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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....
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...
Staten Island Noir (Akashic Noir)
Staten Island Noir (Akashic Noir) Patricia Smith 9781617751295 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books When They Are Done with Us” by Patricia Smith was selected for inclusion in The Best American Myster...
The Indie Author’s Guide: To Publishing 101
The Indie Author’s Guide: To Publishing 101 Johanna Sparrow 9781530398300 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC If you are an aspiring writer looking to become published, but not sure what s...
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Peekash Press
Peekash Press 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...
Tampa Bay Noir
Tampa Bay Noir Colette Bancroft 9781617758102 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books “For too long readers have connected Florida Noir with the admittedly fascinating locales of Miami-Dade County, thanks...
South Central Noir
South Central Noir Gary Phillips 9781636140551 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books The Akashic Noir Series’ forensic study of Southern California sharpens its focus on one of Los Angeles’s most recogn...
Start Your Own Indie Publishing Company!: Everything You Need to Know!
Start Your Own Indie Publishing Company!: Everything You Need to Know! K Kelly McElroy 9781681210223 Nonfiction Uptown Media Joint Ventures Uptown Media Joint Ventures Don’t get ripped off paying a, s...
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...
Brooklyn Noir
Brooklyn Noir Tim McLoughlin 9781888451580 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Akashic Books announces Brooklyn novelist Tim McLoughlin as the editor of the anthology (in addition to his contributing ...
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...
Home: Social Essays (Renegade Reprint Series)
Home: Social Essays (Renegade Reprint Series) Amiri Baraka 9781933354675 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Jones/Baraka usually speaks as a Negroand always as an American. He is eloquent, he is bo...
Memphis Noir
Memphis Noir Laureen Cantwell and Leonard Gill 9781617753114 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "A remarkable picture of contemporary Memphis emerges in this Akashic noir volume…Something for everyon...
Tony Rose
Tony Rose 000000005879297X AALBC Mourns the Passing of Tony Rose Tony Rose (October 11, 1950 – May 27, 2025) was the Publisher and CEO of Amber Communications Group, Inc. the nation’s large...
Trinidad Noir: The Classics (Akashic Noir)
Trinidad Noir: The Classics (Akashic Noir) Earl Lovelace and Robert Antoni 9781617754357 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Classic stories by: C.L.R. James, Derek Walcott, Samuel Selvon, Eric Roach,...
Kingston Noir (Akashic Noir)
Kingston Noir (Akashic Noir) Colin Channer 9781617750748 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "Thoroughly well-written stories…fans of noir will enjoy this batch of sordid tales set in the sweltering h...
The Sexy Part of the Bible (Akashic Urban Surreal Series)
The Sexy Part of the Bible (Akashic Urban Surreal Series) Kola Boof 9781936070961 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Number 7 on HEY, SMALL PRESS’s Best Of 2011 list (heysmallpress.org)!"From the mal...
Detroit Noir (Akashic Noir)
Detroit Noir (Akashic Noir) E. J. Olsen 9781933354392 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books From crime stories in the classic hard-boiled style to the vividly experimental, from the determination of tho...
Quantum Leap Publisher
Quantum Leap Publisher Troy Johnson Article http://qleappub.com/ Quantum Leap Publisher produces a range of diverse books including photographic books. Since its founding in 1990, the c...
San Juan Noir
San Juan Noir Mayra Santos-Febres 9781617752964 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "Santos-Febres and 13 other contributors of Puerto Rican heritage take full advantage of San Juan’s wide range of di...
Urban Moon Books: The Indie Author Outlet
Urban Moon Books: The Indie Author Outlet Chesapeake VA Urban Moon Books: The Indie Author Outlet
Tamara Mayo
Tamara Mayo NONE Tamara Mayo, a Virginia-native author, developed her love for reading at a young age. She moved to California at 19, where she pursued a writing career including ghostwriting and edi...
The Indie Author Book Festival - Book Fair
The Indie Author Book Festival - Book Fair Commemoration Hall Huntingdon United Kingdom The Book Reality Experience presents the 3rd Annual Indie Author Spring Book Fair, which celebrates stories from...
