your book to sell. Their job is to proofread, review and edit your manuscript to the best acceptable standard.

These folks will help you professionally check plagiarism, grammar, diction and tenses, sentence structures, language forms and usage, errors of all forms etc. They also check spelling errors, errors in punctuation, and inconsistency.

Note, however, that all these come with a fee. After all the corrections have been made, review the work again and get it ready for publishing.

Now, Work On The Book’s Packaging

How you present your book to the public matters a lot. We live in a world of packaging such that even a loosely-written material could sell like a hot cake when well packaged.

If the visual appeal of your book is not appealing enough, it could turn off the potential buyer or reader’s interest and decision to buy it. So, keep your book design exotic, clean and professional to compel many people it. This complemented with a high-quality content is sure going to drive you a lot of sales within a short time.

So, get a professional graphic designer to get you a beautiful book cover. Ensure your internal pages are well designed too with generous margins. Go for bound papers in the pages and use a glossy, well-designed back cover. What goes for the paper book goes for an ebook.

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Sell!

Now that your book is published, the next agenda is to sell it. But how do you go about that? Well, there are many ways to sell a book in Nigeria and make a lot of money. I will discuss some of them below:

Practically, there are two major modes of selling a book today – online and offline.

Online Book Promotion Strategy

Today, several platforms abound online where books can be promoted and sold. Some of them are free, while for others you have to pay.

Online Free Promotion Option

For example, you can simply join several Facebook, Instagram, G+ and LinkedIn groups. Other social media handles you could affiliate with are WhatsApp and Telegram groups, Youtube channels, Pinterest handles related to your book’s niche.

While there, participate and contribute valuable knowledge. It will not be difficult to gain the heart of people to buy your book when you’ve been a useful member of the group over time.

People like to relate more with resourceful people. When you are seen to be such a one, then you are bound to succeed in selling any product you offer for sale. So, be social – for a purpose.

Online Pay To Promote Method

Facebook, Instagram Ads

You can also promote your book by paying big social networks to help you advertise your book. Facebook today, is the biggest social network on earth with over a billion users.

The company also owns Instagram. So, consider running both Facebook and Instagram Ads to reach the widest target audience.

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Advert Slots

There are many websites in Nigeria which have grown popular over time. They include popular forum – Nairaland, Naijapals, Infoguidenigeria.com, Naijaloaded.com, Notjustok.com etc. depending on your book’s niche and interest, you may consider buying advert slots on these popular Nigerian forums and websites to advertise your book.

Promote and Sell Offline

There are several means to promote your book aside from the internet. You can engage popular bookshops and bookstands to sell your book.

You can advertise your book at traffic-clogged paces like motor parks, bus terminus, airports, shopping centers, etc. you can even give out some copies of your book as a gift, just to create an awareness.

If you take all these into cognizance, you will surely make money writing a book in Nigeria.

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