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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...
Just Few Popular Books on AALBC.com
Just Few Popular Books on AALBC.com Troy Johnson Article
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...
A Setback Is a Setup for a Comeback
A Setback Is a Setup for a Comeback Willie Jolley 9780312267735 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers A setback is nothing but a setup for a comeback! The wisdom in these words can help...
Webhost and Domain Name Setup in Under 4 Minutes
Webhost and Domain Name Setup in Under 4 Minutes Author Interviews
Search Form
Search Form Troy Johnson Article Search the Web HotWired's Website Webmonkey The Netnation Site ...
7 Free Tools Guaranteed to Make Your Website Better!
7 Free Tools Guaranteed to Make Your Website Better! Troy Johnson Article Managing a large website can be a difficult, requiring a wide variety of skills. As the sole developer of AALBC.c...
Bathroom Science: 70 Fun and Wacky Science Experiments
Bathroom Science: 70 Fun and Wacky Science Experiments Christine Taylor Butler 9781626865877 Nonfiction Portable Press Portable Press Create exploding toilet volcanoes, oozing sink slime, and bubbling...
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...
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...
The Setup: A Short Story
The Setup: A Short Story Pamela Samuels Young B00611Q4Z2 Fiction Goldman House Publishing Goldman House Publishing When a star running back is gunned down by a cop with a questionable history, the cit...
1b Connect Your Domain Name to Your Hosting Account
1b Connect Your Domain Name to Your Hosting Account Author Interviews
Bradley Fowler
Bradley Fowler NONE Bradley Fowler, owner of Construction Emarketing, specializes in online marketing services such as email marketing, website development, and cybersecurity. He also founded THEGREN...
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...
Tupac Play
Tupac Play Troy Johnson Article Web aalbc.com thumperscorner.com
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...
The Power of Character in Leadership: How Values, Morals, Ethics, and Principles Affect Leaders
The Power of Character in Leadership: How Values, Morals, Ethics, and Principles Affect Leaders Myles Munroe 9781629119496 Nonfiction Whitaker House Whitaker House How to Protect Your Leadership Influ...
The Quest of the Silver Fleece
The Quest of the Silver Fleece W.E.B. Du Bois 979dummy15265 Fiction Public Domain Public Domain The Quest of the Silver Fleece, published in 1911 by W. E. B. Du Bois, is a significant work in both lit...
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
The Purpose and Power of Authority: Discovering the Power of Your Personal Domain
The Purpose and Power of Authority: Discovering the Power of Your Personal Domain Myles Munroe 9781603742627 Nonfiction Whitaker House Whitaker House In Understanding the Purpose and Power of Authorit...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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) ...
Two Years Ago - Black New Yorkers: Booklover hopes to profit from his passion
Two Years Ago - Black New Yorkers: Booklover hopes to profit from his passion Troy Johnson Article Black New Yorkers: Booklover hopes to profit from his passionby Tanangachi Mfuni, Amsterdam News Sta...
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 ...
The Pacman Plan
The Pacman Plan Sam A Kempt 9780974445908 Nonfiction DeViv Publishing DeViv Publishing The Pacman Plan is the story of a struggle for reparations for African Americans. This is the first fiction work ...
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...
Fast Pitch
Fast Pitch Nic Stone 9781984893017 Fiction Crown Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes a challenging and heartwarming coming-of-age sto...
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...
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...
Patterns of Negro Segregation
Patterns of Negro Segregation Charles S. Johnson 9780268038656 Nonfiction University of Notre Dame Press University of Notre Dame Press Spark Island is an online learning channel for children aged fro...
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...
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...
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...
Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist
Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist Franchesca Ramsey 9781538761038 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group In this sharp, funny, and timely co...
Perfect Timing
Perfect Timing Tiffany M. Davis Book Review Brenda Jackson’s second full-length fiction work Perfect Timing, is a novel about losing, finding, and maintaining friendship and love. Mrs. Jackson ...
Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship
Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship Irene Latham and Charles Waters 9781512404425 Nonfiction Carolrhoda Books Lerner Publishing Group Two poets, one white and one black, ex...
Chocolate Flava: The Eroticanoir.com Anthology
Chocolate Flava: The Eroticanoir.com Anthology Zane 9780743482387 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. As a bestselling author and successful publisher of Strebor Books, Zane’s name is synonymou...
