Also, the number of co production projects with publishers from other countries has increased. The local illustrators and authors had less chances to work for a publisher. First, the problems of authors and illustrators basically are related with the economical situation of the country. Then he went back to the United States and finished his work in more than a year. This is related with the problems of the publishers.
Authors also suffer from their lack of control over their work.
Second, let us consider the problems of the publishers. The average retail prices of books for children are very low in Turkey. This fact directs the publishers to lower the cost of production. That means cheap text, cheap methods of reproduction of the illustrations, and especially, the serious cost factor of paper in Turkey. There is no government support on paper, and a high cost of paper ends up with a low print run, and that reduces the profit margin.