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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...
Jerry Changed the Game!: How Engineer Jerry Lawson Revolutionized Video Games Forever
Jerry Changed the Game!: How Engineer Jerry Lawson Revolutionized Video Games Forever Don Tate 9781665919081 Fiction Paula Wiseman Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Meet Jerry Lawson, the Black engineer wh...
How Facebook is Perverting Your Internet.
How Facebook is Perverting Your Internet. Troy Johnson Article A friend shared a link to a video on Facebook with me. The video, shown at the end of the article, is a short New York Times documentar...
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...
Have You Met Nora?
Have You Met Nora? Nicole Blades 9781496704610 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Your browser does not support HTML5 video. She’s blossomed from wealthy surgeon’s beautiful dau...
Crazy Faith Bible Study Guide Plus Streaming Video: It’s Only Crazy Until It Happens
Crazy Faith Bible Study Guide Plus Streaming Video: It’s Only Crazy Until It Happens Michael Todd 9780310159322 Nonfiction Harperchristian Resources HarperCollins Stay far away from normal when it com...
Ben-Jochannan, Clarke & Van Sertima's Reading Lists
Ben-Jochannan, Clarke & Van Sertima's Reading Lists Troy Johnson Article Dr. Ivan Van Sertima (Jan 26, 1935 – May 25, 2009), Dr. Yosef “Dr. Ben” Ben-Jochannan (Dec 31, 1918 - March 19, 2015), and Dr...
Be My Forever Bride (The Kingsleys of Texas)
Be My Forever Bride (The Kingsleys of Texas) Martha Kennerson 9781335216557 Fiction Harlequin Kimani Romance Harlequin Enterprises Limited Your browser does not support HTML5 video. He vo...
The Wide Circumference of Love: A Novel
The Wide Circumference of Love: A Novel Marita Golden 9781628727357 Fiction Arcade Skyhorse Publishing Your browser does not support HTML5 video. From acclaimed author Marita Golden comes...
Attack! Boss! Cheat Code!: A Gamer’s Alphabet
Attack! Boss! Cheat Code!: A Gamer’s Alphabet Chris Barton 9781576877012 Nonfiction POW! Kids Books POW! Kids Books Bone up on your gaming knowledge with this gently ironic yet thoroughly informative ...
The importance of copy editing your promotional materials
The importance of copy editing your promotional materials Author Interviews
Keith Henry Brown
Keith Henry Brown NONE Keith Henry Brown, illustrator of 'Birth of the Cool', began his career drawing superheroes and later combined his love for art and jazz as Lincoln Center's creative director. ...
Confessions of a Video Vixen 20th Anniversary Edition: with Bonus Material
Confessions of a Video Vixen 20th Anniversary Edition: with Bonus Material Karrine Steffans 9780063440098 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins The original version of this book is the all-time bestselling...
Video Coverage of the 2018 National Book Club Conference
Video Coverage of the 2018 National Book Club Conference Troy Johnson Article I attended the 2018 National Book Club Conference August 3rd and 4th. I have not attended since the 2010. The confer...
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...
Confessions of a Video Vixen
Confessions of a Video Vixen Karrine Steffans 9780060892487 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins A new 20th Anniversary Edition of this of book, with bonus material, has been published. Part tell-all, ...
Confessions of a Video Vixen
Confessions of a Video Vixen Kam Williams Book Review This is a review of a version of Confessions of a Video Vixen published 20 years earlier. Where young girls once aspired to be models and b...
How to Fight Racism Study Guide Plus Streaming Video: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice
How to Fight Racism Study Guide Plus Streaming Video: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice Jemar Tisby 9780310174325 Nonfiction Zondervan HarperCollins Christian Publishing Ta...
Karrine Steffans
Karrine Steffans 0000000114494281 Karrine Steffans, born on August 24, 1978, is a former hip-hop video performer, actress, and bestselling author of “Confessions of a Video Vixen.” She's also the cre...
Kiano Moju
Kiano Moju NONE Kiano Moju is a Kenyan/Nigerian American author, recipe developer, producer, director, and video host. Kiano’s culinary identity draws on her Kenyan and Nigerian heritage, her upbri...
Wayne Pharr - Obituary - September 6, 2014
Wayne Pharr - Obituary - September 6, 2014 Kam Williams Interview Wayne Pharr, former Black Panther who fought the Los Angeles Police in a historic gun battle in 1969, passed away on September 6, 2...