The Prada Plan 2: Leah’s Story
The Prada Plan 2: Leah’s Story Ashley Antoinette 9781601622853 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. When you’ve been labeled crazy all of your life, it’s easy to commit a murder, and now s...
The Hampton Roads Indie Author Book Festival
The Hampton Roads Indie Author Book Festival Family Life Center 1 Redheart Drive, Hampton, VA 23661 Hampton Virginia Upon returning from an out of state book festival, Florenza Denise Lee wondered wh...
Kwame Dawes
Kwame Dawes 0000000073665848 Ghana-born Kwame Dawes, a poet significantly influenced by Jamaican rhythms and reggae music, is the author of numerous poetry collections, novels, and non-fiction works....
Johnny Temple Publisher Akashic Books
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Loving Donovan
Loving Donovan Bernice L. McFadden 9781617753183 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "Bernice L. McFadden is one of the best contemporary literary writers out there today…Her brilliance, her talent as...
Accra Noir
Accra Noir Meri Nana-Ama Danquah 9781617758898 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. E...
Boundaries
Boundaries Elizabeth Nunez 9781617750335 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books [If] Boundaries, Elizabeth Nunez’s latest novel… seems familiar, that’s because it reflects the current state of affa...
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John F. Blair, Publisher
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John F. Blair, Publisher
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AkashiClassics: Renegade Reprint Series
AkashiClassics: Renegade Reprint Series Akashic Books Akashic Books
Edge of Sports
Edge of Sports Akashic Books Akashic Books
Uglytown Productions
Uglytown Productions Akashic Books Akashic Books
Kumi Na Moja: New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set
Kumi Na Moja: New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani 9781636142418 Poetry Akashic Books Akashic Books This 11-piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Boo...
Tisa: New-Generation African Poets, a Chapbook Box Set
Tisa: New-Generation African Poets, a Chapbook Box Set Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani 9781636140766 Poetry Akashic Books Akashic Books The beautifully packaged, limited Edition Box Set was a an African P...
Nane: New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set: Hardcover Anthology Edition
Nane: New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set: Hardcover Anthology Edition Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani 9781636140599 Poetry Akashic Books Akashic Books The limited-edition box set is a projec...
New-Generation African Poets (SABA): A Chapbook Box Set
New-Generation African Poets (SABA): A Chapbook Box Set Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani 9781617758164 Poetry Akashic Books Akashic Books Praise for the chapbook series: "Dawes and Abani have taken on the ...
Addis Ababa Noir
Addis Ababa Noir Maaza Mengiste 9781617759529 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Ea...
New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Sita)
New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Sita) Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani 9781617757174 Poetry Akashic Books Akashic Books The limited-edition box set is an annual project started in 2014 to...
Lagos Noir
Lagos Noir Chris Abani 9781617755231 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book c...
Atlanta Noir
Atlanta Noir Tayari Jones 9781617755378 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Georgia Center for the Book has chosen Atlanta Noir as one of 2018’s Books All Georgians Should Read!Kenji Jasper’s "A Momen...
New-Generation African Poets (NNE): A Chapbook Box Set
New-Generation African Poets (NNE): A Chapbook Box Set Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani 9781617755408 Poetry Akashic Books Akashic Books “Dawes and Abani have taken on the vital project of publishing short...
Eight New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set
Eight New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set Kwame Dawes 9781617753558 Poetry Akashic Books Akashic Books "The chapbooks gathered here are almost overflowing with voice….Each of these chapbo...
Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth
Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth Tim McLoughlin 9781933354149 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 ...
Nairobi Noir
Nairobi Noir Peter Kimani 9781617757549 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o anchors this truly fascinating first East African installment in the Akashic Noir Series.
On the Way Back
On the Way Back Montague Kobbé 9781617754418 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "Colorful detours into native lore, such as a rich Dutchman’s fabled courtship of a local beauty, strike grace notes th...
Haiti Noir
Haiti Noir Edwidge Danticat 9781936070657 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "A wide-ranging collection from the beloved but besieged Caribbean island…The 36th entry in Akashic’s Noir series (which r...
Trinidad Noir
Trinidad Noir Lisa Allen-Agostini and Jeanne Mason 9781933354552 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books The Caribbean provides no shelter from the delicious terror of the Akashic Noir Series. Trinidad...
