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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 lovers! Whether you're a fan ...
Penguin Random House
Penguin Random House Bertelsmann 4 Color Books Ace Books Addison-Wesley Alfred A. Knopf Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Anchor Anchor Books Anchor Press Anne Schwartz Books Avery Ballantine Bo...
Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Simon & Schuster, Inc. KKR & Co. Inc. Aladdin Aladdin Paperbacks Atheneum Atheneum Books for Young Readers Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Atria / 37 Ink Atria / Black Privilege Publishing Atria / One S...
Akashic Books
Akashic Books Akashic Books Akashic Books AkashiClassics: Renegade Reprint Series Black Goat Black Sheep Edge of Sports Enemy Books Infamous Books Open Lens Peekash Press The Armory Uglytown Productio...
Enemy Books
Enemy Books Akashic Books Akashic Books Enemy Books, launched in June 2023, is curated by Chuck D, and hosted by Brooklyn’s Akashic Books. Enemy Books will have a strong focus on visual art....
Just Us Books, Inc.
Just Us Books, Inc. Just Us Books, Inc. Just Us Books Marimba Books Sankofa Books http://www.justusbooks.com Wade and Cheryl Hudson were parents on a desperate search for children’s books th...
December eNewsletter Great New Children's Books and More
December eNewsletter Great New Children's Books and More Troy Johnson Article Great Children’s Books Coming Soon I’m always on lookout terrific for children’s books, even before they are a...
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 9780471375265 Nonfiction Wiley Wiley "Offers a wonderful overview of literature with b...
HarperCollins
HarperCollins News Corp Amistad Amistad Books for Young Readers Anthony Bourdain/Ecco Artisan Avon A Avon Books Avon Books (Mm) Avon Books (P) Avon Red Balzer & Bray/Harperteen Balzer + Bray Blink You...
March 28, 2017 Newsletter — Book Recommendations, News, Contests, and More
March 28, 2017 Newsletter — Book Recommendations, News, Contests, and More Troy Johnson Article Top 120 Children’s Books from the Past 50 Years Our list of the Top 120 Children’s Books published ove...
Top 50 Authors, Bestselling Books, and More
Top 50 Authors, Bestselling Books, and More Troy Johnson Article 50 Favorite African-American Authors of the 20th Century 1,826 readers cast votes, back in 2001, for their favorite African-Ameri...
June 2016 Newsletter Celebrating the Best in Black Literature
June 2016 Newsletter Celebrating the Best in Black Literature Troy Johnson Article Subscribe to AALBC.com’s eNewsletter Carter G. Woodson Award Winning Books The National Council for the Social...
Bernette Ford
Bernette Ford 0000000038486553 Bernette Ford, founder of COLOR-BRIDGE BOOKS, was a renowned children's book packager and consultant, and an advocate for diversity in children's literature. She held s...
Just Us Books
Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. Just Us Books, Inc. http://www.justusbooks.com Wade and Cheryl Hudson were parents on a desperate search for children’s books that reflected the diversity o...
Hachette Book Group
Hachette Book Group Lagardère Group Aspect Back Bay Books Balance Black Dog & Leventhal Bold Type Books Center Street Christy Ottaviano Books Christy Ottaviano Books-Little Brown and Hachette Civitas ...
Hell of a Book: A Novel
Hell of a Book: A Novel Jason Mott 9780593330982 Fiction Dutton Books Penguin Random House Winner of the 2021 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction, Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize Finalist, 2022 Chau...
Amber Books
Amber Books Amber Communications Group Amber Communications Group, Inc. Tony and his wife Yvonne Rose of Amber Communications Group, Inc Amber Communications Group, Inc. is devoted to ...
Colossus Books
Colossus Books Amber Communications Group, Inc. Amber Communications Group, Inc. Tony and his wife Yvonne Rose of Amber Communications Group, Inc Amber Communications Group, Inc. is de...
Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers Holtzbrinck Publishing Group An Oprah Book AUWA Books Bedford/St. Martin’s Bramble Celadon Books Farrar, Straus and Cudahy Farrar, Straus and Giroux Farrar, Straus and Giroux Book...
Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson
Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson MULTIPLE Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson, parents based in Northern NJ, founded Just Us Books in 1988 to address a lack of quality Black-interest children's ...
