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America I Am Legends: Rare Moments And Inspiring Words
America I Am Legends: Rare Moments And Inspiring Words Smiley Books “Would America have been America without her Negro people?” — W. E. B. Du Bois America I AM: ...
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Books Books Books “The Barn” at Wyndham Lancaster Resort Lancaster Pennsylvania Books Books Books [2024 is the forth year] is a must-attend event for all book...
The Ultimate Top 10 Books Lists, Great New Books, Black Classic Press Celebrates 40 Years, and More!
Please join us as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Black Classic Press hosted by the Reginald F. Lewis Museum. We will be celebrating a full weekend, May 18–20. O...
May 2017 Newsletter: Bestselling Books, New Books, Author Info, and Much More
Our May Newsletter is Generously Sponsored by Amistad Bestselling Books Bestselling Books: March/April 2017 Provenance a novel by Donna Drew Sawyer, which tops o...
Bestselling Books, The Top 25 Black-Owned Sites, New Books, and More
Bestselling Books July – August 2017 Fiction titles outsold all other genres this period, led by the strength of Sadeqa Johnson’s 2016 novel Second House from the ...
Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books about Girls
Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books about Girls Donna Rand and Toni Trent Parker "Offers a wonderful overview of literature with black ...
March 1, 2017 Newsletter — Book Award Announcements, New Books, and More
New Books Coming Out March 2017 Helene Cooper tells the amazing of story Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, leader of the Liberian women’s movement and the first democratically el...
30+ Must Read Books - Something for Everyone
Our January 2016 eNewsletter was sponsored by author Russell A. Mabane. Learn how you may sponsor an AALBC.com eNewsletter. Bestselling Books for November/De...
Black Books Galore! AALBC.com's November 2016 eNewsletter
Picador USA – Our eNewsletter Sponsor for November Read one of the year’s most highly lauded – and highly provocative – books, now the first American winner of...
October Bestsellers, Award Winning Books, New Bookstores and More
Bestselling Books September/October 2017 The fiction category was dominated by Sadeqa Johnson’s novel Second House from the Corner, which tops our bestsellers list f...
Highly Recommended, Recently Reviewed, and Discounted Books
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378 Excellent Books, 77 Important Events
Top 100+ Recommended Children’s Books Children book authors, industry professionals, and avid readers contributed their favorite children’s books to this list. W...
100 Bestselling Authors, New Books, and More: October 2016 eNewsletter
Our Top 100, All-time, Bestselling Authors We are excited to present our regularly updated list of our top 100, all-time, bestselling authors. This list of bestselling a...
September eNewsletter: Bestselling Books, 118 Book Events, and More
July/August 2016 Bestselling Books Titles on Go On Girl! Book Club's reading list are prominent on our bestsellers list this period. This is good, because these books ...
Great Books, Events, Films & More - October 2015 eNewsletter
AALBC.com’s Best Selling Books — July/August 2015 We just published our ten best selling fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books for the period July 1 through ...
Milligan Books
Dr. Milligan with Author Monica Regina Payton Dr. Rosie Milligan, CEO Milligan Books Discusses Milligan Books June 2005 ...
39 Bestselling Books and More About #ReadingBlack
New Video Highlights 3 Books that Epitomize #ReadingBlack Spotlight is a new feature where I share, in short videos, information about new and upcoming books I think ...
April Bestselling Books, Win Barracoon, Top Erotica, Google is too Powerful, and More
Bestselling Books March/April 2018 Fiction: The Yearning by Mohale Mashigo was the bestselling book of all genres this period. Sales were bolstered by being the Go O...
Good Books, Films, Events & Articles – May 2014 eNewsletter
You may receive this eNewsletter directly in your email-box by subscribing or download a PDF version. It may also be read on your Kindle ebook reader. Enjoy our previou...
April 18, 2017 Newsletter: New Books, Vote for Your Favorite Author, and More
AALBC.com Congratulates all the Winners of Pulitzer Prizes in the Letters and Drama Categories Fiction: Colson Whitehead for his novel Underground Railroad Poetry: Tyeh...
