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Independent Authors Book Expo

Independent Authors Book Expo Warinanco Sports Center Roselle New Jersey Come out and meet face to face with local and international authors. Friends, family, and the com...

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AALBC.com eNewsletter - August 1st 2012 - #193

Subscribe to this eNewsletter Read our eNewsletter Archives Read Our eNewsletter on Your Kindle Help AALBC.com support our literary legacy.  If you find somethi...

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Independent Authors Book Festival

Independent Authors Book Festival Kean University, Downs Halls Union New Jersey Independent Authors Book Expo was created to help you the independent author intorduce you...

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The African American Author’s Expo and Multi-Cultural Book Fair

The African American Author’s Expo and Multi-Cultural Book Fair Morgan State University - University Student Center Building Timonium Maryland 2016 marks seven years of...

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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...

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2009 Book Expo America Recap

African-American Literary Industry Giants Gather in NYC Check out Related Videos Book Expo America, publishing’s premier...

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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...

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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...

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The Black Arts Movement (BAM)

“…aesthetic and spiritual sister of the Black Power concept.”―Larry Neal The Black Arts Movement spans the period from the mid 1960’s to...

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AALBC.com May 2013 eNewsletter Book Highlights

AALBC.com Best-selling Books - March to April 2013 This version of AALBC.com's eNewsletter, which focuses on book related content is designed for Amazon Kind...

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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 ...

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Exercise Your Mind With a Good Book – July 29, 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....

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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...

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5 Things Writers Must Do To Survive Online

Today, despite all the technology and social media at our disposal, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the average writer to earn a living through their writing. ...

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AALBC.com eNewsletter - September 20th 2012 - Issue #194

Subscribe to this eNewsletter Read our eNewsletter Archives Read Our eNewsletter on Your Kindle AALBC.com's 25 Best Selling Books For July 1st through August 31st 2012...

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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...

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AALBC’s Newsletter: Bestsellers, Novelist Stacey Abrams, Texas Book Festival Videos & More

Subscribe  Forward Dear Troy, I recently introduced a new feature t...

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Pros and Cons of Mainstream and Self-Publishing

There are two basic routes to getting published, mainstream and self-publishing. Mainstream is when one submits one’s work to journals/magazines and publishin...

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Table of Contents

Resources for African American Writers, Authors and ReadersPlaces to Submit WorkPublishersDialogueFYAH.comCopyright InformationPublishing GlossaryOn-line Writers Worksh...

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Tony Rose

Tony Rose Tony Rose (October 11, 1950 – May 27, 2025) was the Publisher and CEO of Amber Communications Group, Inc. the nation’s largest African-American publ...

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Reflections on Black Book Reviews

For more than a decade I, through AALBC.com, have published hundred's of reviews of books written by or about Black people. Over the years this has sometimes been taken...

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March 28, 2017 Newsletter — Book Recommendations, News, Contests, and More

Top 120 Children’s Books from the Past 50 Years Our list of the Top 120 Children’s Books published over the last half century is updated on an ongoing basis and refl...

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Book Lover’s Haven Feature Interview with Troy D. Johnson

AALBC.com Home Page | More About AALBC.com This interview originally appeared in Issue 6.00 of The Book Lover’s Haven dated June 10, 2000 to subscribe to th...

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Walter Dean Myers: More Than an Outstanding Writer

by Wade Hudson I was stunned when I heard that Walter Dean Myers had made his transition. During the 25 plus years that my wife Cheryl and I have been involved in publ...

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AALBC.com eNewsletter March 28th 2006

The Following is an excerpt of AALBC.com's March 28th eNewsletter:MAKING THE BEST OF AALBC.comTip #1 — Use the Google Search EngineAALBC.com is a massive web site; make...

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Bridget Davis - The “Pocono Film Festival” Interview

Bridget Davis - “Pocono Mountain Film Festival” Interview Bridget O. Davis grew up in Harlem, in the Drew Hamilton Projects, with her four sisters. Some of he...

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List of Contributors to Step into a World

The Following is the List of Contributors to This Amazing Volume Toyin Adewale is a native of Emure-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. Born in 1969, she has absolutel...

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Pauline Hopkins and Advocacy Journalism

by Rhone Fraser

Pauline Hopkins and Advocacy Journalism Rhone Fraser In the 1905 letter to William Monroe Trotter, Pauline Hopkins wrote that she lost the editorship of the Colored Ameri...