Amber Communications Group
Amber Communications Group Amber Communications Group, Inc. Amber Books Amber Communications Group Tony and his wife Yvonne Rose of Amber Communications Group, Inc Amber Communications...
Amber Communications Group, Inc.
Amber Communications Group, Inc. Amber Communications Group, Inc. Colossus Books Quality Press Tony and his wife Yvonne Rose of Amber Communications Group, Inc Amber Communications Gro...
The Rib King
The Rib King Ladee Hubbard 9780062979070 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Thrillist - 30 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2021Book Riot - Our Most Anticipated Releases of 2021Real Simple - The Best New Boo...
The Prophets
The Prophets Robert Jones, Jr. 9780593085684 Fiction G.P. Putnam’s Sons Penguin Random House #1 Indie Next Pick The New York Times Book Review’s Books to Watch for in January The Washington Post...
Would You Stop Buying Books from Amazon.com to Save the Book Industry?
Would You Stop Buying Books from Amazon.com to Save the Book Industry? Troy Johnson Article Boycotting Amazon’s bookstore might mean, at least initially, that you’ll have pay a little more for books,...
How is African American Literature Really Doing?
How is African American Literature Really Doing? Troy Johnson Article For those in the business of Black books in America, this is a common question; “How is African American Literature Doing?” Some...
100 Bestselling Authors, New Books, and More: October 2016 eNewsletter
100 Bestselling Authors, New Books, and More: October 2016 eNewsletter Troy Johnson Article Our Top 100, All-time, Bestselling Authors We are excited to present our regularly updated list of our top...
Great Books, Events, Films & More - October 2015 eNewsletter
Great Books, Events, Films & More - October 2015 eNewsletter Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com’s Best Selling Books — July/August 2015 We just published our ten best selling fiction, nonfiction, and ...
Wade Hudson
Wade Hudson 0000000067647969 Why I Publish Children’s Books Wade Hudson, born in 1946, is an author, journalist, and civil rights activist. Known for his children's books promoting positive Afri...
Random House Children’s Books and Just Us Books
Random House Children’s Books and Just Us Books Penguin Random House and Just Us Books A Joint Venture Random House Children’s Books and Just Us Books
Quality Press
Quality Press Amber Communications Group, Inc. Amber Communications Group, Inc. Tony and his wife Yvonne Rose of Amber Communications Group, Inc Amber Communications Group, Inc. is dev...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Gulliver Books Harcourt Brace and Company Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Harcourt Children’s Books Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. Heinemann Heinemann Educ...
Get a Jump Start on Black History Month with 100+ Terrific Books
Get a Jump Start on Black History Month with 100+ Terrific Books Troy Johnson Article 86 African-American History Books Every year I’m asked what are you gonna do for African American Hi...
April Bestselling Books, Win Barracoon, Top Erotica, Google is too Powerful, and More
April Bestselling Books, Win Barracoon, Top Erotica, Google is too Powerful, and More Troy Johnson Article Bestselling Books March/April 2018 Fiction: The Yearning by Mohale Mashigo was the best...
October Bestsellers, Award Winning Books, New Bookstores and More
October Bestsellers, Award Winning Books, New Bookstores and More Troy Johnson Article Bestselling Books September/October 2017 The fiction category was dominated by Sadeqa Johnson’s novel Second ...
Bestselling Books, The Top 25 Black-Owned Sites, New Books, and More
Bestselling Books, The Top 25 Black-Owned Sites, New Books, and More Troy Johnson Article Bestselling Books July – August 2017 Fiction titles outsold all other genres this period, led by the stren...
March 1, 2017 Newsletter — Book Award Announcements, New Books, and More
March 1, 2017 Newsletter — Book Award Announcements, New Books, and More Troy Johnson Article New Books Coming Out March 2017 Helene Cooper tells the amazing of story Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, leader o...
New List! Best-Selling Children’s Books
New List! Best-Selling Children’s Books Troy Johnson Article We've Just Added an Additional Category to Our Popular Best Sellers List—Children’s Books! Over the years, there has always been a gre...
August Wilson Century Cycle
August Wilson Century Cycle August Wilson 9781559363075 Fiction Theatre Communications Group Theatre Communications Group August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle (10 plays covering 10 decades) 1900s - ...
