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Free eBooks - Great Reads Available for Download Now
Free eBooks - Great Reads Available for Download Now Troy Johnson Article There are so many free, high quality, eBooks available for immediate download, it is really quite astonishing. One can down...
Bestselling eBooks for 2010
Bestselling eBooks for 2010 Troy Johnson Article Check Out AALBC.com's bestselling eBooks for all of 2010. http://bit.ly/top10ebooks This our first eBook bestsellers list was derived from Kindle eB...
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...
8 Ways Bookstores Can Engage the eReading Community
8 Ways Bookstores Can Engage the eReading Community Shawneda Marks Article Here are 8 ways brick and mortar stores can welcome indie and eBook authors. Introduce readers to indie authors...
On The Margin Radio Show
On The Margin Radio Show E. Ethelbert Miller Interview Listen to an Interview of AALBC.com’s Founder and Webmaster, Troy D. Johnson.He was interviewed on January 2, 2020 by E. Ethelbert Mille...
Uncertain Rituals
Uncertain Rituals S. Pearl Sharp 9780936068213 Poetry Poets Pay Rent, Too Poets Pay Rent, Too An audio collection of five short stories. Written and read by S. Pearl Sharp. Directed by Iona Morris. Th...
Lisa Saxton
Lisa Saxton NONE Lisa Saxton, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, is a distinguished author praised for her humorous and fresh approach to crime-writing. A graduate of Chatham College, Saxton is currently b...
Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk about Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Emancipation
Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk about Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Emancipation Ira Berlin, Marc Favreau, and Steven F. Miller 9781620970287 Nonfiction The New Press The New P...
Raisins in Milk
Raisins in Milk David Covin 9780984435074 Fiction Blue Nile Press Blue Nile Press Listen to an Interview of David Covin Interviewed by Capital Public Radio, August 2, 2018 Your browser does...
A Lucent Fire: New and Selected Poems
A Lucent Fire: New and Selected Poems Patricia Spears Jones 9781935210696 Poetry White Pine Press White Pine Press Jackson Poetry Prize Winner Speaks Your browser does not support the audio e...
Evelyn Coleman
Evelyn Coleman NONE Evelyn Coleman, born in 1948, is a renowned thriller and children's book author from Burlington, NC, currently living in Atlanta, Georgia. She's working on her next Patricia Conle...
Margaret A. Donaldson Cobb
Margaret A. Donaldson Cobb NONE Margaret A. Donaldson Cobb, author of “Are You Mrs. Or Mis(s)understood?”, emphasizes community values and Bible study in her work. Her book incites laughter, contempl...
VL Towler
VL Towler NONE VL Towler is a multi-lingual attorney and Atlantic Fellow in Public Policy with notable experience in the U.S. Department of Justice. She's also a Georgetown University alumnus, a form...
Shattering Black Male Stereotypes: Eradicating the 10 Most Destructive Media Generated Illusions about Black Men
Shattering Black Male Stereotypes: Eradicating the 10 Most Destructive Media Generated Illusions about Black Men Michael Taylor 9780996948746 Nonfiction Creation Publishing Group Creation Publishing G...
An Extraordinary Life: Josephine E. Jones
An Extraordinary Life: Josephine E. Jones Wendy Jones 9781946348029 Nonfiction Ida Bell Publishing Ida Bell Publishing This is the biography of my mother, a South Carolina sharecropper’s daughter, b...
Elbert: The Uncaged Mind (Black Series #2)
Elbert: The Uncaged Mind (Black Series #2) Joan Vassar 9780692780077 Fiction Dream House Press Dream House Press Listen to a reading from the novel Elbert: The Uncaged Mind, book #2 in the Black s...
Severed: A Novel
Severed: A Novel VL Towler 9780996877213 Fiction Inimitable Press Inimitable Press Listen to an Interview of VL Towler Interviewed on Portsmouth Community Radio: WSCA 106.1 FM, Hosted by Kathy Pohlm...
Black (Black Series #1)
Black (Black Series #1) Joan Vassar 9780692704035 Fiction Dream House Press Dream House Press Listen to a reading from the novel Black, book #1 in the Black series, written by Joan Vassar Y...