Read This to Discover Great Authors, Books, Events & More
★ Read Our eNewsletter Archives ★ Subscribe to Receive Highlights of Our eNewsletter and More on Your Kindle Sponsored by Akashic Books and Infamous Books AALB...
Highlighting Books Needed for Survival
Our August 23rd Newsletter is Sponsored by Knopf Expanding Awards Section Our lists of award winning books have greatly increased in the last couple of weeks. We...
December eNewsletter Great New Children's Books and More
Great Children’s Books Coming Soon I’m always on lookout terrific for children’s books, even before they are available for sale, so that you can learn ab...
Top 50 Authors, Bestselling Books, and More
50 Favorite African-American Authors of the 20th Century 1,826 readers cast votes, back in 2001, for their favorite African-American authors. Here we share the 50 au...
June 2017 eNewsletter: The Best New Books, Author Info, and More
This Month’s Newsletter is Made Possible by Support From Amistad Authors You Should Know Tracy K. Smith The Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, recently nam...
New Books February 2017, Book Reviews, Events, and More
New Books Coming Out February 2017 Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson A timely and powerful story about a teen girl striving for success in a world that too ofte...
Bestselling Books, Book Reviews, & More - May 2019 Newsletter
New Daughters of Africa by Margaret Busby is the magnificent follow-up to the original, celebrated anthology, updated for a new generation- an international collect...
July 25, 2017 Newsletter - Includes the Most Critically Acclaimed Books of the Last 40 Years
May – June 2017 Bestselling Books Children’s books outsold all genres for the May/June period. Fiction sales were the 2nd most popular genre, led by the ...
Get a Jump Start on Black History Month with 100+ Terrific Books
86 African-American History Books Every year I’m asked what are you gonna do for African American History Month? Every year I say the same thing, “Every ...
New List! Best-Selling Children’s Books
We've Just Added an Additional Category to Our Popular Best Sellers List—Children’s Books! Over the years, there has always been a great deal of demand for more ...
December 2016 Newsletter - Great New Books, Best Film of the Year, and More
Cerece Rennie Murphy – Our eNewsletter Sponsor for December Experience The Love of A Lifetime ~ Two Souls, One Desire, To Find Each Other...Again The journey be...
Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted—Should We Care?
Back in the the summer of 2013, I joined the fight to help save Marcus Books. My motivation was not solely limited to saving a single bookstore. I've never been to Ma...
Would You Stop Buying Books from Amazon.com to Save the Book Industry?
Boycotting Amazon’s bookstore might mean, at least initially, that you’ll have pay a little more for books, or you’ll wait a little longer to get them, but it will ...
Bestsellers Lists, Authors, New Books & More - June 2015
Read Our eNewsletter Archives Subscribe to Receive Highlights of Our eNewsletter and More on Your Kindle Multi-Title Authors Find Success on Spring ...
Sacred Fire: The QBR 100 Essential Black Books
Sacred Fire: The QBR 100 Essential Black Books Max Rodriguez, Angeli R. Rasbury, Carol Taylor, and Charles Johnson Learn even more about all 100 books described in Sacred...
Excellent Books, Authors, Events and More
You may receive this eNewsletter directly in your email-box by subscribing. It may also be read on your Kindle ebook reader, or any device by downloading a PDF versi...
April 2014 eNewsletter - Good Books, Films, Events, Articles & More
You may receive this eNewsletter directly in your email-box by subscribing. It may also be read on your Kindle ebook reader. Enjoy our previous eNewsletters. Sponso...
Black Women Lead the Way Promoting Black Culture through Books
“Where a woman rules, streams run uphill.” —Ethiopian proverb AALBC.com’s Bestselling Books - January to February 2015 The #1 selling book on AALBC.com, for Jan...
Terrific Books Coming in May, Beyond Adichie, and More!
Terrific New Books Coming in May Former U.S. Poet Laureate, Rita Dove will publish a collection of her poetry from the 30 year period, 1974 to 2004. There are also new n...
“Would You Stop Buying Books from Amazon.com to Save the Black Book Industry?”
