Authors Are Producers
It is never too late for anyone to discover his/herself in life. Discovering this talent of writing makes me feel elated...
Sometimes people look down
On authors and writers
Because they think what
Are they doing?
Anyone who has neither
Written about 10 pages
Nor typed 10 pages on
A Microsoft word cannot but belittle writers
They do look down on
Them because the world system
Hardly appreciates the works
Of writers yea authors
They belittle them because
They are not rich
All eyes are on the
Rich people in the society
Those who underrate them
Are those who hardly
Read for they hardly
Task their brains
Authors exercises their brains
Put their brains to vigorous
Works running billionth
Of miles within minutes
After the vigorous exercise
They would arrange the
Works in order at times
Employ services of consultants
After proof reading and
Arrangements, they would involve
Typists then printers and
Publishers would be called upon
In printing work there
Are different disciplines all
Those disciplines would be
Involved in publishing a book
After the book has been
Printed, the unskilled labors
Would be involved for
They are those who
Would arrange the pages of
The books and at times
Bind the book together
As they remove error pages
From this it moves to
Another phase which is
The phase of putting
Them in boxes, packaging phase.
The store manager would
Know the quantity produced
While the “costing” department
Would work on the cost
Cost of production and cost
At which it would be
Sold would be worked
Upon by them
The turn of marketing department
Is to seek for market for
The published book and
In doing this
They would involve advertorial
Team to place the
Adverts of the product out
Through different social media
While the marketing starts
To send the goods to
Those who place order
And or directly at offices
Accountants or cashiers too
Would be involved in
Cashing money and or
Taken them to banks
To be deposited. From
This the publishers drew
Their gains, pay salaries
And other things.
The libraries would also
Be involved in this,
As they have gotten
The international number for the book
Authors would also receive
Some token according to the
Agreement reached. All
Those who have partook
In the publishing of the
New book would be
Paid before the book
Is eventually published
Though internet has eliminated
Some phases but if
Hard copies of books
Would be possessed
All those phases cannot
Be eliminated neither ignored
Since this is true, looking
At other disciplines involved
One cannot but state
In unmistaken terms that
Authors are indeed producers for
They put food on many people’s tables
They bring about changes
Into the world through their
Insightful and innovative writings
They deserve good things
Authors yea writers deserve
To be named among
Producers in the world
As stiffer punishments
Be meted out to plagiarists.
© 2020 OLUSEGUN
Comments
OLUSEGUN (author) from NIGERIA on April 12, 2020:
@Kathy Henderson. Thanks, you also take me through some memory lane with this comment.
Sometimes some of us in the developing world do think those in the advanced climes have advanced past some of those archaic stages of publishing, but it seems as if there are yet fragments of such around the globe. Thanks for reading.
I will do, and I also want you to stay safe, because together we shall still the covid-19.
Kathy Henderson from Pa on April 11, 2020:
I loved this descriptive writing on the process of a published book. All true as we learn much when we go through this process. I am humbled by the work of the artists, editors, and producers of our works.
Though I have only experienced it one time I am still in awe of the ongoing process or a published book. This is one of the reasons I truly loved the recent remake of the movie "Little Women."
They gave such purpose to the process and the author's battle. I particularly loved the scene of the way books were bound back in the day.
Thank you for taking me back to the memories of my personal process in working with a publisher. Also, I am grateful for all the world-renowned authors as we get lost in their exquisite works.
I enjoyed this, take care
