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2 Ways Google is Killing Online Booksellers & How You Can Help
2 Ways Google is Killing Online Booksellers & How You Can Help Troy Johnson Article (1) Google Uses its Dominance in Search to Hijack Traffic from Websites Google does this by placing content, it ha...
Google Should Pay for Content We Produce Which They Use to Generate Revenue
Google Should Pay for Content We Produce Which They Use to Generate Revenue Troy Johnson Article When you ask Google Home’s Smart Assistant to “Name some African American websites,” Google pulls the...
There is a Lack of Unity Among Black Websites
There is a Lack of Unity Among Black Websites Troy Johnson Article Over the last year, I’ve invested a lot of effort informing the public about the adverse impact of the corporate take over of the we...
Google Worsens Web Experience by Retuning Poor Search Results
Google Worsens Web Experience by Retuning Poor Search Results Troy Johnson Article Please read the notes at the end of the article for important updates to this Blog post (the last note added Februar...
Google‘s Adverse Impact on the World Wide Web
Google‘s Adverse Impact on the World Wide Web Troy Johnson Article (Note: On Sunday May 20, CBS’s 60 Minutes aired a segment on the power of Google, validating much of what I’ve written below) Goo...
Hey Otter! Hey Beaver!
Hey Otter! Hey Beaver! Brian Pinkney 9780063159822 Fiction Greenwillow Books HarperCollins Best friends Otter and Beaver both love their stream—but for two completely different reasons! While Otter lo...
Share Info from Indie Black Owned Websites
Share Info from Indie Black Owned Websites Troy Johnson Article Add Huria Search Resources to Your Website or Blog Huria Search was created in reaction to the current trend in search results that f...
We Must Patronize Black-Owned Websites or Lose Them
We Must Patronize Black-Owned Websites or Lose Them Troy Johnson Article Part of AALBC.com’s mission is to help support Black-owned websites. Historically, I've focused on sites related to books i...
Bing Site Search is a Great Alternative, to Google Site Search, for a Website’s Search Engine
Bing Site Search is a Great Alternative, to Google Site Search, for a Website’s Search Engine Troy Johnson Article If you are reading this article, which has nothing to do with the primary focus of ...
Just Few Popular Books on AALBC.com
Just Few Popular Books on AALBC.com Troy Johnson Article
Tupac Play
Tupac Play Troy Johnson Article Web aalbc.com thumperscorner.com
Black Book Websites Need Love Too
Black Book Websites Need Love Too Troy Johnson Article Over the last decade there has been a great deal of lamenting over the closing of Black owned, independent brick and mortar book stores. Recent...
Hey You!: An Empowering Celebration of Growing Up Black
Hey You!: An Empowering Celebration of Growing Up Black Dapo Adeola 9780593529423 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House This remarkable picture book is a lyrical, inspirational exploration ...
Hey, Baby Girl!
Hey, Baby Girl! Andrea Davis Pinkney 9781338672435 Fiction Cartel Publications Cartel Publications A beautiful ode to all bright brown baby girls and the fifth title in the acclaimed Bright Brown Baby...
The Turn Your Passion Into Profit Websites That Sell Manual: A Design Guide & Checklist for Creating an Effortless Income Website
The Turn Your Passion Into Profit Websites That Sell Manual: A Design Guide & Checklist for Creating an Effortless Income Website Walt Goodridge 9781451545739 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishi...
Hey, Charleston!: The True Story of the Jenkins Orphanage Band
Hey, Charleston!: The True Story of the Jenkins Orphanage Band Anne F. Rockwell 9780761355656 Nonfiction Carolrhoda Books Lerner Publishing Group ”What happened when a former slave took beat-up old in...
Notes: The Impact of Amazon, Google, and Facebook on the “Black Book Ecosystem”
Notes: The Impact of Amazon, Google, and Facebook on the “Black Book Ecosystem” Troy Johnson Article Presented at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority’s House in Sacramento CA, June 3rd 2017 Amazo...
Hey, Boo: HarperLee & To Kill a MockingBird
Hey, Boo: HarperLee & To Kill a MockingBird Kam Williams images/i_heyboo.jpg Film Review Intriguing Documentary Revisits "To Kill a Mockingbird" Hey, Boo Unrated Distribu...