Exploring The Feasibility Boycotting Amazon’s Bookstore In the following video, Ruth J. Morrison, CEO and Executive Producer, What's The 411TV; and I discuss Amazon...
Sacred Fire: The QBR 100 Essential Black Books
Sacred Fire: The QBR 100 Essential Black Books Max Rodriguez, Angeli R. Rasbury, Carol Taylor, and Charles Johnson David Walker's Appeal. The Souls of Black Folk. T...
Behind those Books (press release)
Behind Those Books: A Thought Provoking Documentary Tackling Societal Ills Through Literature Behind Those Books Executive Produced by: Mark Manderson & Ela...
New Books Worth Checking Out - July 2013
At least once a month, on my Blog, I will share information about new books that I think you will enjoy. If you subscribe to my blog, via your Kindle or through an RS...
Good Books, Films, Events & Articles – June 23, 2014 eNewsletter
You may receive this eNewsletter directly in your email-box by subscribing. It may also be read on your Kindle ebook reader, or any device by downloading a PDF version....
5 Books for the Holidays! - Spotlight - December 17, 2017
“The Spotlight” a New Video Feature on AALBC.com. Your browser does not support HTML5 video. The Books highlighted in the December 17, 2017, Sunday Spotligh...
Power List of Best-Selling African-American Books - Fall 2014
Strong Sales Shown Among Hardcover Non-Fiction Titles in Fall Edition of the Power List of Best-Selling African-American Books December 8, 2014 New York, NY Cont...
Stacey’s Remarkable Books
Stacey’s Remarkable Books Stacey Abrams aka Selena Montgomery The companion to the #1 New York Times bestseller and NAACP Image Award winner Stacey’s Extraordinary Wo...
Nappy Roots Books
Nappy Roots Books Oklahoma City OK Nappy Roots Books (a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation) is, first and foremost, a bookstore. We carry new & used books for adults and ch...
Alex Haley and the Books that Changed a Nation
In Alex Haley and the Books that Changed a Nation, Robert J. Norrell, professor of history at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK), explores the complicated life ...
A Celebration of Literature and Response: Children, Books, and Teachers in K-8 Classrooms (2nd Edition)
A Celebration of Literature and Response: Children, Books, and Teachers in K-8 Classrooms (2nd Edition) Marjorie R. Hancock Reinforced by teachers’ experiences in actu...
Mixed Race or Just Mixed Up? Children's Books Provide Answers
I noticed a surge in the number of books I sold, over the last two months (see best-selling books list), that dealt with issues of mixed race people. Forty percent of...
3 Must Read Books for Social Media Advocates, Addicts & Sharecroppers
These are three books I recommend we should all read. The strength of the Internet and promise it held to empower individuals has been hobbled considerably. In fa...
New Self-Publishing Literary Award to Promote Diverse Books in Libraries
BCALA; SELF-e partner for new self-publishing literary award to promote diverse books in libraries The Black Caucus of the ALA (BCALA) and BiblioBoard announce the creat...
Bebop Books
Bebop Books is currently accepting manuscripts for emergent readers with multicultural themes. Emergent readers are used by kindergarten and first-grade teachers to h...
Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me
Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me Glory Edim An inspiring memoir of family, community, and resilience, and an ode to the power of books to help us ...
Books Of The Ethiopian Bible Hardcover
Books Of The Ethiopian Bible Hardcover Ethiopian Church The Ethiopian Bible is the oldest and most complete Bible on earth. Written in Ge’ez, an ancient dead language o...
Taylor & Co. Books
Taylor & Co. Books Brooklyn NY Taylor & Co. Books is a black-owned, family-run shop for new and used books, comics, and gifts. Not since the venerable Mostly Books closed...
C&B Books Distribution
http://www.cbbooksdistribution.com/ C&B Books Distribution started out as an online bookstore. Our mission was to sell books at a discount price to the A...
Underground Books
Underground Books Sacramento CA Underground Books, founded in summer 2003 by St. HOPE (a 501(c)(3) nonprofit), anchors the 40 Acres Cultural Center in Oak Park. After the...