Elva Diane Green
Elva Diane Green NONE Elva Diane Green, a Los Angeles native, is the author of a book about her father, Eddie Green, a legendary Black American comedian from the early 1900s. Her work serves as a tes...
eNewsletter Highlights – January 31st 2013 – Issue #198
eNewsletter Highlights – January 31st 2013 – Issue #198 Troy Johnson Article Read Our Complete eNewsletter AALBC.com's Bestselling Books Lists We've just published three new bestselling books l...
W.E.B. Du Bois
W.E.B. Du Bois 0000000108863087 Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois was a prominent scholar and writer in American history. Born in 1868, he was the first Black person to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard. He established ...
All That and a Bag of Words
All That and a Bag of Words D-Knowledge B000002MVX Poetry Qwest Records Universal Music Group, Inc. The Lily Knot Track Listings Disc: 1 The Revolution Will Be On The Big Screen Just Bein’ All ...
Portable Document Format (PDF) Files
Portable Document Format (PDF) Files Troy Johnson Article Portable Document Format (pdf) file is a self-contained cross-platform document. In plain language, it is a file that will look the same ...
Michael H. Holzman
Michael H. Holzman NONE Michael H. Holzman, Ph.D, is a prolific author and educational advisor known for his work on public education and minority students. His contributions include the Schott Found...
We, As a People, Will Get to the Promised Land!
We, As a People, Will Get to the Promised Land! Martin Luther King, Jr. Article Dr. King’s last sermon was delivered April 3, 1968, at the Church of God in Christ Headquarters, Memphis, Tennes...
Nu Urban Audio & Book Publishers
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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...
Hunter Hayes
Hunter Hayes 0000000356472077 Author Hunter Hayes returns to the literary scene after a hiatus. Known for his critically-acclaimed novels, Shoes On the Otha' Foot and A Pair Like No Otha', Hayes is n...
Renee Prewitt Killingsworth
Renee Prewitt Killingsworth NONE Renee Prewitt Killingsworth, a Chicago native with over 15 years in public relations, began her career as a radio talk show host. She's active in southeast Michigan c...
Artress Bethany White
Artress Bethany White NONE Artress Bethany White, PhD, is an award-winning poet, essayist, and literary critic known for her poetry collections and scholarly essays. Her notable works include 'My Afm...
Terry E. Hill
Terry E. Hill NONE Terry E. Hill, a renowned author compared to E. Lynn Harris and Eric Jerome Dickey, has a rich background in social services, spanning over 15 years. A native of Southern Californi...
Jill Marie Snyder
Jill Marie Snyder NONE Jill Marie Snyder, a Connecticut native with degrees from University of Connecticut and Fairfield University, discovered her parents' love letters from 1937-1941 and published ...
There Are Dinosaurs in the Library!
There Are Dinosaurs in the Library! A.G. Allen 9798218197698 Fiction AllenED AllenED It’s library day and Mrs. Barker would love to take her class for a visit. But it will take some creative thinking ...
The 21st-Century Black Librarian in America: Issues and Challenges
The 21st-Century Black Librarian in America: Issues and Challenges Andrew P. Jackson, Jefferson C. Julius, Jr., and Akilah S. Nosakhere 9780810882454 Nonfiction Scarecrow Press Rowman & Littlefield Th...
Access Denied: Dismantling The Digital Caste System In the New Online Economy
Access Denied: Dismantling The Digital Caste System In the New Online Economy Talia Whyte B00HPBCPXW Nonfiction Global Wire Books Global Wire Books Technology has helped to make many social and econom...
How to Find Scholarships and Free Financial Aid for Private High Schools
How to Find Scholarships and Free Financial Aid for Private High Schools Shay Spivey 9780991576081 Nonfiction NCM Publishing NCM Publishing Millions of parents desire a quality private school educatio...
★ AALBC Now Sells Audiobooks and Accomplishes a First
★ AALBC Now Sells Audiobooks and Accomplishes a First Troy Johnson Article 12 Audiobooks You’ll ♥ Libro.fm Helps AALBC Sell Digital Audiobooks Membership Supports AALBC$14.99 m...
Handbook of Black Librarianship Second Edition
Handbook of Black Librarianship Second Edition E.J. Josey 9780810837201 Nonfiction Scarecrow Press Rowman & Littlefield E. J. Josey and Marva DeLoach have compiled a treasure trove of information abou...