Hey Black Child
Hey Black Child Useni Eugene Perkins 9780316360296 Nonfiction LB Kids Hachette Book Group Six-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and four-time Caldecott Honor recipient Bryan Collier brings this cla...
Hey Black Child
Hey Black Child Useni Eugene Perkins 9780316360302 Fiction Anointed Inspirations Publishing Anointed Inspirations Publishing Six-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and four-time Caldecott Honor reci...
Hey Yo! Yo Soy! 40 Years of Nuyorican Street Poetry: 40 Years of Nuyorican Street Poetry, a Bilingual Edition
Hey Yo! Yo Soy! 40 Years of Nuyorican Street Poetry: 40 Years of Nuyorican Street Poetry, a Bilingual Edition Gabrielle David 9780988476301 Poetry 2Leaf Press 2Leaf Press The Collected Works of Jesus ...
The 100 Best Web Sites for African Americans
The 100 Best Web Sites for African Americans Troy Johnson Article On April 4, 2003, EarthLink announced a partnership with MOBE (Marketing Opportunities in Business and Entertainment) to present The ...
Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted—Should We Care?
Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted—Should We Care? Troy Johnson Article Back in the the summer of 2013, I joined the fight to help save Marcus Books. My motivation was not solely limited to savin...
Video Distribution Service (http://videobookpromo.com)
Video Distribution Service (http://videobookpromo.com) Troy Johnson Article Video Distribution Service videobookpromo.com You've done the hard part; spending time and money creating your book tra...
Our 10 Most Popular Discussions (and Why Discussion Forums Matter)
Our 10 Most Popular Discussions (and Why Discussion Forums Matter) Troy Johnson Article Our discussion forums have been running for more than 17 years. According to Google's Analytics, these are the...
The Pimping of Wikipedia
The Pimping of Wikipedia Troy Johnson Article The Pimping of Wikipedia: Contributing to the Decline of the World Wide Web From the late 1990s and in to the following decade, the World Wide Web was a...
AALBC.com eNewsletter March 28th 2006
AALBC.com eNewsletter March 28th 2006 Troy Johnson Article 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...
President Jimmy Carter interview, March 2012
President Jimmy Carter interview, March 2012 Kam Williams Interview President Jimmy Carter Interview March 2012 (coming soon) Related Links ...
The Top Cities for Readers of African American Literature
The Top Cities for Readers of African American Literature Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com assessed the relative strengths of almost 300 American cities, to determine which ones are best able to provid...
The Top Cities for Readers of African American Literature
The Top Cities for Readers of African American Literature Troy Johnson xtopcities Nonfiction AALBC.com African American Literature Book Club Out of Print — Look out for a Future Edition The African A...
Killens Review of Arts & Letters
Killens Review of Arts & Letters Clarence V. Reynolds Excerpt Fiction Excerpt: “Lynched” by Kim-Marie Walker When mother named me Madame Augusta Nero in 1920, she intended whites aroun...
When Bob Met Woody: The Story Of The Young Bob Dylan
When Bob Met Woody: The Story Of The Young Bob Dylan Gary Golio 9780316112994 Nonfiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group "Hey hey, Woody Guthrie, I wrote you a song…" When Bo...
Hey, Baby!: A Baby’s Day in Doodles
Hey, Baby!: A Baby’s Day in Doodles Andrea Pippins 9781984849519 Nonfiction Schwartz & Wade Random House Children's Books From the master doodler of I Love My Hair and new mom, Andrea Pippins, comes a...
Gabrielle David
Gabrielle David NONE Gabrielle David is a versatile artist, musician, writer, and publisher at 2Leaf Press. She co-edited “What Does It Mean to be White in America?” and “Hey Yo! Yo Soy!” and authore...
Lisa Irby
Lisa Irby NONE Lisa Irby, an Internet Info-preneur from St. Louis, teaches website creation and online marketing through her website, blog, and YouTube channel. She also manages Napturally Curly, a w...
Loveis Wise
Loveis Wise 0000000495770154 Loveis Wise is a Washington, DC-born illustrator and designer, known for their joyful, liberating art. Currently based in Los Angeles, their work has been featured by ren...
Huria Search - Search the Global Black Community
Huria Search - Search the Global Black Community Troy Johnson Article Editors Note: As of March 2016, after a 5 year run, Huria Search's run as a standalone site has ended. The Search engine and the...
Is Amazon the Reader's Friend?
