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Bookshop.org Undermines Web-based Booksellers: Reason #1
Bookshop.org Undermines Web-based Booksellers: Reason #1 Book Spotlights
Web Development And Design Foundations With Html5 (7Th Edition)
Web Development And Design Foundations With Html5 (7Th Edition) Terry Felke-Morris 9780133571783 Nonfiction Pearson Pearson Web Development and Design Foundations with HTML5 is intended for use in...
2003's List
2003's List Troy Johnson Article Maximizing the Potential of the World Wide Web (September 2003) by Troy Johnson, Founder AALBC.com The Internet is a vast place and contains an amazing ...
Shut Up and Read: A Memoir from Harriett’s Bookshop
Shut Up and Read: A Memoir from Harriett’s Bookshop Jeannine A. Cook 9780063428232 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins The author of It’s Me They Follow chronicles the improbable true story of how she le...
Dante Lee
Dante Lee 0000000081738541 Dante Lee, an award-winning business coach and best-selling author, is the CEO of Dante Lee International, a marketing and PR firm that specializes in reaching African Amer...
Clarke’s Bookshop
Clarke’s Bookshop Cape Town CPT Clarke’s Bookshop has been in Long Street in the centre of Cape Town since 1957. Founded by Anthony Clarke as a secondhand bookshop, we began specialising in Af...
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 ...
History of our Annual Black Pack Party
History of our Annual Black Pack Party Troy Johnson Article The Black Pack Party is a gathering of professionals across the Black book ecosystem. It was originally held annually during Book Expo Amer...
Adanne Bookshop
Adanne Bookshop Brooklyn NY Adanne Bookshop is a Brooklyn-based bookstore celebrating Black and African diaspora literature, art, and culture. We offer a curated selection of books, workshops, and eve...
PageTurner.net
PageTurner.net Troy Johnson Article Pageturner.net is a professional web services firm that specializes in Web Design, Internet Marketing and Literary Services. Founded in 1998, the Ho...
Host a Listening Party for SHUT UP AND READ!
Host a Listening Party for SHUT UP AND READ! Jeannine A. Cook Article .image:hover { transform: translateY(-5px); box-shadow: 0 12px 24px rgba(255, 126, 3, 0.4); } Host a Listening Pa...
Jeannine A. Cook
Jeannine A. Cook NONE Jeannine A. Cook (left) is the founder and owner of three avant-garde bookshop concepts: Harriett’s in Philadelphia, Ida’s in South Jersey, and Josephine’s, a literary installa...
The Dock Bookshop
The Dock Bookshop Fort Worth TX The Dock Bookshop is the largest independent, full service, African-American owned bookstore in Texas and the Southwest
Turning Page Bookshop
Turning Page Bookshop Goose Creek SC Turning Page Bookshop offers a welcoming space for literary and community gatherings, with a carefully curate selection of books suitable for all ages. The shop is...
Sugar Plum and Grumbling Growler Bookshop
Sugar Plum and Grumbling Growler Bookshop Lake Worth FL SP and GG Bookshop focuses on wine and no longers ells books
Modern Tribe Bookshop
Modern Tribe Bookshop Killeen TX Indie Bookshop & Distribution Company Specializing in Observing, Preserving, and Celebrating Literacy, the Creative Arts and Culture through Books, Film, Art, and Heal...
Brave + Kind Bookshop
Brave + Kind Bookshop Decatur GA Brave + Kind Bookshop is a neighborhood independent bookstore that specializes in a thoughtfully curated and inclusive collection of children’s books. We pride o...
Timbooktoo Bookshop
Timbooktoo Bookshop Banjul, The Gambia BAN Timbooktoo is Gambia’s best bookshop. Founded in 1998 and run by husband and wife team, Ous Jagne
Join the Fight for Independence on the Web
Join the Fight for Independence on the Web Troy Johnson Article This article is intended for writers and other content providers, who are active on social media and have a goal of generating reve...
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 ...
Musings on AALBC.com
Musings on AALBC.com Troy Johnson Article Blogs...and I'm averaging about one post a month. One thing I've learned is that blogs take time -- it you are short on time don't bother.It is not that I'm ...
Resist Booksellers
Resist Booksellers Petersburg VA Resist Booksellers is a black-owned bookstore based in historic Petersburg, VA. We work hard to support readers, dreamers, activists, and book clubs. We inspire thinke...