Harlem Book Fair 2013: Video, Photos & Awards
Harlem Book Fair 2013: Video, Photos & Awards Troy Johnson Article All Photos © 2013 AALBC.com, LLC - Feel free to use them but please provide a photo credit to Troy Johnson, AALBC.com and a link...
Steve Parke
Steve Parke 0000000121259052 Prince’s Former Art Director Steve Parke is an award-winning illustrator, designer, and photographer. He worked for Prince for 13 years as his in-house art director...
Editing Services
Editing Services Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com's Manuscript Editing Service http://www.aalbc.com/writers/manuscript_review.html EyeEdit Editorial Services https://bit.ly/eyeedit Jazzy Pen ...
August 2018 eNewsletter Recommended Reads, Videos, and More
August 2018 eNewsletter Recommended Reads, Videos, and More Troy Johnson Article Videos from the National Book Club Conference I attended the 2018 National Book Club Conference August 3rd and 4th....
Vindicated: Confessions Of A Video Vixen, Ten Years Later
Vindicated: Confessions Of A Video Vixen, Ten Years Later Karrine Steffans 9781940363820 Nonfiction BenBella Books BenBella Books For a decade, Confessions of a Video Vixen author Karrine Steffans and...
Zuri Day
Zuri Day NONE Zuri Day is a successful author and hopeful romantic, known for her contributions to the romance genre. Inspired by her love for Harlequin romances, she's now a full-time author, dividi...
Confessions of a Video Vixen
Confessions of a Video Vixen Kam Williams Book Review "Where young girls once aspired to be models and ballerinas, they now aspire to be hip-hop video girls. I sat down to write this book...
W. Paul Coates Literarian Award Acceptance Speech from the 2024 National Book Awards
W. Paul Coates Literarian Award Acceptance Speech from the 2024 National Book Awards W. Paul Coates Article Watch a Video of Walter Mosleys’s Introduction and Paul Coates Acceptance Speech. ...
The Confessions of a Video Vixen Interview
The Confessions of a Video Vixen Interview Kam Williams Interview Karrine Steffans The Confessions of a Video Vixen Interview by Kam Williams When I first interviewed her a coupl...
Video Interview with Farai Chideya
Video Interview with Farai Chideya Troy Johnson Article I just upload a video interview with Farai Chideya. It was shot at the AALBC.com Gallery in Harlem. Ron Kavanaugh of MosaicBooks.com did the i...
Communion: The Female Search for Love (Love Song to the Nation #2)
Communion: The Female Search for Love (Love Song to the Nation #2) bell hooks 9780060938291 Nonfiction William Morrow HarperCollins Renowned visionary and theorist bell hooks began her exploration of ...
Alexandra Morton
Alexandra Morton 0000000078676423 Alexandra Morton, host of The Book Look and 2011 Miss Black America-Baltimore, offers a unique online book review show on NewsOne.com. Featuring the latest book news...
How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That’s Rigged
How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That’s Rigged Kimberly Jones 9781250805126 Nonfiction Henry Holt & Company Macmillan Publishers A breakdown of the economic and social injusti...
Video: Update on The Premier Website for Black Books
Video: Update on The Premier Website for Black Books Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com is a massive, feature rich, website. Many visitors don't appreciate the site's size and scope, so I created this v...
Jacqueline Alcantara
Jacqueline Alcantara NONE Jacqueline Alcántara is a freelance illustrator specializing in children’s literature. After teaching art and photography, she pursued projects featuring diverse main chara...
Auntie I Don’t Want You To Get Married: Danielle The Girl From New York
Auntie I Don’t Want You To Get Married: Danielle The Girl From New York Clarence N.M. Coggins 9780578721781 Fiction Clarence Coggins Clarence Coggins Book 1 of the Danielle The Girl From New York Seri...
Simon & Schuster Gives Racist Troll $250K Book Deal, But Boycotting Them Makes No Sense
Simon & Schuster Gives Racist Troll $250K Book Deal, But Boycotting Them Makes No Sense Troy Johnson Article Editor’s Note: Subsequent to the publication of the article, a video of Milo making commen...
Legacy
Legacy Michael Dequina images/LegacyPoster4-212x300.jpg Film Review Legacy [2010] LEGACY Not Rated Running time: 92 minutes Studio: Codeblack Entertainment Rating: 3 1...
The Wood
The Wood Kam Williams images/thewoo35.jpg Film Review THE WOOD Paramount Director - Rick Famuyiwa Starring - Omar Epps, Richard T. Jones, Taye Diggs Comedy 112 min Rated R So-called "urban&...