Delores Thornton
Delores Thornton NONE Indianapolis author Delores Thornton, celebrated for her novels “Ida Mae” and its sequel, is a member of the International Women’s Writing Guild and the African-American Online ...
Fall/Winter 1999
Fall/Winter 1999 Troy Johnson Article Mosaic Literary Magazine Fall / Winter 1999 [ Home ] [ Up ] [ Buy Any Book ] Download a Electronic Version (PDF file) of Mosaic Li...
Kwame Alexander’s Page-to-Stage Writing Workshop: Awakening the Writer, Publisher, and Presenter in Every Student
Kwame Alexander’s Page-to-Stage Writing Workshop: Awakening the Writer, Publisher, and Presenter in Every Student Kwame Alexander 9781338026818 Nonfiction Teaching Resources Teaching Resources 2015 Ne...
E.J. Josey
E.J. Josey NONE E.J. Josey was a distinguished professor at the University of Pittsburgh and an influential figure in international librarianship, recognized with numerous awards. He served as presid...
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Handbook of Black Librarianship Third Edition
Handbook of Black Librarianship Third Edition Andrew P. Jackson, Marva L. Deloach, and Michele Fenton 9781538181096 Nonfiction Rowman & Littlefield Rowman & Littlefield As Dr. Josey and Ms. DeLoach wr...
Sylvia Hubbard
Sylvia Hubbard NONE Sylvia Hubbard, a Detroit native and single mother, is a prolific romance author with over 40 books to her name. She founded the Motown Writers Network and co-created The Essence ...
Premier Issue
Premier Issue Troy Johnson Article Mosaic Literary Magazine Preview Issue - Feb 1998 [ Home ] [ Up ] [ Buy Any Book ] Download a Electronic Version (PDF file) of Mosaic ...
Ben Okri on Reading physcial books versus eBooks
Ben Okri on Reading physcial books versus eBooks Poetry & Spoken Word
Robyn Williams
Robyn Williams 0000000495543330 Robyn Williams is a bestselling author known for her romantic suspense novels. Her works, celebrated by actresses Angela Bassett and Vanessa Williams, have been featur...
Songwriter’s Market 40th Where & How to Market Your Songs
Songwriter’s Market 40th Where & How to Market Your Songs Cris Freese 9781440347795 Nonfiction Writer’s Digest Books Writer’s Digest Books Songwriter’s Market is the go-to source for songwriters and ...
Debra Phillips
Debra Phillips 0000000080337535 Debra Yvette Phillips is a diverse writer, creating works in categories like romance, mainstream, and chick-lit. She also writes under the pseudonym D.Y. Phillips, spe...
Jimi Hendrix: An Illustrated Experience
Jimi Hendrix: An Illustrated Experience Janie Hendrix and John McDermott 9780743297691 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Jimi Hendrix: An Illustrated ExperienceThe electric, bodacious, ext...
There Are Dinosaurs in the Library!
There Are Dinosaurs in the Library! Judy Allen Dodson Book Review Let’s take trip to the library with Mrs. Baker and her third-grade class. As we all know the library is a space filled with boo...
Not for Everyday Use: A Memoir
Not for Everyday Use: A Memoir Elizabeth Nunez 9781617752339 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Selected by Oprah’s Book Club as a memoir “too powerful to put down.” Tracing the...
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This Strange Land [With CD (Audio)]
This Strange Land [With CD (Audio)] Shara McCallum 9781882295869 Poetry Alice James Books Alice James Books Includes CD (Audio)These poems probe the definition of Motherland. Shara McCallum homogenize...
The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America
The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America Ellis Cose 9780062999719 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins An urgent examination of free speech in America—addressing “cancel culture,” “accep...
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Voices of Christmas [With CD (Audio)]
Voices of Christmas [With CD (Audio)] Nikki Grimes 9780310711926 Poetry Zonderkidz HarperCollins Christian Publishing Mary, Joseph, the innkeeper, Elizabeth, the shepherds, and others poetically recou...
The Library of Broken Worlds
The Library of Broken Worlds Alaya Dawn Johnson 9781338290622 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. A girl matches wits with a war god in this kaleidoscopic, thought-provoking tale of oppression an...