Is Amazon the Reader's Friend? Troy Johnson Article Is Amazon, who accounts for 75% of all new books sold online and 67% of all e-book sales, doing right by readers and the future of books? If you...
Mosaic Literary Magazine #24 Spring 2009
Mosaic Literary Magazine #24 Spring 2009 Troy Johnson Article Mosaic Literary Magazine #24 Spring 2009 Related Links Mosaic Magazine http://mosaicmagazine.org
Mosaic Literary Magazine #26 Spring 2010
Mosaic Literary Magazine #26 Spring 2010 Troy Johnson Article Mosaic Literary Magazine #26 Spring 2010 Related Links Mosaic Magazine
Mosaic Literary Magazine #25 Summer 2009
Mosaic Literary Magazine #25 Summer 2009 Troy Johnson Article Mosaic Literary Magazine #25 Summer 2009 Related Links Mosaic Magazine http://mosaicmagazine.org
LaVonne HONEYXBUN Powell
LaVonne HONEYXBUN Powell NONE LaVonne “HONEYXBUN” Powell, born in Miami in 1998, is a talented artist and writer from a large African-American & Jamaican family. Starting her journey with poetry in 7...
The #1 Site for African American
The #1 Site for African American Troy Johnson Article Social Media Marketing Related Videos Social Bookmarking in Plain English AALBC.com and Mosicbooks.com founders talk about social me...
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...
Deep Unlearning: The Rise of AI and the Radicalization of a Tech Idealist
Deep Unlearning: The Rise of AI and the Radicalization of a Tech Idealist Timnit Gebru 9781668093078 Nonfiction Atria / One Signal Publishers Simon & Schuster, Inc. Timnit Gebru, one of the fiercest v...
Serious Problems With Facebook Promotion
Serious Problems With Facebook Promotion Troy Johnson Article Writers, if you are using Facebook to promote your work—especially paid promotion— invest 30 minutes of your time to watch these two vide...
Please Pardon the Appearence of My Blog
Please Pardon the Appearence of My Blog Troy Johnson Article Earlier in the year Google made a change in their Blogger application which forced me to relocate my Blog to Google's servers. This chang...
Social Media Conversation with Two Successful Webmasters
Social Media Conversation with Two Successful Webmasters Troy Johnson Article Here Ron Kavanaugh, founder of Mosaicbooks.com and I, founder of AALBC.com, speak with Darryl J. Jenkins (my cousin) ...
50 Best Places to Meet Other Book Lovers Online
50 Best Places to Meet Other Book Lovers Online Anna Miller Article Editor’s Note: This article was updated in April 2017 to show sites that are no longer active or have completely shut d...
Why Black Owned Websites Fail
Why Black Owned Websites Fail Troy Johnson Article A few days ago a friend came across an article in, WhereItzAt Magazine. In the magazine was an article, “In defense of Black Bookstores,” addressed ...
How Bloggers Can Help Each Other
How Bloggers Can Help Each Other Troy Johnson Article A few years ago I created a website, Huria Search, to showcase and highlight the websites of Black content providers, including magazines, ne...
The PassionProfit Websites That Sell Manual: 197 proven ideas, strategies and design tips for creating an income-generating website for your passion-centered business (Volume 3)
The PassionProfit Websites That Sell Manual: 197 proven ideas, strategies and design tips for creating an income-generating website for your passion-centered business (Volume 3) Walt Goodridge 9781501...
Leah Mullen
Leah Mullen NONE Leah Mullen, a Brooklyn-based author with a BA in Print Journalism from Pennsylvania State University, published her first novel, “Again and Again” in 2005. She has contributed essay...
What is Wrong with Goodreads and Wikipedia?
What is Wrong with Goodreads and Wikipedia? Troy Johnson Article ...and why are they promoting Zane’s tax liability rather than her literary accomplishments? “The Web is critical not merely to the d...
Pieces from Life’s Crazy Quilt, Birth of a Book
Pieces from Life’s Crazy Quilt, Birth of a Book Marvin V. Arnett Article
The Results of a Decade on Social Media
The Results of a Decade on Social Media Troy Johnson Article One of the most profound changes I’ve witnessed on the web, in the past decade, is the rise of social media. Here I share my insight and ...
Google, Amazon, AI, Social Media, and Black Entrepreneurship on the Web
Google, Amazon, AI, Social Media, and Black Entrepreneurship on the Web Author Interviews
Are Google Ads Good for Your Site?