C&B Books Distribution
C&B Books Distribution Troy Johnson Article http://www.cbbooksdistribution.com/ C&B Books Distribution started out as an online bookstore. Our mission was to sell books at a discount p...
Sophie Washington The Gamer
Sophie Washington The Gamer Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781733776325 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing A BEST SELLING BOOK FOR KIDS! Give Up Video Games for 40 Days? Oh No! Sophie and Cole...
Sophie Washington: The Gamer (Volume 4)
Sophie Washington: The Gamer (Volume 4) Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781721149452 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing READERS’ FAVORITE "FIVE STAR" RATED BOOK FOR KIDS! Give Up Video Games fo...
Is Erykah Badu's New Striptease Video: Publicity Stunt or Deep Message?
Is Erykah Badu's New Striptease Video: Publicity Stunt or Deep Message? Troy Johnson Article Is Erykah Badu's New Striptease Video: Publicity Stunt or Deep Message?What do you think? If you've ...
Video Cowboys: A Georgia Barnett Mystery
Video Cowboys: A Georgia Barnett Mystery Yolanda Joe 9781416587521 Fiction Pocket Books Pocket Books Bestselling author Yolanda Joe brings back savvy Chicago reporter Georgia Barnett in a novel that m...
Troy Pappy Johnson
Troy Pappy Johnson NONE Troy “Pappy” Johnson, a Brooklyn native, is a Howard University graduate and US Army veteran. He has had a successful career in Theatrical/Film Production in NYC, working with...
Migrated Writers
Migrated Writers Troy Johnson Article Migrated Writers 17th Annual Celeb.of Black Writing A Report From The Field More Bios. The Sight of the 360 Event 4th Annual AA Children's Book Fair AA C...
Fruitvale Station
Fruitvale Station Kam Williams fruitville-station.jpg Film Review Bittersweet Biopic Recounts Final Hours in Oscar Grant’s Life The video is a news report which includes video of Oscar Grant I...
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 community at large are encouraged...
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev Dawnie Walton 9781982140168 Fiction Atria / 37 Ink Simon & Schuster, Inc. An electrifying novel about the meteoric rise of an iconic 1970s rock duo, their sensational b...
Self-Value: The Story of Me
Self-Value: The Story of Me Brandon Williams 9781790553693 Nonfiction Kindle Direct Publishing Amazon Digital Services, Inc. Limited-Time Promotional Price!Please review and rate my story on Amazon! ...
You Should Really Write A Book: How To Write, Sell, And Market Your Memoir
You Should Really Write A Book: How To Write, Sell, And Market Your Memoir Regina Brooks and Brenda Lane Richardson 9780312609344 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Even if you don’t...
What does Steve Harvey Know About Relationships?
What does Steve Harvey Know About Relationships? Troy Johnson Article My intent is not to pick on Steve Harvey personally, because I’m sure he is no worse, or better, than any of us. I just chose hi...
Welfare Wifeys: A Hood Rat Novel
Welfare Wifeys: A Hood Rat Novel K’wan 9780312536978 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers After the deaths and arrests of his entire crew and an informant-fueled investigation into his pa...
The Equation: Applying The 4 Indisputable Components Of Business Success
The Equation: Applying The 4 Indisputable Components Of Business Success Omar Tyree 9780470343807 Nonfiction Wiley Wiley More than just another business self-help book, The Equation is a groundbreakin...
Stand and Deliver: Political Activism, Leadership, and Hip Hop Culture
Stand and Deliver: Political Activism, Leadership, and Hip Hop Culture Yvonne Bynoe 9781932360103 Nonfiction Soft Skull Press Soft Skull Press Hip Hop activism, a joining of a musical genre with polit...
Expose Yourself
Expose Yourself Melba Pattillo Beals 9780877015857 Nonfiction Chronicle Books (CA) Chronicle Books Discusses the importance of public relations, tells how to create a promotional campaign, and looks a...
Diane Patrick
Diane Patrick NONE Diane Patrick is a seasoned writer and editor with over 20 years of experience in various industries. Known for her work in publishers like Publishers Weekly and Billboard, she's a...
Dane Reid
Dane Reid NONE Dane Reid is a professional African American male voiceover talent who offers voiceover and commercial production services for brands, agencies, and producers seeking high-quality voi...