Winner Take All: China’s Race For Resources And What It Means For The World
Winner Take All: China’s Race For Resources And What It Means For The World Dambisa Moyo 9780465028283 Nonfiction Da Capo Press Perseus Books Group Commodities permeate virtually every aspect of moder...
Lola at the Library with Mommy
Lola at the Library with Mommy Anna McQuinn 9781623541798 Fiction Charlesbridge Charlesbridge Learn about the library, checking out books, and story time with Lola. Every Tuesday Lola and her mommy go...
LifeWay Christian Resources
LifeWay Christian Resources LifeWay Christian Resources B&H Publishing Group
New Self-Publishing Literary Award to Promote Diverse Books in Libraries
New Self-Publishing Literary Award to Promote Diverse Books in Libraries Troy Johnson Article BCALA; SELF-e partner for new self-publishing literary award to promote diverse books in libraries The B...
Unstoppable John: How John Lewis Got His Library Card—And Helped Change History
Unstoppable John: How John Lewis Got His Library Card—And Helped Change History Pat Zietlow Miller 9780593524909 Nonfiction Viking Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House A poignant picture book ...
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Bubble Kisses [With CD (Audio)]
Bubble Kisses [With CD (Audio)] Vanessa L. Williams 9781454938347 Fiction Sterling Children’s Books Sterling Publishing Co., Inc From singer, actress, and dancer Vanessa Williams comes a sweet, sparkl...
Nancy Churnin
Nancy Churnin NONE Nancy Churnin is a celebrated children's book author, known for inspiring kids to be heroes through her stories. She's a Eureka Silver Award winner and has been recognized with the...
S. Pearl Sharp
S. Pearl Sharp 0000000036855052 S. Pearl Sharp is a writer, actress, filmmaker and broadcast journalist. An advocate of holistic healing, S. Pearl conducts workshops that merge art and healing, and c...
Mama’s Library Summers: A Picture Book
Mama’s Library Summers: A Picture Book Melvina Noel 9781949480238 Fiction Harry N. Abrams Harry N. Abrams Mama's Library Summers is a moving picture book tribute to a strong Black mother, librarie...
The African American Resource Guide to the Internet and Online Services
The African American Resource Guide to the Internet and Online Services Stafford L. Battle and Reynold O. Harris 9780070054998 Nonfiction McGraw-Hill Education McGraw-Hill Education Designed for the s...
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 000000040525486X Troy Johnson, founder of AALBC.com, is involved with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a NYPL research library and ar...
National Conference of African American Librarians
National Conference of African American Librarians Troy Johnson Article Authors and Publishers: Exhibit at the National Conference of African American Librarians The Black Caucus of the American...
How High Is Heaven?
How High Is Heaven? Linsey Davis 9780310770060 Fiction Zonderkidz HarperCollins Christian Publishing Children ask A LOT of questions when it comes to heaven, particularly when they’ve experienced the ...
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...
Campus CEO
Campus CEO Kam Williams Book Review ’What has been the secret to my success? A big part of it was becoming a student entrepreneur’ You don't have to wait until after graduation to...
National Conference of African American Librarians
National Conference of African American Librarians Tulsa Oklahoma The Black Caucus of the American Library Association serves as an advocate for the development, promotion, and improvement of library...
Stolen into Slavery: The True Story of Solomon Northup, Free Black Man
Stolen into Slavery: The True Story of Solomon Northup, Free Black Man Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell Fradin 9781426309373 Nonfiction National Geographic Children’s Books National Geographic ...
The Library in the Woods
The Library in the Woods Calvin Alexander Ramsey 9781541599123 Fiction Carolrhoda Books Lerner Publishing Group After a storm devastates the farm his parents have been renting, Junior moves with h...
How do I get my book featured on AALBC.com (for free)?
How do I get my book featured on AALBC.com (for free)? Troy Johnson Article “How do I get my book featured on AALBC.com?” is a question often posed to me by authors, publishers and publicists. Of...
Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work
Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work Akilah S. Richards 9781629638331 Nonfiction PM Press PM Press No one is immune to the byproducts of compulsory schooling and standardize...
Say’s Law: An Historical Analysis (Princeton Legacy Library)
Say’s Law: An Historical Analysis (Princeton Legacy Library) Thomas Sowell 9780691646435 Nonfiction Princeton University Press Princeton University Press Say’s Law―the idea that "supply creates its ow...