Charles R. Smith Jr.
Charles R. Smith Jr. NONE Charles R. Smith Jr. is an acclaimed author, poet, and photographer with over 30 books. He's a recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration and Honor Author Aw...
Torrey Maldonado
Torrey Maldonado NONE Torrey Maldonado, once a disinterested reader, became a passionate middle school teacher and author after discovering engaging, culturally responsive books. For 20 years, he's i...
Milligan Books
Milligan Books Loading Dr. Milligan with Author Monica Regina Payton Dr. Rosie Milligan, CEO Milligan Books Discusses Milligan Books June 2005 - Video � AALBC.com Since its foundi...
Africa World Press
Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Kassahun Checole, PublisherAfrica World Press & Red Sea Press Africa World Press and The Red Sea ...
Neal Porter Books
Neal Porter Books Holiday House Holiday House, Inc. Since its beginnings in 1935 as the first American publishing house founded with the purpose of publishing only children’s books, Holiday Hou...
The Red Sea Press
The Red Sea Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Kassahun Checole, PublisherAfrica World Press & Red Sea Press Africa World Press and The Red Sea...
Nia Communications
Nia Communications Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Kassahun Checole, PublisherAfrica World Press & Red Sea Press Africa World Press and The Red Se...
Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press
Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Africa Research and Publications Africa World Press Nia Communications The Red Sea Press Kassahun Checole, PublisherAfr...
Holiday House
Holiday House Holiday House, Inc. Holiday House Margaret Ferguson Books Neal Porter Books Since its beginnings in 1935 as the first American publishing house founded with the purpose of publishing on...
One of World’s Greatest Publishers of Books for African People
One of World’s Greatest Publishers of Books for African People Book Spotlights Kassahun Checole is the founder of Africa World Press and The Red Sea Press. Checole has published important scholarly wo...
The Reading Adventure: 100 Books to Check Out Before You’re 12
The Reading Adventure: 100 Books to Check Out Before You’re 12 We Need Diverse Books 9780744057881 Nonfiction DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) Penguin Random House Discover your next read with this ...
The Ultimate Top 10 Books Lists, Great New Books, Black Classic Press Celebrates 40 Years, and More!
The Ultimate Top 10 Books Lists, Great New Books, Black Classic Press Celebrates 40 Years, and More! Troy Johnson Article Please join us as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Black Classic Press ...
39 Bestselling Books and More About #ReadingBlack
39 Bestselling Books and More About #ReadingBlack Troy Johnson Article New Video Highlights 3 Books that Epitomize #ReadingBlack Spotlight is a new feature where I share, in short videos, informat...
5 Books for the Holidays! - Spotlight - December 17, 2017
5 Books for the Holidays! - Spotlight - December 17, 2017 Troy Johnson Article “The Spotlight” a New Video Feature on AALBC.com. Your browser does not support HTML5 video. The Books highlight...
May 2017 Newsletter: Bestselling Books, New Books, Author Info, and Much More
May 2017 Newsletter: Bestselling Books, New Books, Author Info, and Much More Troy Johnson Article Our May Newsletter is Generously Sponsored by Amistad Bestselling Books Bestselling Books: M...
New Books February 2017, Book Reviews, Events, and More
New Books February 2017, Book Reviews, Events, and More Troy Johnson Article New Books Coming Out February 2017 Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson A timely and powerful story about a teen gir...
Beyond Glory
Beyond Glory Thumper Book Review Warning! I’ve been cleaning up my library again-meaning I’m about to review an old book. I have two walls full of bookshelves, whose...
Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues
Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues Clarence V. Reynolds Book Review This year, we will celebrate the centennial of the birth of prominent writer, civil rights activist, and intellectual James Baldwin. Born in Ha...
Mainstream American Publishers Launch Large Number of Imprints Focused on Black Books
Mainstream American Publishers Launch Large Number of Imprints Focused on Black Books Mainstream American Publishers Launch Large Number of Imprints Focused on Black Books Also check out the top 100 p...
Infamous Books
Infamous Books Akashic Books Akashic Books Albert “Prodigy” Johnson partnered with Akashic Books to create the Infamous Books Imprint. Their first release, in July of 2013, was the novell...