Jaylin: A Naughty Aftermath: Naughty Series
Jaylin: A Naughty Aftermath: Naughty Series Brenda M. Hampton 9781622862191 Fiction Urban Renaissance Urban Renaissance Naughty is as naughty always does, and Jaylin Jerome Rogers never disappoints. T...
Jaylin: A Naughty Aftermath: Naughty Series
Jaylin: A Naughty Aftermath: Naughty Series Brenda M. Hampton 9781945855887 Fiction Urban Renaissance Urban Renaissance Naughty is as naughty always does, and Jaylin Jerome Rogers never disappoints. T...
The Blackbird Papers: A Novel
The Blackbird Papers: A Novel Ian K. Smith 9780767920445 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House A rainy night … A stranded motorist … A Good Samaritan passerby … a Nobel Prize–winning professor … The setu...
The Blackbird Papers: A Novel
The Blackbird Papers: A Novel Ian Smith 9780385511360 Fiction Doubleday Penguin Random House A rainy night … A stranded motorist … A Good Samaritan passerby … a Nobel Prize–winning professor … The set...
The Way It Was Coming to America the Real Story.
The Way It Was Coming to America the Real Story. Tino Adognravi 9780976202509 Nonfiction eibbooks eibbooks From a small village in Africa to the foundation of a potentially multi-billion dollar corpo...
Ghost of Ace Honeycutt (Whiskey House Trilogy, Book 3)
Ghost of Ace Honeycutt (Whiskey House Trilogy, Book 3) Marc Lacy 9780990795308 Fiction AVO Publishing AVO Publishing, LLC First there was Curse of the Whiskey House, then there was Viral Xgressions, a...
Simone Breaks All the Rules
Simone Breaks All the Rules Debbie Rigaud 9781338681727 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. Perfect for fans of You Should See Me in a Crown and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, this hilarious ...
Almost by Design: A Novel
Almost by Design: A Novel Jenny Erlingsson Excerpt Chapter 1 These shoes would be the death of her. Or at least cause the demise of a few toes. Kenya Stewart sighed, admiring the way the heels refle...
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...
The Crossing (Bosch)
The Crossing (Bosch) Michael Connelly 9780316225885 Fiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group Harry Bosch crosses the line to team up with Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller in the new thriller ...
The PassionProfit Quick Start Manual: A step-by-step guide for launching your passion-centered business and making your first sale…quickly! (Volume 2)
The PassionProfit Quick Start Manual: A step-by-step guide for launching your passion-centered business and making your first sale…quickly! (Volume 2) Walt Goodridge 9781501031847 Nonfiction CreateSpa...
Joy Is My Middle Name: Poems
Joy Is My Middle Name: Poems Sasha Debevec-McKenney 9781324110675 Poetry W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. In her best imitation of a historian, poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney combs thr...
Lisa Armstrong's Moving Article in Essence Magazine [Jan. 2011]
Lisa Armstrong's Moving Article in Essence Magazine [Jan. 2011] Troy Johnson Article [caption id="attachment_248" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Photograph by Andre Lamberston - Essence Mag...
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 ...
Gather Together in My Name
Gather Together in My Name Thumper Book Review You know, there are times when I simply LOOOVE being Thumper and reviewing books. Reviewing Tracey Price-Thompson’s latest novel, Gather...
Naming Ceremony
Naming Ceremony Seina Wedlick 9781419756269 Fiction Abrams Books for Young Readers Abrams A sweet sibling story all about making family traditions your own—perfect for fans of Alma and How She Got Her...
Esther Iverem
Esther Iverem NONE Esther Iverem is a multi-disciplinary artist, writer, curator, and social justice advocate. She's a radio host, founder of the Black website SeeingBlack.com, and author of four boo...
Becoming Vanessa
Becoming Vanessa Vanessa Brantley-Newton 9780525582120 Fiction Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Get ready to go back to school with this inclusive, empathetic story that wi...
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...
Kaven Brown
Kaven Brown NONE Kaven Brown, a multifaceted entrepreneur known for his work as an author, photographer, and producer, has been influential in the publishing and music video industry. Brown's work ra...
Joi-Marie McKenzie
Joi-Marie McKenzie NONE Joi-Marie McKenzie is an ABC News lifestyle writer, author of “The Engagement Game,” and creator of the award-winning website, The Fab Empire. Also a sought-after panelist, Mc...
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...
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...