Got (Seven Weapon Arsenal)
Got (Seven Weapon Arsenal) D 9781933354163 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "There’s a new player stepping into the street-lit spotlight, and he’s one to watch…Urban libraries have to get Got."—Lib...
Bronx Biannual (The Journal of Urbane Urban Literature)
Bronx Biannual (The Journal of Urbane Urban Literature) Miles Marshall Lewis 9781933354040 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Bronx Biannual is the most important literary journal in hip-hop America...
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...
Bedrock Faith
Bedrock Faith Eric Charles May 9781617751967 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books One of Roxane Gay’s Top 10 Books of 2014One of Booklist’s Top 10 First Novels of 2014One of the Chicago Reader’s Favori...
The Book of Harlan
The Book of Harlan Bernice L. McFadden 9781617754456 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books The Book of Harlan was inspired by the life of my paternal grandfather; Harold Isaac McFadden (pictured on the ...
Montague Kobbé
Montague Kobbé NONE Montague Kobbé, a Caracas-born ambilingual author, is known for his novels “The Night of the Rambler” and “On the Way Back.” He also co-edited “Crude Words: Contemporary Writing ...
Cheryl Woodruff Named President and Associate Publisher of SmileyBooks
Cheryl Woodruff Named President and Associate Publisher of SmileyBooks Troy Johnson Article OK y'all this is big. Cheryl Woodruff, founder and former associate publisher of One World, Random House’s ...
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...
Lauren Lacey
Lauren Lacey NONE Lauren Lacey, an indie Romance author and digital strategist, has optimized global brands including PwC. She's the former marketing lead for Mastercard and AMEX gift cards, and a Fo...
The Disilgold Way: Countdown 101 From Writer to Self Publisher
The Disilgold Way: Countdown 101 From Writer to Self Publisher Heather Covington 9781414022185 Nonfiction AuthorHouse Author Solutions The Disilgold Way: Countdown 101 From Writer To Self Publisher is...
Ashley Woodfolk
Ashley Woodfolk 0000000496787003 Ashley Woodfolk, a Rutgers University graduate and passionate book lover, works in the publishing industry and serves on the CBC Diversity Committee. She writes emoti...
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Black AF History [Indie Bookstore Exclusive Edition]: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
Black AF History [Indie Bookstore Exclusive Edition]: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America Michael Harriot 9780063490093 Nonfiction HarperCollins HarperCollins NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAACP IMAGE ...
Leah Johnson
Leah Johnson NONE Leah Johnson, a Midwestern writer and editor, is a graduate of Indiana University and Sarah Lawrence College. She teaches writing, authored her first novel in 2021, and owns Loudmou...
Michael La Ronn
Michael La Ronn NONE Michael La Ronn is a prolific author in science fiction, fantasy, and self-help genres for writers. Renowned for his Decision Select and Magic Trackers series, he's been publishi...
Coleman Hill: A Novel
Coleman Hill: A Novel Kim Coleman Foote 9781638931706 Fiction SJP Lit Zando Shortlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction • Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize • Sh...
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 ...
F.A.T.E.: From Authors to Entrepreneurs - The Personal Side of Indie Publishing
F.A.T.E.: From Authors to Entrepreneurs - The Personal Side of Indie Publishing Stephanie Casher, James W. Lewis, and Omar L. Harris 9780982719381 Nonfiction The Pantheon Collective (TPC) The Pantheon...
Ran Walker
Ran Walker NONE Ran Walker, award-winning author of 30 books and 2019 Indie Author of the Year, teaches creative writing at Hampton University. He lives in Virginia with his family. Connect with him ...
Winnifred Tataw
Winnifred Tataw NONE Winnifred “Winnie” Tataw is an artist, entrepreneur, and author of the debut series: The Gods’ Scion. A lifelong lover of literature and art, Winnie launched Win’s Books LLC to s...
Brittney Bond
Brittney Bond NONE Brittney Bond, a self-taught digital artist from Florida, now based in Maryland, is known for her use of appealing color palettes and magical themes in her work. Inspired by childr...
