"Brings together the various presentations made at these two Nigerian Book Foundation conferences, as well as including the recommendations put forward at the meetings, and the text of the addresses presented during the formal opening ceremonies. The NBF's second conference concentrated on the need for data collection for the Nigerian book industries, while the third conference examined the ideal environment for nurturing authors, and author-publisher relations. The book also includes a study, by its Director, Chukwuemeka Ike, of the role of the NBF as a national book development organization with a review of its activities to date." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 798)