Soulfire Books
Soulfire Books Soulfire Books Soulfire Books http://www.soulfirebooks.com/ Explore the vast literary world of Soulfire Books where black literature has a purpose. Expose yourself to urban lit with...
Modjaji Books
Modjaji Books Modjaji Books Modjaji Books Modjaji Books is an independent feminist press that publishes southern African women writers. Modjaji Books fills a gap by providing a platform for serious a...
African Books Collective
African Books Collective African Books Collective African Books Collective African Books Collective (ABC) is an African owned, worldwide marketing and distribution outlet for books from Africa &mdash...
African Books Collective
African Books Collective African Books Collective African Books Collective African Books Collective (ABC) is an African owned, worldwide marketing and distribution outlet for books from Africa &mdash...
Lee & Low Books
Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books Bebop Books Children’s Book Press Lee & Low Books Shen’s Books Tu Books
Modjaji Books
Modjaji Books Modjaji Books Modjaji Books Modjaji Books is an independent feminist press that publishes southern African women writers. Modjaji Books fills a gap by providing a platform for serious a...
Penguin Random House and Just Us Books
Penguin Random House and Just Us Books A Joint Venture Random House Children’s Books and Just Us Books Random House Children’s Books and Just Us Books
Soulfire Books
Soulfire Books Soulfire Books Soulfire Books http://www.soulfirebooks.com/ Explore the vast literary world of Soulfire Books where black literature has a purpose. Expose yourself to urban lit with...
I AM Media Books
I AM Media Books I AM Media Books I AM Media Books https://iammediabooks.com/ Vision Our vision is to sow the seeds sisterhood, cultivate author-preneurship, and develop Israelite women authors with ...
I AM Media Books
I AM Media Books I AM Media Books I AM Media Books https://iammediabooks.com/ Vision Our vision is to sow the seeds sisterhood, cultivate author-preneurship, and develop Israelite women authors with ...
Books Of The Ethiopian Bible Hardcover
Books Of The Ethiopian Bible Hardcover Ethiopian Church 9781639234622 Nonfiction Lushena Books Lushena Books The Ethiopian Bible is the oldest and most complete Bible on earth. Written in Ge’ez, an an...
Community Conversation: Black Books in the Age of the Coronavirus
Community Conversation: Black Books in the Age of the Coronavirus Book Spotlights Black Books in the Age of the Coronavirus is the first of several conversations designed to support and uplift the Bla...
5 Great New and Upcoming Books December 17, 2017 #ReadingBlack
5 Great New and Upcoming Books December 17, 2017 #ReadingBlack Poetry & Spoken Word Here are a few terrific books to add to your holiday shopping list. Spread the WORD #readingblack To keep videos li...
Highlighting Books Needed for Survival
Highlighting Books Needed for Survival Troy Johnson Article Our August 23rd Newsletter is Sponsored by Knopf Expanding Awards Section Our lists of award winning books have greatly increased i...
July 25, 2017 Newsletter - Includes the Most Critically Acclaimed Books of the Last 40 Years
July 25, 2017 Newsletter - Includes the Most Critically Acclaimed Books of the Last 40 Years Troy Johnson Article May – June 2017 Bestselling Books Children’s books outsold all genres for the...
September eNewsletter: Bestselling Books, 118 Book Events, and More
September eNewsletter: Bestselling Books, 118 Book Events, and More Troy Johnson Article July/August 2016 Bestselling Books Titles on Go On Girl! Book Club's reading list are prominent on our best...
Exercise Your Mind With a Good Book – July 29, 2014 eNewsletter
Exercise Your Mind With a Good Book – July 29, 2014 eNewsletter Troy Johnson Article You may receive this eNewsletter directly in your email-box by subscribing. It may also be read on your Kindle eb...
What Happened to the Best African American Literary Magazines?
What Happened to the Best African American Literary Magazines? Troy Johnson Article I'm a collector. My family calls it hoarding. While I'm a big proponent of electronic books, I still love to sur...
Sacred Fire: The QBR 100 Essential Black Books
Sacred Fire: The QBR 100 Essential Black Books Max Rodriguez, Angeli R. Rasbury, and Carol Taylor 9781620458440 Nonfiction Wiley Wiley David Walker's Appeal. The Souls of Black Folk. Things Fal...