2015 Year End Thank You!
2015 Year End Thank You! Troy Johnson Article Coming in the New Year The biggest news for the new year is our website upgrade. We are redesigning AALBC.com from scratch, and we have the benefit of 1...
Petersburg Book Fest
Petersburg Book Fest Petersburg Virginia The Petersburg Book Fest traces its roots back to the inspiring launch of Resist Booksellers, an independent Black-owned bookstore that opened its doors in th...
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...
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...
African-American Literature Web Sites Launch “Power List” of Best-Selling Books
African-American Literature Web Sites Launch “Power List” of Best-Selling Books Troy Johnson Article FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Troy Johnson: troy@aalbc.com Gwen Richardson: grichardson@cu...
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...
Onlinebookclub.org
Onlinebookclub.org NONE OnlineBookClub.org is a leading online platform for book enthusiasts, offering active forums for discussions and free special programs such as a 'Book of the Month' club and a...
5 Things Writers Must Do To Survive Online
5 Things Writers Must Do To Survive Online Troy Johnson Article Today, despite all the technology and social media at our disposal, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the average writer to ear...
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 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...
Murder from A to Z
Murder from A to Z V. M. Burns 9781496750822 Fiction Kensington Cozies Kensington Publishing Corp. Fowl Play at Shady Acres When Michigan bookshop owner and mystery writer Samantha Washington and h...
The Bookshop Sisterhood
The Bookshop Sisterhood Michelle Lindo-Rice 9780778310389 Fiction Mira Books Harlequin Enterprises Limited When life rewrites the story, only friendship will see them through. After years of hard ...
VaLinda Miller, owner of Turning Page Bookshop in Goose Creek, SC
VaLinda Miller, owner of Turning Page Bookshop in Goose Creek, SC Book Spotlights
Donna Craddock & Donya Craddock of The Dock Bookshop in Fort Worth, TX
Donna Craddock & Donya Craddock of The Dock Bookshop in Fort Worth, TX Book Spotlights
Word Up: Community Bookshop - Libreria Comunitaria
Word Up: Community Bookshop - Libreria Comunitaria New York NY
Harriett’s Bookshop
Harriett’s Bookshop Philadelphia PA Named for historical heroine Harriet Tubman, our mission celebrates women authors, women artists, and women activists.
Ida’s Bookshop
Ida’s Bookshop Collingswood NJ Named for historical heroine Harriet Tubman, our mission celebrates women authors, women artists, and women activists.
The Romance Era Bookshop
The Romance Era Bookshop Vancouver WA The Romance Era is an inclusive, sex/body/pleasure positive safe space for people of all types to explore without judgement. Due to the nature of some of the lite...
The Little Bookshop
The Little Bookshop Brooklyn. NY Liquor license coming soon! Pair your favorite new book with a cocktail, wine, or beer. We’ll have suggested pairings for some of our favorite books!
Otto Penzler
Otto Penzler 0000000117770704 Otto Penzler, renowned authority on crime fiction, is the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop and founder of The Mysterious Press. He's published acclaimed authors, ed...
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...
D. Amari Jackson
D. Amari Jackson 0000000530897506 D. Amari Jackson is an accomplished creator, award-winning journalist, and author known for his middle grade novel, Jelani's Key. His portfolio includes TV/web/film ...
Issa Rae
Issa Rae 0000000493620849 Issa Rae, born in 1985, is a talented humorist and YouTube sensation with more than 25 million views. Recognized on Forbes' “30 Under 30” list twice, she has created success...
2004's List
2004's List Troy Johnson Article Making the Best of the World Wide Web or Troy's Top 10 Web Resources (October 2004) by Troy Johnson, Founder AALBC.com The World Wide Web (WWW) continues ...
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...
Quintard Taylor
Quintard Taylor 0000000114391610 AALBC Truly Mourns the Lost of Quintard Taylor Quintard Taylor, a Professor of American History, specializes in African American history with over three decades of exp...
Brenda L. Thomas, Crystal Lacey Winslow, Rochelle Alers, and ReShonda Tate Billingsley
Brenda L. Thomas, Crystal Lacey Winslow, Rochelle Alers, and ReShonda Tate Billingsley MULTIPLE Brenda L. Thomas, Crystal Lacey Winslow, Rochelle Alers, and ReShonda Tate Billingsley are acclaimed au...