Are Google Ads Good for Your Site? Author Interviews
Algorithms Of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
Algorithms Of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism Safiya Umoja Noble 9781479837243 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press Algorithms Of Oppression is a revealing lo...
Algorithms Of Oppression (Hardcover)
Algorithms Of Oppression (Hardcover) Safiya Umoja Noble 9781479849949 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press Algorithms Of Oppression is a revealing look at how negative biases...
Google’s, Facebook’s, and Amazon’s Adverse Impact on Us All
Google’s, Facebook’s, and Amazon’s Adverse Impact on Us All Troy Johnson Article This lecture describes how these powers have taken control of the world wide web and how we are adversely impacted...
How Google Uses Their Search Engine to Hijack Traffic from Web-based Bookstores
How Google Uses Their Search Engine to Hijack Traffic from Web-based Bookstores Book Spotlights
VL Towler: A Conversation About Writing and Literary Fiction
VL Towler: A Conversation About Writing and Literary Fiction Jay Lemming Interview
True Love: A Story of English Domestic Life
True Love: A Story of English Domestic Life Sarah E. Farro B007Q4IFZA Fiction Donohue & Henneberry Donohue & Henneberry With the publication of this novel, Sarah E. Farro became one of a handful of no...
A Great Tip and Advice for Creating a Blog or Website (Part I)
A Great Tip and Advice for Creating a Blog or Website (Part I) Troy Johnson Article If it is not already obvious from my previous post, I'm a big fan of WordPress. A few months ago, using software f...
The Power of Blogs Part 2
The Power of Blogs Part 2 Troy Johnson Article Interestingly enough the process was not as difficult as I thought it might be, however it is far from intuitive -- particularly if you are not technica...
Looking for Myself
Looking for Myself Kurt Boone 9780805935707 Fiction Dorrance Publishing Dorrance Publishing Poetry by Kurt Boone; Read the book online at Google Books.
Jason Brent
Jason Brent NONE Jason Brent, a California-based author, creates highly realistic novels inspired by real-life experiences and street tales. Signed to Good2go Publishing, he's known for his successfu...
Jesse Byrd
Jesse Byrd NONE Jesse Byrd, Jr., an award-winning author and former Google project worker, used his basketball skills to fund his education at UC Santa Barbara. Known for his debut novel, King Pengui...
Emmanuel M. Arriaga
Emmanuel M. Arriaga NONE Emmanuel M. Arriaga, an award-winning author, grew up in Philadelphia, developed a passion for science and fantasy, and escaped a low-income life. Graduating with a Master's ...
Harold Green III
Harold Green III NONE Internationally-admired artist, Harold Green III, is the author of Black Rosesv and Black Oak. Known for his poetry, Green won the Carl Sandburg Literary Award for his debut col...
Liz Montague
Liz Montague NONE Liz Montague is a cartoonist, writer, and illustrator known for her work on self and social awareness. She's contributed to the New Yorker, the US Open, Food Network, Google, and th...
Chad Sanders
Chad Sanders NONE Chad Sanders, a NYC-based writer, director, actor, and musician, previously worked at Google and YouTube. He has collaborated with Spike Lee, Morgan Freeman, and Will Packer on TV s...
Cayenne
Cayenne Janice Pernell Excerpt Nia eyed Michael with a mixture of defiance and loathing. The man who’d captured her heart in the past three months was now her captor, in a very literal but surr...
The Web calendar editor for AALBC.com Events Page
The Web calendar editor for AALBC.com Events Page Troy Johnson Article Month January February March April May June July August September October November December...
Boys Into Men: Raising Our African American Teenage Sons
Boys Into Men: Raising Our African American Teenage Sons Nancy Boyd-Franklin and A. J. Franklin 9780525944966 Nonfiction Dutton Adult Penguin Random House Two noted psychologists, who are parents them...
Liberating Teaching and Learning: Turn it Upside Down and Watch African Americans (All Learners) Soar!
Liberating Teaching and Learning: Turn it Upside Down and Watch African Americans (All Learners) Soar! Bettye Chitman Haysbert 9781733494311 Nonfiction Learning to Read Our Way Learning to Read Our W...
Kaia Alderson
Kaia Alderson NONE Kaia Alderson, an author specializing in historical women's fiction, has a passion for uncovering African-American women's history. Known for her debut novel, Sisters In Arms, she ...
