Upgrade Reaping Immediate Benefits

Before the upgrade each of the thousands of AALBC.com pages were individual documents that had to be managed individually. This design was labor intensive to maintain and impossible to scale. In my first 18 years I managed to create 900 authors profiles (an average of 1 per week). In the last two years, I’ve added over 2,400 more profiles — at a rate of more than 3 a day!

Not only has the rate of production increased, but the quality has too. The code meets current standards, is optimized for mobile, and uses encryption.

I can now provide information in unique and creatives ways; whether it is a beautiful collage of our 100 bestselling authors or a more serious list with information and detail.

A great many of AALBC author profiles rank on the first page of search. This is something that is exceeding difficult to do today, but important for a site to remain viable.

How to Publish Your Book Independently — Sunday, March 25th

Paul Coates, founder of Black Classic Press and BCP Digital Printing; and Troy Johnson, founder of The African American Literature Book Club (AALBC.com) will show writers how to independently publish their best possible book. The topics covered will include editing, design, printing, distribution, promotion, and more.

I’m in the process of reviewing the more than 1,900 imprints in my database to identify all of the publishers owned by people of African descent. If you know of a publisher not already on our list, please provide us their information in the comments section on the page.

In the spirit of #readingblack visit the pages of these publishers and check out the books they’ve produced. For several, like Black Classic Press and Just Us Books, the buy button provides links directly to their websites allowing them to benefit more from the online sales of their books.