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...
There’s Always A Reason (Zane Presents)
There’s Always A Reason (Zane Presents) William Fredrick Cooper 9781593093297 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. The eagerly anticipated sequel to William Fredrick Cooper’s wildly acclaimed ...
New York Antiquarian Book Fair
New York Antiquarian Book Fair Park Avenue Armory New York New York 2020 is the 60th Year This book fair is officially sanctioned by the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America and the ...
SCIBA Trade Show
SCIBA Trade Show Sheraton Fairplex Hotel & Conference Center Pomona California The Southern California Independent Booksellers Association (SCIBA) is a non-profit trade association of independent book...
Inside the Fall
Inside the Fall Terry E. Hill 9780963914729 Fiction ReGeJe Press ReGeJe Press Inside the Fall caused Barnes & Noble Booksellers to do a double take. Barnes & Noble took a second look at the thrilling...
Source Booksellers
Source Booksellers Detroit MI A Unique Niche of Non-fiction Since 1989
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...
Diana Veiga
Diana Veiga NONE Go On Girl! Book Club, Unpublished Writer Award 2013 Winner Diana Veiga, winner of the 2013 Go On Girl! Book Club's Unpublished Writer award, is a dedicated writer and social justice ...
Treasure Island (hardcover): Runaway Gold
Treasure Island (hardcover): Runaway Gold Jewell Parker Rhodes 9780062998354 Fiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins Jewell Parker Rhodes has written a version of Treasure Island like none you’ve never...
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story Nikole Hannah-Jones 9780593230572 Nonfiction One World Penguin Random House Donate a Copy The 1619 Project to the Literary Freedom Project A dramatic expansion ...
Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter
Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter Veronica Chambers 9780358573418 Nonfiction Versify Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter is a broad and powerf...
The Limits of Blame: Rethinking Punishment and Responsibility
The Limits of Blame: Rethinking Punishment and Responsibility Erin I. Kelly 9780674980778 Nonfiction Harvard University Press Harvard University Press Faith in the power and righteousness of retributi...
Three-Fifths a Man: A Graphic History of the African American Experience
Three-Fifths a Man: A Graphic History of the African American Experience Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón 9780809093687 Nonfiction Hill and Wang Macmillan Publishers The essential primer on African Americ...
Trust: Mastering the 4 Essential Trusts
Trust: Mastering the 4 Essential Trusts Iyanla Vanzant 9781401943981 Nonfiction SmileyBooks Penguin Random House You just can’t trust anyone—it’s a constant refrain in the modern world, and learning t...
Experiments in Ethics (Flexner Lectures)
Experiments in Ethics (Flexner Lectures) Kwame Anthony Appiah 9780674026094 Nonfiction Harvard University Press Harvard University Press In the past few decades, scientists of human nature—including ...
Not Just Race, Not Just Gender: Black Feminist Readings
Not Just Race, Not Just Gender: Black Feminist Readings Valerie Smith 9780415903264 Nonfiction Routledge Routledge From the nineteenth-century articulations of Sojourner Truth to contemporary thinkers...
The Nature Of Blood
The Nature Of Blood Caryl Phillips 9780679454700 Fiction Alfred A. Knopf Penguin Random House A German Jewish girl whose life is destroyed by the atrocities of World War II … her uncle, who undermines...
The Revolution Will Not Be Funded
The Revolution Will Not Be Funded Kam Williams Book Review ’Many white-led social justice non-profits proclaim, in everything from their mission statements to their funding proposals, that...
Forty Million Dollar Slaves
Forty Million Dollar Slaves Kam Williams Book Review "The Belt carries young black athletes out of black America and introduces them to a world with very few African-Americans, a world o...
Living Black History
Living Black History Kam Williams Book Review ’Since race itself is a fraudulent concept, devoid of scientific reality, racism can only be justified through the suppression of black counter-n...
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...
Web of Freedom
Web of Freedom Kelvin Christopher James 9781450297271 Fiction iUniverse Author Solutions Set in the early 19th century and reminiscent of the grand storytelling of Alexandre Dumas, Web of Freedom reco...
AALBC.com has changed a lot over the last 13 years.
AALBC.com has changed a lot over the last 13 years. Troy Johnson Article Sometimes I'm amazed at how an experiment started 13 years ago turned into my livelihood today. While AALBC.co...
The Best Black Book Search Engine Period!