Kekla Magoon
Kekla Magoon 0000000040185776 Kekla Magoon, an award-winning author of eight YA novels, including The Rock and the River and X: A Novel, also pens non-fiction on historical topics. She's won an NAACP...
Tracy Sherrod
Tracy Sherrod NONE Tracy Sherrod, editorial director of HarperCollins' Amistad, has worked with award-winning authors and published numerous bestsellers. She has held editorial positions at Simon and...
Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Suyi Davies Okungbowa 0000000509720941 Suyi Davies Okungbowa (born Osasuyi Okungbowa in 1989) is an award-winning author of various novels for adults, the latest of which are Lost Ark Dreaming (Igny...
The Known World
The Known World Thumper Book Review As is becoming an unbreakable and pleasurable yearly excursion, I attended the 2003 Book Expo America (BEA) in Los Angeles. I love the BEA. The convention is all...
Akashic Books
Akashic Books Akashic Books Akashic Books http://www.akashicbooks.com/ Akashic Books is a Brooklyn-based independent company dedicated to publishing urban literary fiction and political nonfiction...
Transit Books
Transit Books Transit Books Transit Books Transit Books is a nonprofit publisher of international and American literature, based in Oakland, California. Founded in 2015, Transit Books is committed to...
AMMO Books
AMMO Books AMMO Books AMMO Books AMMO (American Modern) Books publishes provocative, one-of-a-kind titles on the visual arts and pop culture. We create must-have books with great design, thoughtful w...
K Squared Books
K Squared Books K Squared Books K Squared Books K Squared Books are spiritually uplifting, & inspiring books written by real people, about real people. Our goal is to tell ancient stories with a hip,...
Frances Lincoln Children’s Books
Frances Lincoln Children’s Books The Quarto Group Quarto Publishing Group USA Frances Lincoln Children’s Books publishes high quality picture books, multicultural books, poetry, picture books a...
Enchanted Lion Books
Enchanted Lion Books Enchanted Lion Books Enchanted Lion Books Enchanted Lion Books is an independent children’s book publisher based in Brooklyn, New York. We publish illustrated books from ar...
AMMO Books
AMMO Books AMMO Books AMMO Books AMMO (American Modern) Books publishes provocative, one-of-a-kind titles on the visual arts and pop culture. We create must-have books with great design, thoughtful w...
Enchanted Lion Books
Enchanted Lion Books Enchanted Lion Books Enchanted Lion Books Enchanted Lion Books is an independent children’s book publisher based in Brooklyn, New York. We publish illustrated books from ar...
K Squared Books
K Squared Books K Squared Books K Squared Books K Squared Books are spiritually uplifting, & inspiring books written by real people, about real people. Our goal is to tell ancient stories with a hip,...
Transit Books
Transit Books Transit Books Transit Books Transit Books is a nonprofit publisher of international and American literature, based in Oakland, California. Founded in 2015, Transit Books is committed to...
Life Changing Books
Life Changing Books Life Changing Books Life Changing Books LLC Author Tressa Azarel Smallwood, is the CEO of Life Changing Books, which she founded in 2003 with the publication of her book, A Life T...
Brown Girls Books
Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books http://www.browngirlsbooks.com Brown Girls Books was founded by the national bestselling authors, ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christoph...
Holiday House
Holiday House Holiday House Holiday House, Inc. Since its beginnings in 1935 as the first American publishing house founded with the purpose of publishing only children’s books, Holiday House h...
Brown Girls Books
Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books BGB Faith BGB Kids and Teens Brown Girls Books Jacquelin Thomas Presents http://www.browngirlsbooks.com Brown Girls Books was founded by the national bestselling au...
Life Changing Books
Life Changing Books Life Changing Books LLC Life Changing Books Author Tressa Azarel Smallwood, is the CEO of Life Changing Books, which she founded in 2003 with the publication of her book, A Life T...
Just Us Books, Inc.
Just Us Books, Inc. Just Us Books, Inc. Back to African American Pavilion Info Page Be sure to visit Just Us Books, Inc. Booth #5150 in the African American Pavilion...