ABSTRACT

This study was carried out to examine the contribution of publishing houses to literacr development in Abia Slate reference to Educational publishers limited, Aba, Abici Science. Primary data obtained/rein calion of cjues'tionnaire i 'as' analyzed i/sing ck.s'criptn'e statistic such /redjuency/perccniage and mean. 77i' result revealed that ina,joriy of i/ic respondents are iiiale constituling 80.00%, maJority are B.SC'/I-IiVD holders constituting 47. 00%,majority of the respondents have working experience of 31-35years constituting 27.0%, majority of the respondents working in publishing house were professional constitutihg 27.0%, many of the respondents constituting 80.00% agree that educational 'publishers limited has cotitrib u/cc! to literacy development, ma/0110' o/ respondents constituting 93.33% agree thcit publishing house he/p to promote literacy development. majority of the respondents that agree Picit educational publishers hunted have adequate facilities, equipment and machineries' used/br operation conslitutingl00%, majority of the respondents agree that educational publisher limited service their ecjuipinent '5' regulcirlylo0%, majority of'the respondents agree that publication house in Aba, Abia State agree that staff working in publishing house are enough constituting 66.67%, majori v oft/ic respondents' agree that publishing house have qualified staff constituting /00%. majoriti' qi the respondents cigeee that via/f i 'or/aug iii piiblwatioii house in .4 ha, .1bia Stoic are inoin'ated fbi increase oat c'oils'/iil/iing 6 "%, i/iajoi'ifl' of the respondents ag/ce thai education puhlishin limited Aba .4 bia Slate source fund /10/n sales' and shares' constituting 80. 00%, majority of' the respondents' agree that capital employ cind use in running organization is' low constituting 53.33%, inajoriti' of' the respondents agree that litercíture I emanating 1 from educational pubhi.s'hing hunted plo/note literacy development consti/uting • 93,33%, majority of the respondents' agree that educational publishers limited engages in hooks' business constituting 66.67%, majority of' the respondents' agree that the major pi'obleni militating agcu/1.s't the e/jLctii'e and e//lcien/ performance of the organization is' /imiance constituting 5333%, Inadequcite capital. staff, machinery and equipment, govern/ne/It s'upport, were a major determinant to pubii.s'hing house Aba, Abici State. 7'he result of the findings s/iou's that inadequate/lnance, unqualified .s'ta//'s'trength, non-go 'i'ermmiumental support anclfhulty equipment dire tile major/actors' ci/j'cting publishing house. It was' recommended that government in the s/cite and other agencies' should assist publishing house in flncincing their project so as' to reduce the c'o.s't of distribution of this books'.