Debra Owsley
Debra Owsley NONE Debra Owsley, avid reader and hairstylist, transformed her passion into a business, Simply Said Reading Accessories and LitVersation. She collaborates with bestselling authors, book...
Stafford L. Battle
Stafford L. Battle NONE Stafford Levon Battle has been called one of the original “Black Geeks” and Black pioneers of the internet, utilizing online networks even before the dawn of the World Wide W...
Troy Johnson on #WritersonWriting with Dr. Brenda M. Greene (#Center4BlackLit)
Troy Johnson on #WritersonWriting with Dr. Brenda M. Greene (#Center4BlackLit) Brenda M. Greene Interview Dr. Brenda Greene interviews Troy Johnson, the founder of the African American Literature Boo...
Aisha Hall, Sunshine Smith-Williams, Jamila T. Davis, and Wahida Clark
Aisha Hall, Sunshine Smith-Williams, Jamila T. Davis, and Wahida Clark MULTIPLE Aisha Hall, Sunshine Smith-Williams, Jamila T. Davis, and Wahida Clark are prominent authors known for their compelling...
Blanche Richardson
Blanche Richardson NONE Blanche Richardson, a seasoned book editor and manager of Marcus Books, one of the oldest African American owned bookstores in the US, has contributed significantly to literat...
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
How to Make Money Selling Drugs Kam Williams how-to-make-money-selling-drugs.jpg Film Review Documentary Offers Tips on Dope Dealing How to Make Money Selling Drugs In Theaters: Jun 26, ...
R. Kelly Video Impersonating Michael Jackson
R. Kelly Video Impersonating Michael Jackson Kam Williams Interview Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me Click to Buy via Amazon.com by R. Kelly,David Ritz Hardcover: 392 pages Pu...
AALBC.com May 2013 eNewsletter Book Highlights
AALBC.com May 2013 eNewsletter Book Highlights Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com Best-selling Books - March to April 2013 This version of AALBC.com's eNewsletter, which focuses on book rela...
rolling out - Print, Online Video, Photos, News, and More
rolling out - Print, Online Video, Photos, News, and More Troy Johnson Article http://rollingout.com rolling out Freelance Information Are you a voracious ...
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 ...
Book Club Picks - $10 Classics from HarperCollins - Plus More in AALBC’s eNewsletter
Book Club Picks - $10 Classics from HarperCollins - Plus More in AALBC’s eNewsletter Troy Johnson Article Books a Few Book Clubs are Enjoying this Month The Tea’s October Selection – We Shou...
A Special Note for Authors, Publishers, and Book Promoters
A Special Note for Authors, Publishers, and Book Promoters Troy Johnson Article “There are some online services that specialize in books for blacks…The most successful is the African American Literat...
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...
AALBC.com to Offer Self Published and Small Press Books Direct to Consumers at Competitive Discounts
AALBC.com to Offer Self Published and Small Press Books Direct to Consumers at Competitive Discounts Troy Johnson Article The African American Literature Book Club (AALBC.com) to Offer Self Published...
Generations In Black And White: Photographs From The James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection
Generations In Black And White: Photographs From The James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection Carl Van Vechten 9780820315584 Nonfiction University of Georgia Press University of Georgia Press What mak...
Blacktrospective 2013 by Kam Williams
Blacktrospective 2013 by Kam Williams Kam Williams http://aalbc.com/reviews/20-feet-from-stardom.jpg Film Review Blacktrospective 2013 - Annual Assessment of the Best in Black Cinema Each year we pub...
Cassava Republic Press
Cassava Republic Press Cassava Republic Press Cassava Republic Press https://www.cassavarepublic.biz Cassava Republic Press is led by Publishing director, Bibi Bakare-Yusuf who launched the press in...
Cassava Republic Press
Cassava Republic Press Cassava Republic Press Cassava Republic Press https://www.cassavarepublic.biz Cassava Republic Press is led by Publishing director, Bibi Bakare-Yusuf who launched the press in...
Nightcrawling
Nightcrawling Leila Mottley 9780593318935 Fiction Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House Oprah announced Nightcrawling as the selection, on June 7, 2022, on CBS Mornings Mottley joined the h...
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois Honoree Fanonne Jeffers 9780062942937 Fiction Harper HarperCollins I was so enraptured by the story of this modern Black family, and how author Honorée Fa...
The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time James Baldwin 9783836571517 Fiction Taschen Taschen First published in 1963, James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time stabbed at the heart of America’s so-called “Negro problem.” As remar...