Table of Contents
Table of Contents Troy Johnson Article Resources for African American Writers, Authors and ReadersPlaces to Submit WorkPublishersDialogueFYAH.comCopyright InformationPublishing GlossaryOn-line Writ...
Atria / 37 Ink
Atria / 37 Ink Simon & Schuster, Inc. KKR & Co. Inc. Led by Publisher Dawn Davis, 37 INK is an imprint of the Atria Publishing Group and Simon & Schuster, Inc., a part of CBS Corporation. Simon & Sch...
Atria / Black Privilege Publishing
Atria / Black Privilege Publishing Simon & Schuster, Inc. KKR & Co. Inc. Led by Publisher Dawn Davis, 37 INK is an imprint of the Atria Publishing Group and Simon & Schuster, Inc., a part of CBS Corp...
Atria / One Signal Publishers
Atria / One Signal Publishers Simon & Schuster, Inc. KKR & Co. Inc. Led by Publisher Dawn Davis, 37 INK is an imprint of the Atria Publishing Group and Simon & Schuster, Inc., a part of CBS Corporati...
I’m So Happy You’re Here: A Celebration of Library Joy
I’m So Happy You’re Here: A Celebration of Library Joy Mychal Threets 9798217026029 Fiction Random House Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Dubbed “the Internet’s librarian”—and now host of ...
The Library of the Dead
The Library of the Dead T. L. Huchu 9781250767769 Fiction Tor Books Macmillan Publishers Now a USA TODAY bestseller! Winner of the Ilube Nommo Award 2022 for Best Novel "An absolute delight … kept m...
The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America
The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America Ellis Cose 9780062999726 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Named one of Newsweek’s 25 Must-Read Fall Fiction and Nonfiction Books to Escape th...
Papa’s Free Day Party
Papa’s Free Day Party Marilyn Nelson 9780940975729 Fiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. Johnnie wants to celebrate her Papa’s birthday, but Papa doesn’t know exactly when that special day is....
Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library
Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library Trevor Noah 9781984801883 Fiction Random House Penguin Random House New York Times Bestseller • As seen on The Daily Show: an illustrated portrait of ...
Free Your Mind: An African American Guide to Meditation and Freedom
Free Your Mind: An African American Guide to Meditation and Freedom Cortez R. Rainey 9781492769200 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Although more and more Americans are practicing meditati...
No Wheat for Me, I’m Gluten-Free!
No Wheat for Me, I’m Gluten-Free! Crystal Swain-Bates 9781939509161 Fiction Goldest Karat Publishing Goldest Karat Publishing More than 2 million people in the United States have celiac disease, a dig...
Anthony Browder
Anthony Browder NONE Anthony T. Browder, a cultural historian, artist, and educational consultant, is renowned for his extensive research on ancient Egyptian history and culture. A founder of IKG Cul...
All Access: When Our Real Lives Become the Biggest ACT.
All Access: When Our Real Lives Become the Biggest ACT. Omar Tyree 9780971039711 Fiction Omar Tyree Incorporated Omar Tyree Incorporated When veteran Atlanta broadcast news anchor Judy Pierce joins a ...
From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans (9th Edition)
From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans (9th Edition) John Hope Franklin and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham 9780072963786 Nonfiction McGraw-Hill McGraw-Hill Education From Slavery to Freed...
Black Food Geographies: Race, Self-Reliance, and Food Access in Washington, D.C.
Black Food Geographies: Race, Self-Reliance, and Food Access in Washington, D.C. Ashanté M. Reese 9781469651507 Nonfiction University of North Carolina Press University of North Carolina Press Dr. Ash...
Shawneda Marks
Shawneda Marks NONE Shawneda Marks, a devoted Christian, author, mother, and student, has written 13 books including Christian fiction award nominee 'It's in My Blood' and Amazon medical fiction #1, ...
Mosaic Literary Magazine Issue #1
Mosaic Literary Magazine Issue #1 Ron Kavanaugh mosaic1 Fiction Mosaic Literary Magazine Mosaic Literary Magazine A Message from the Publisher Ron Kavanaugh After previewing African American and ...