The Kevin Powell Reader: Essential Writings and Conversations
The Kevin Powell Reader: Essential Writings and Conversations Kevin Powell 9781636141015 Nonfiction Akashic Books Akashic Books A hopeful and insightful collection by one of the great voices of our ti...
Creatures of Passage
Creatures of Passage Morowa Yejide 9781617758768 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books With echoes of Toni Morrison’s Beloved, Yejidé’s novel explores a forgotten quadrant of Washington, DC, and ...
Seriously, You Have to Eat: Fixed Layout Edition
Seriously, You Have to Eat: Fixed Layout Edition Naomi Jackson 9781617754081 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "Parents and children alike will surely welcome a pause to bond over a shared recogniti...
Lost Canyon
Lost Canyon Nina Revoyr 9781617753534 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Nina Revoyr’s fifth novel, Lost Canyon. Booklist called it “a gripping tale of unintended adventure and profound transformatio...
Changers Book Two: Oryon
Changers Book Two: Oryon T Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper 9781617753077 Fiction Black Sheep Akashic Books "Fantastic."—John Green"This is an excellent sequel….This installment raises the stakes, maki...
Steven Todd Fisher
Steven Todd Fisher NONE Ayna Rayne is an award-nominated, genre-defying author who captivates readers with her experimental storytelling. She blends elements of romance, drama, mystery, philosophy, a...
J.B. Vample
J.B. Vample NONE J.B. Vample is an acclaimed author known for her New Adult fiction series, The College Life Series. She published her debut novel, College Life 101: Freshman Orientation, in 2015 and...
Claribel A. Ortega
Claribel A. Ortega NONE Claribel A. Ortega is a New York Times Bestselling author known for her debut novel Ghost Squad, which won multiple awards and is being made into a film. She co-hosts the Bad ...
My Dog Romeo
My Dog Romeo Ziggy Marley 9781617759420 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Ziggy Marley’s ode to his four-legged friend Romeo becomes a picture book that is sure to touch the hearts of dog lovers eve...
Dance of the Jakaranda
Dance of the Jakaranda Peter Kimani 9781617754968 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Kimani reimagines the rise and fall of colonialism in Africa by telling the story of the birth of Kenya’s railroad...
You Have to Fucking Eat (Go the Fuck to Sleep #2)
You Have to Fucking Eat (Go the Fuck to Sleep #2) Adam Mansbach 9781617753787 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books From the author of the international best seller Go the F*** to Sleep comes a long-awa...
Haiti Noir 2: The Classics
Haiti Noir 2: The Classics Edwidge Danticat 9781617751936 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Edwidge Danticat’s short story from Haiti Noir 2: The Classics, "The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special," was...
The Baker’s Son: My Life in Business
The Baker’s Son: My Life in Business Lowell Hawthorne 9781617751240 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "At 21, Hawthorne’s parents shipped him off to New York, where his older siblings had already re...
Beulah Hill
Beulah Hill William Heffernan 9781888451405 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books "The whispered revelations that come spilling out of -Beulah Hill are like ghostly voices you sometimes hear in the atti...
Osasu and the Great Wall of the Benin Empire
Osasu and the Great Wall of the Benin Empire Tamkara Adun 9789083178202 Nonfiction Ọdúnìfẹ́ Ọdúnìfẹ́ The Great Benin Empire was an empire ...
Amari and the Great Game
Amari and the Great Game B. B. Alston 9780062975195 Fiction Balzer & Bray/Harperteen HarperCollins Sequel to the New York Times bestseller Amari and the Night Brothers! Artemis Fowl meets Men in Bl...
Indie Author Book Fair
Indie Author Book Fair 4th District Container Village Philadelphia Pennsylvania This exciting outdoor event is near top attractions and convenient accommodations.
The Heirs
The Heirs Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 9781250326997 Fiction Feiwel & Friends Macmillan Publishers Special Stained-Edge Edition Instant New York Times and Indie Bestseller! From the award-winning New Y...
PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature
PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature Various Venues New York New York 4 Days. 40+ Events. 140+ Authors from 40+ Countries Also Co-Host of the Indie Lit Fair, which will take place Sa...
Indie Authors Book Fair
Indie Authors Book Fair Pennsylvania Convention Center Philadelphia Pennsylvania