AALBC.com's 10th Anniversary Party - Video
AALBC.com's 10th Anniversary Party - Video Troy Johnson Article
Karrine Steffans from “Superhead” to Supermom
Karrine Steffans from “Superhead” to Supermom Kam Williams Interview Born on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands on August 24, 1978, Karrine Steffans was a naive ing’nues who, as a tende...
Unapologetic - D.L. Hughley
Unapologetic - D.L. Hughley Kam Williams unapol57.jpg Film Review D.L. Hughley HBO Special Already on DVD Unapologetic Click to order via Amazon Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, ...
My Favorite Readings from the 2013 National Book Award Finalists
My Favorite Readings from the 2013 National Book Award Finalists Troy Johnson Article I covered this year's National Book Foundation's National Book Awards Finalists Reading for AALBC.com. The readin...
Karen Steffans Interviewed by AALBC.com
Karen Steffans Interviewed by AALBC.com Troy Johnson Article Karrine Steffans is the author of the New York Times bestsellering books The Vixen Diaries (2007) and the wildly sucessful and scandelous...
The Gilded Six-Bits, A Short Story
The Gilded Six-Bits, A Short Story Zora Neale Hurston Article A screening of the film The Gilded Six-Bits was held July 29, 2010 as part of the AALBC.com Brownstones Series in Harlem, New York. B...
Best Selling DVD's for 2011
Best Selling DVD's for 2011 Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/aalbcdvd6.jpg Film Review 10 Best Selling DVDs on AALBC.com for 2011 This is the first DVD bestseller's list that I've compiled and ...
African American Literature Book Club
African American Literature Book Club AALBC.com, LLC AALBC Aspire AALBC Books for Young Readers AALBC Legacy Press AALBC.com The AALBC Legacy Press is deeply rooted in the concept of Black heritage, ...
★ 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...
Spotlight on the 14th National Black Writers Conference: March 22 – March 25, 2018
Spotlight on the 14th National Black Writers Conference: March 22 – March 25, 2018 Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com is Hosting an Independent Publishing Workshop How to Publish Your Book Independently...
AALBC.com eNewsletter - September 20th 2012 - Issue #194
AALBC.com eNewsletter - September 20th 2012 - Issue #194 Troy Johnson Article Subscribe to this eNewsletter Read our eNewsletter Archives Read Our eNewsletter on Your Kindle AALBC.com's 25 Best Se...
AALBC.com eNewsletter - August 1st 2012 - #193
AALBC.com eNewsletter - August 1st 2012 - #193 Troy Johnson Article Subscribe to this eNewsletter Read our eNewsletter Archives Read Our eNewsletter on Your Kindle Help AALBC.com support our...
The Pan-Africanists
The Pan-Africanists Dudley Thompson and Barrington Watson 9780865438101 Nonfiction Ian Randle Publishers Ian Randle Publishers This book celebrates the lives of seventeen Black leaders who have made o...
Naleighna Kai, Renee Bernard, J.L. Woodson, Joyce A Brown, D. J. McLaurin, Candy Jackson, Janice Pernell, Valarie Prince, Martha Kennerson, Susan D. Peters, Tanishia Pearson-Jones, and L. A. Lewis
Naleighna Kai, Renee Bernard, J.L. Woodson, Joyce A Brown, D. J. McLaurin, Candy Jackson, Janice Pernell, Valarie Prince, Martha Kennerson, Susan D. Peters, Tanishia Pearson-Jones, and L. A. Lewis MUL...
Sacred Nile
Sacred Nile Chester Higgins, Jr. 9780578851181 Nonfiction Independently Published Independently Published Autographed copies are sold out. Chester Higgins celebrates the sacred agency of people of ...
Parable of the Talents
Parable of the Talents Octavia E. Butler 9781538732199 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group The African American Book Club will be moderating a discussion of Bulter’s Parable of the Ta...
Secrets Of A Housewife
Secrets Of A Housewife J. Tremble 9781934230510 Fiction Life Changing Books Life Changing Books No one ever tells the real truth about their secret bedroom play. Many fight to keep their sexual escapa...
Help Keep the Country's Oldest Black-owned Bookstore Open
Help Keep the Country's Oldest Black-owned Bookstore Open Troy Johnson Article Editor's Note (posted May 8th 2014): Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted Sign the petition to help save the sto...
VIDEO: Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary Poet
VIDEO: Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary Poet Troy Johnson Article Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary PoetExhibit at Zambezi Bazaar in conjunction with the Leimert Park Book Fair.Ami...