The Best Black Book Search Engine Period! Troy Johnson Article http://thebestblackbooksearch.com Ok, despite the pretentious descriptor this is really a good way to query and learn about web sites th...
We are offering a Great New Service
We are offering a Great New Service Troy Johnson Article I must say after a almost 15 years of building web pages and even longer surfing the net, there is very little that make me say "wow". Recentl...
The Best of The Black Book Web Sites - and other thoughts
The Best of The Black Book Web Sites - and other thoughts Troy Johnson Article Having published and monitored the activity of on-line newsletters for over 7 years I have a good feel for what subjects...
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...
Book-Remarks.com
Book-Remarks.com Troy Johnson Article The goal of Book-Remarks.com is to offer exciting, timely, positive, and useful information to the African-American reading community. Book-Remarks...
Timbooktu
Timbooktu Troy Johnson Article http://www.timbooktu.com/ Submitting Your Work to TimBookTu The TimBookTu Web Page is a free web site provided for African-American writers, poets, and essay...
Tupac Play
Tupac Play Troy Johnson Article Web aalbc.com thumperscorner.com
5 Ways to Support Independent Black Voices
5 Ways to Support Independent Black Voices Troy Johnson Article The Digital Divide, or the disparity between internet adoption rates between various groups, has been a topic of conversation since the...
zaji
zaji NONE Zaji is an accomplished author and freelance writer with a B.A. in English and M.S. in Journalism from Iona College. She's written a novel, poetry book, short stories, and is working on her...
Dialogue
Dialogue Troy Johnson Article Please note Dialogue is currently on hiatus (as of this notice, March 2002) Visit Dialogue's web site http://www.ace-dialogue.org D I A L O G U E A Discussion ...
Ten Steps to Promote Diversity in Children’s Literature
Ten Steps to Promote Diversity in Children’s Literature Troy Johnson Article Ten Steps to Promote Diversity in Children’s Literature by Wade Hudson This Diversity Books Pledge was developed after a...
The Black Media Archive—Even Better than Facebook #HBIT
The Black Media Archive—Even Better than Facebook #HBIT Troy Johnson Article The Black Media Archive (BMA) is a multimedia collection of African and African-American history, including speeches, inte...
36 African-American Nominees for National Book Awards
36 African-American Nominees for National Book Awards Troy Johnson Article November 11, 2015 Update: A complete list of National Book Award Honorees, of African descent, is now available. The mi...
Nathan Huggins
Nathan Huggins 0000000110473299 Nathan Irvin Huggins (1927-1989) was a renowned historian, author, and educator specializing in African-American studies. He served as the W. E. B. Du Bois Professor a...
Nzinga-Christina Reid
Nzinga-Christina Reid NONE Nzinga-Christina Reid, a social justice advocate and author, is known for her anti-racism work. Co-founder of Blackdiaries.org, Reid holds a BA in Sociology and a Masters i...
I Dreamt I Was in Heaven - The Rampage of the Rufus Buck Gang
I Dreamt I Was in Heaven - The Rampage of the Rufus Buck Gang Alvin Romer Book Review Quick! Can you tell me if you knew that there was a multi-racial teenaged gang terrorizing the west? Only once i...
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 #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
South End Press
South End Press Troy Johnson Article http://southendpress.org/ South End Press is an independent, nonprofit, collectively-run book publisher with more than 250 titles in ...
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...
Open to Reason: Muslim Philosophers in Conversation with the Western Tradition
Open to Reason: Muslim Philosophers in Conversation with the Western Tradition Souleymane Bachir Diagne 9780231185479 Nonfiction Columbia University Press Columbia University Press What does it mean t...
What Fanon Said: A Philosophical Introduction to His Life and Thought
What Fanon Said: A Philosophical Introduction to His Life and Thought Lewis R. Gordon 9780823266098 Nonfiction Fordham University Press Fordham University Press Antiblack racism avows reason is white ...
A Reason To Believe: Lessons From An Improbable Life
A Reason To Believe: Lessons From An Improbable Life Deval Patrick 9780767931120 Nonfiction Knopf Penguin Random House “I’ve simply seen too much goodness in this country—and have come so far in my ow...
Let That Be the Reason
Let That Be the Reason Vickie M. Stringer 9781416570486 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. A true to life story of a female hustler, who gets caught up in the street game. She take you through...
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...