My Name Is Prince
My Name Is Prince Prince Rogers Nelson and Randee St. Nicholas 9780062939234 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Physical Info: 13.2 inches high, 11.4 inches wide, and 1.5 inches thick (7.4 lbs) A...
Dolemite Is My Name
Dolemite Is My Name C. Liegh McInnis https://aalbc.com/reviews/images/Dolemite_is_My_Name.jpg Film Review Rating: R (for some sexuality, full nudity and brief language) Genre: Drama Directed By: C...
AfroCyberspace
AfroCyberspace Stafford L. Battle and Reynold O. Harris 9780981826202 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published From the authors who brought you The African American Resource Guide to th...
Your Name Is a Song
Your Name Is a Song Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow 9781943147724 Fiction The Innovation Press The Innovation Press Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a l...
Make A Joyful Sound: Poems for Children by African-American Poets
Make A Joyful Sound: Poems for Children by African-American Poets Deborah Shink 9780590674324 Fiction Scholastic Inc Scholastic Inc. “I’ve always recommended Make a Joyful Sound. This book brought end...
Alma and How She Got Her Name
Alma and How She Got Her Name Juana Martinez-Neal 9780763693558 Fiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press ★ 2019 Caldecott Honor ★ 2019 Ezra Jack Keats Award Writer Honor ★ 2019 NC...
Results from Form 1 of Page supersti.htm
Results from Form 1 of Page supersti.htm Kam Williams Interview Name: Anna McCaskill Date: 6/29/98 Comments Please print this on a poster and place it by convenience stores throughout la...
Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler
Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler Robert Fleming Book Review { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Review", "headline": "Review of Positive Obsession: The...
Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler
Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler Robert Fleming Book Review { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Review", "headline": "Review of Positive Obsession: The...
Bob Zemeckis (Nov 2012) Flight Interview
Bob Zemeckis (Nov 2012) Flight Interview Kam Williams Interview Oscar-Winning Director, Bob Zemeckis on Latest Film Flight Related Links
Dulé Hill The "Psych" Interview
Dulé Hill The "Psych" Interview Kam Williams Interview Dulé Hill The "Psych" Interview Related Links
Michael Clarke Duncan - The "Green Lantern" Interview [2011]
Michael Clarke Duncan - The "Green Lantern" Interview [2011] Kam Williams Interview From The Green Mile to Green Lantern Michael Clarke Duncan (1957-2012) was born in Chic...
Harlem Godfather
Harlem Godfather Idrissa Uqdah Book Review Bumpy’s Widow Tells Her Story Harlem Godfather: The Rap on my Husband, Ellsworth ’Bumpy’ Johnson has been a long time coming on the h...
Calling My Name
Calling My Name Liara Tamani 9780062656865 Fiction Greenwillow Books HarperCollins “Calling My Name is a treasure.”—Nic Stone, New York Times–bestselling author of Dear Martin Calling My Name is a ...
James Baldwin: Collected Essays (Loa #98): Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds
James Baldwin: Collected Essays (Loa #98): Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds James Baldwin and Toni Morrison 9781883011529 Non...
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story Shannon Simpson Book Review Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story by Ben Carson During Black History Month, one of my Facebook friends was posting pictures of influe...
When I Was the Greatest (paperback)
When I Was the Greatest (paperback) Jason Reynolds 9781442459489 Fiction Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. In Bed Stuy, New York, a small misunderstanding can escalate into havin...
When I Was The Greatest
When I Was The Greatest Jason Reynolds 9781442459472 Fiction Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. In Bed Stuy, New York, a small misunderstanding can escalate into having a price on...
Feminist Ryan Gosling: Feminist Theory (as Imagined) from Your Favorite Sensitive Movie Dude
Feminist Ryan Gosling: Feminist Theory (as Imagined) from Your Favorite Sensitive Movie Dude Danielle Henderson 9780762447367 Nonfiction Running Press Adults Hachette Book Group Based on the popular b...
Sean "Diddy" Combs The "A Raisin in the Sun" Interview
Sean "Diddy" Combs The "A Raisin in the Sun" Interview Kam Williams Interview Born in New York on November 4, 1969, rap mogul Sean ’Diddy’ Combs is the CEO and founder of Bad Boy Worldwide ...
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...