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March 26th 2013 – eNewsletter Highlights

Read Our Complete eNewsletter AALBC.com mourns the passing of Nigerian novelist and poet Chinua Achebe (November 16, 1930 — March 22, 2013) Author of classic nov...

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8 Ways Bookstores Can Engage the eReading Community

Here are 8 ways brick and mortar stores can welcome indie and eBook authors. Introduce readers to indie authors and/or eBooks your store recommends, crea...

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AALBC is Done with Amazon!

For almost 22, years AALBC has exposed readers of all backgrounds to books written by, or about, people of African descent. AALBC has published thousands of articles...

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What Happened to the Best African American Literary Magazines?

I'm a collector.   My family calls it hoarding.  While I'm a big proponent of electronic books, I still love to surround myself with books and magazines.  Recently I h...

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Bob Johnson: The “Urban Movie Channel” Interview

Robert L. “Bob” Johnson is the Founder and Chairman of The RLJ Companies, an innovative business network that owns or holds interests in businesses o...

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Why Fertile Ground is an Important Work

These Are The Lyrics, Our People Are The Music   WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE SPIRIT OF BLACKNESS, the spirit of doing for self? the spirit of us astral traveling...

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jessica Care moore

jessica Care moore jessica Care moore is an internationally renowned poet/ publisher/ activist/ rock star/ playwright and actor. She is a five-time Showtime at the ...

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The Confessions of a Video Vixen Interview

Karrine Steffans The Confessions of a Video Vixen Interview by Kam Williams When I first interviewed her a couple of years ago, Karrine Steffans was ...

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Interview with Bakari Kitwana

Bakari Kitwana Bakari Kitwana has been the Executive Editor of The Source, the Editorial Director at 3rd World Press, and a music reviewer for NPR’s &q...

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★ AALBC Now Sells Audiobooks and Accomplishes a First

12 Audiobooks You’ll ♥ Libro.fm Helps AALBC Sell Digital Audiobooks Membership Supports AALBC$14.99 monthly fee (one free audiobook per month)Fre...

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Michael B. Jordan The “Fruitvale Station” Interview with AALBC.com

Emerging Actor Discusses His Breakout Role as the Late Oscar Grant Born in Santa Ana on February 9, 1987, Michael B. Jordan is one of Hollywood's brightest young ...

Book Review

The Urban Guide To Biblical Money

"Have you ever felt like you missed out on something God had for you because you did not handle your money matters in quite the right way? Well then, this book is ...

Book Review

Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work

"There are many possible interpretations of what it means to create dangerously, and Albert Camus… suggests that it is creating as a revolt against silence, c...

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Publishers Indemnity Insurance: What is it, and how do you get it?

  "One of the key components necessary for self-published authors to get their book into Black Expressions" Publishers Indemnity Insurance: Wha...

Book Review

Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance

Definitions of Miss Anne: A coded term for any white woman. A derisive name for a white woman. An emancipated blue blood. Miss Anne in Harlem, by Carla Kaplan is...

Interview

Daryle Jenkins - Interview, Klanbuster Discusses State of Hate Groups in the Age of Obama

Klanbuster Discusses State of Hate Groups in the Age of Obama Daryle Jenkins - The One People's Project Interview with Kam Will...

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Black Panther Founder, Bobby Seale

Seizing the Time with the Black Panther Founder Robert George Seale was born on October 22, 1936 in Dallas, Texas where, from the age of six, he was raised...

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Advertising Online

  Advertising Online: Is this the Wave of the Future for Selling Black Books?  by Leah Mullen  Denise Turney got her start selling books over the internet a few...

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Getting in Dialogue

  INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS Interested in being interviewed or having your project considered for DIALOGUE? Mail your biographical sketch and a detailed description ...

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Unapologetically Black: Doni Glover Autobiography

by Doni Glover

Unapologetically Black: Doni Glover Autobiography Doni Glover Unapologetically Black is the story of Doni Glover’s trek from the streets of East Baltimore to two decade...

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Chapter 3 Jonathan Fraiser

Mr. Black led me down a spiral, granite staircase surrounded by granite walls with more ornate carvings on them.  When we reached the bottom, he opened a se...

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