African-American Literature Web Sites Launch “Power List” of Best-Selling Books
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Troy Johnson: troy@aalbc.com Gwen Richardson: grichardson@cushcity.com Ron Kavanaugh: ron@mosaicbooks.com African-American Lit...
Top 40 Books Read by African Americans
Power List Best-Selling Books • Winter 2015 NAACP Image Award Literary Nominees Well Represented on Winter Edition of the Power List of Best-Selling African-Americ...
Rebellious Read Alouds: Inviting Conversations about Diversity with Children′s Books [Grades K-5]
Rebellious Read Alouds: Inviting Conversations about Diversity with Children′s Books [Grades K-5] Vera Ahiyya Spark meaningful conversations about race, identity, and s...
Alex Haley: And The Books That Changed A Nation
Alex Haley: And The Books That Changed A Nation Robert J. Norrell It is difficult to think of two twentieth century books by one author that have had as much influence on...
The Homewood Books
The Homewood Books John Edgar Wideman Edgar Wideman’s The Homewood Books is so named because they share characters, events, and locales, these two novels— Hiding Pl...
Zawadi Books
Zawadi Books Buffalo NY Sharon and Kenneth Holley opened Harambee Books and Crafts (renamed Zawadi Books in 2010) around 1976 in Buffalo, NY. Zawadi means “gift&rdq...
Harambee Books and Artworks
Harambee Books and Artworks Alexandria VA Harambee Books & Artworks, an independent bookstore based in Old Town of Alexandria VA, serves the Washington DC metropolitan ar...
Birdsong Books
Birdsong Books Locust Grove GA Birdsong Books is a new and used books store specializing in general fiction, self-help, Christian Living, children and other non-fiction b...
Umoja House Books & Coffee
Umoja House Books & Coffee Philadelphia PA A bookstore that features books and art created by POC with the goal of providing the local community with the opportunity to l...
Morristown Festival of Books
Morristown Festival of Books Morristown New Jersey The Morristown Festival of Books celebrates the power of the written word to challenge, transport and transform us, wh...
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books University of Southern California Los Angeles California The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to ...
Reading Black Books
Reading Black Books Claude Atcho Christianity Today 2023 Book Award Finalist (Culture & the Arts) Learning from Black voices means listening to more than snippets. It ...
Dork Diaries Books 1-10 (Plus 3 1/2 & Omg!)
Dork Diaries Books 1-10 (Plus 3 1/2 & Omg!) Rachel Renée Russell Get your dork on with the ultimate Dork Diaries boxed set! This collection contains books one through te...
Create Your Writer Platform: The Key to Building an Audience, Selling More Books, and Finding Success as an Author
Create Your Writer Platform: The Key to Building an Audience, Selling More Books, and Finding Success as an Author Chuck Sambuchino Chuck Sambuchino is an editor for Writ...
Losing My Cool: How A Father’s Love And 15,000 Books Beat Hip-Hop Culture
Losing My Cool: How A Father’s Love And 15,000 Books Beat Hip-Hop Culture Thomas Chatterton Williams A pitch-perfect account of how hip-hop culture drew in the author a...
Caribbean Books You Should Know
By Joanne C. Hillhouse "I come from Antigua and Barbuda in the Caribbean. I write stories of and from the Caribbean. My first book was The Boy from Willow Bend ...
Pyramid Books
Pyramid Books Boynton Beach FL Pyramid Books specializes in hard-to-find books. They are currently seeking a new location for their physical store. ...
Books & Stuff
Books & Stuff Philadelphia PA At Books & Stuff we specialize in new, out of print, multicultural books for all ages! Every book costs 50% or more off of the cover pri...
Chez Alpha Books
Chez Alpha Books Cite Africa Dakar, Senegal DKR Chez Alpha Books is an English resource center in Dakar, Senegal that provides the community access to books in English al...
Willa’s Books & Vinyl
Willa’s Books & Vinyl Kansas City MO Willa’s Books & Vinyl specializes in used and rare African-American books, first editions, as well as the works of a wid...
Third Eye Books Accessories and Gifts
Third Eye Books Accessories and Gifts Portland OR Third Eye Books Accessories & Gifts LLC was founded in 2019 in Portland Oregon by Michelle Lewis and Charles Hannah. Our...
