Book publishers seem to perceive the Nigerian digital environment as an environment inhospitable to innovation adoption and e-collaboration whereas studies suggest not only that the environment is no longer as inhospitable as they think, but that a reasonable market for digital books already exists in some areas (Conford, 2011). Studies also indicate that a fairly reasonable measure of digital publishing is currently taking place (Ifeduba, 2020; Okojie, 2014). These conflicting perspectives suggest that the contemporary history of publishing in the country needs to be updated by means of empirical clarifications. This study, therefore, empirically surveys the digital environment in search of answers to the following questions:
In what ways are local publishers innovating to build capacity? What businesses are trending on publishing websites? What is the role of local innovation champions and global online distributors in the emerging business models? To what extent are local publishers outsourcing distribution to global online distributors? How are authors taking advantage of technological convergence to circumvent inhibiting factors?