Malik Books (Crenshaw Mall)
Malik Books (Crenshaw Mall) Los Angeles CA Malik Books specializes in American American books, calendars, and gifts full of cultural diversity, positive self reflection, ...
Umoja Books and Products
Umoja Books and Products Lafayette LA The inspiration of Umoja Books resulted from the need of having an African American owned bookstore in Lafayette, LA. It started wit...
Aya Coffee + Books
Aya Coffee + Books Kansas City MO Store Not yet opened as of 2020-11-25 Aya Coffee + Books is a place that transforms lives and communities by cultivating culture and con...
Malik Books (Culver City Mall)
Malik Books (Culver City Mall) Culver City CA Malik Books specializes in American American books, calendars, and gifts full of cultural diversity, positive self reflectio...
Round Table Books
Round Table Books Brixton, London LN “Round Table Books is your source for books featuring stories about Black folks and other people of color.”...
Gye Nyame Books & More
Gye Nyame Books & More Louisville KY Gye Nyame Books & More Highlights Books Written by And for the African Diaspora....
AALBC.com to Offer Self Published and Small Press Books Direct to Consumers at Competitive Discounts
The African American Literature Book Club (AALBC.com) to Offer Self Published and Small Press Books Direct to Consumers at Competitive DiscountsThe AALBC.com will start s...
2008 Essence Literary Award Winning Books Announced
2008 Essence Literary Award Winning Books Announced http://books.aalbc.com/2008_essence_literary_awards_nominees.htm Would you believe I attended and forgot my camera! A...
10 Books African-Americans Should Read & Have in the Home
Today, at 5PM EST, I'll be participating in a live interview with Paul Billings host of the "The Beat" on WUVS-LP 103.7FM located in West Michigan. (You may listen on-l...
Power List Best-Selling Books • Spring 2015
Multi-Title Authors Find Success on Spring 2015 Edition of the Power List of Best-Selling African-American Books May 22, 2015 New York, NY Contact: Troy Johns...
Writer in Residence: A Heartwarming Book about Books Set in the Low-Country
Writer in Residence: A Heartwarming Book about Books Set in the Low-Country Rhonda McKnight From beloved author Rhonda McKnight comes a new story of faith, history, and t...
Tucson Festival of Books
Tucson Festival of Books University of Arizona Campus Tucson Arizona The Tucson Festival of Books debuted March 14-15, 2009, on the campus of The University of Arizona. T...
Books by the Banks
Books by the Banks Duke Energy Convention Center Cincinnati Ohio More than 5,000 people and more than 150 authors made the 2015 Books by the Banks book festival our bigge...
Southern Festival of Books
Southern Festival of Books Nashville Tennessee The Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written WordSM is a three-day Festival celebrated each year during th...
The Allegheny Regional Festival of Books
The Allegheny Regional Festival of Books Bedford Pennsylvania The Allegheny Regional Festival of Books (ARFB) is a truly grassroots, community based, literary festival, ...
Books in Bloom Literary Festival
Books in Bloom Literary Festival Color Burst Park Columbia Maryland Books In Bloom is an innovative, progressive, and memorable festival, poised to be one of the premier ...
Zora Books Her Happy Ever After: A Rom-Com Novel
Zora Books Her Happy Ever After: A Rom-Com Novel Taj McCoy A heart-pounding, curvy romance about an indie bookstore owner who finds herself in a love triangle when she m...
The Cartel Deluxe Edition, Part 2: Books 4 and 5
The Cartel Deluxe Edition, Part 2: Books 4 and 5 Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman The Cartel series by street lit superstars Ashley & JaQuavis has been a consistent...
Dork Diaries Books 10-12 (Boxed Set): Dork Diaries 10; Dork Diaries 11; Dork Diaries 12
Dork Diaries Books 10-12 (Boxed Set): Dork Diaries 10; Dork Diaries 11; Dork Diaries 12 Rachel Renée Russell Get your dork on with the ultimate Dork Diaries boxed set! T...