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...
Lerita Coleman Brown
Lerita Coleman Brown NONE Lerita Coleman Brown, Ph.D., is a retired Psychology Professor from Agnes Scott College, spiritual director, author, and speaker. She studied at UC Santa Cruz and Harvard Un...
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Urban Lit Review Magazine
Urban Lit Review Magazine Troy Johnson Article Urban Lit Review Magazine Related Links
Track Your Clicks or (Shorten Your URL's)
Track Your Clicks or (Shorten Your URL's) Troy Johnson Article Track Your Clicks and Shorten Your URLs How can you figure out which web sites like Twitter, Facebook, discussion boards...
Bullets in the Fire: The Saga of New York Red
Bullets in the Fire: The Saga of New York Red Edward Roy 9781735765808 Nonfiction Edward Roy Unlimited LLC Edward Roy Unlimited LLC Bullets in The Fire - The Saga of New York Red, a sexually liberated...
Deborrah Cooper
Deborrah Cooper NONE Deborrah Cooper, pen name “Ms. HeartBeat”, is an established authority on dating and relationships since 1993. She founded AskHeartBeat!, a pioneer website focused on Black and i...
My Brown Baby: On the Joys and Challenges of Raising African American Children
My Brown Baby: On the Joys and Challenges of Raising African American Children Denene Millner 9781534476509 Nonfiction Denene Millner Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. From noted parenting expert and New Y...
Erika Council
Erika Council NONE Erika Council is a renowned baker, food writer, and owner of Bomb Biscuits. She contributes to various cookbooks and runs the Southern Soufflé website. Her work has appeared in nu...
Up & Coming Magazine
Up & Coming Magazine Troy Johnson Article Editor's Note (13 Jan 2013): We bleieve this magazine may be out of print. Their old domain has be claimed by a diiferent magazine with the same name....
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...
Danielle Henderson
Danielle Henderson 0000000380386988 Danielle Henderson is a TV writer known for works like Maniac and Dare Me, and a former editor for Rookie. She co-hosts the film podcast I Saw What You Did, and au...
Maegan Parker Brooks
Maegan Parker Brooks NONE Maegan Parker Brooks teaches in the Civic Communication and Media Department and the American Ethnic Studies Program at Willamette University in Salem, OR. Brooks also direc...
The Willie Lynch Letter is a Hoax!
The Willie Lynch Letter is a Hoax! Troy Johnson Article As a book seller, my primary goal is to connect readers with books that they will enjoy and learn from. Having a reader thank me for introduci...
Sydney McGee
Sydney McGee NONE “McGee is the youngest bestselling author in AALBC.com History!” Sydney McGee, also known as “Sydney Sunshine”, is a young author from Houston, Texas, known for her uniqu...
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...
Don't Bring Home a White Boy
Don't Bring Home a White Boy Troy Johnson Article A couple of days ago I posted a video (below) of Karen Hunter and Karyn Langhorne Folan, who are the publisher and author, respectively, of the b...
Diana Murray
Diana Murray NONE Diana Murray, award-winning poet and former art director at Theory, transitioned from graphic design to writing. Known for her impressive sock collection, she now resides in a subur...
Shane White
Shane White 0000000453091911 “…my main research interests are in African American history and in the history of New York City.” Shane White, a distinguished Professor of History at ...
Lynda Johnson
Lynda Johnson NONE Lynda Johnson, co-founder of Go On Girl! Book Club, supported authors from the African diaspora and helped fund scholarships. She also founded Kidstylesource.com, a leading website...
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 ...
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 ...
A Great Tip and Advice for Creating a Blog or Website (Part II)
A Great Tip and Advice for Creating a Blog or Website (Part II) Troy Johnson Article (Continued from Part I) The following Plugins are the ones I've kept so far: WP-FB-AutoConnect (Version 1.5...
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...
The 20 Most Well-Read Cities for African-Americans
The 20 Most Well-Read Cities for African-Americans Troy Johnson Article Where in the U.S. can you find the most well-read African Americans? Look no further. We reviewed our website's traffic and...
BYWORD “A Nation Called out of Their Name”
BYWORD “A Nation Called out of Their Name” Mark Makabi 9780692031919 Nonfiction Proving Press Proving Press BYWORD: A Nation Called out of Their Name is the book that will change America forever! A ra...
Between Freedom and Equality: The History of an African American Family in Washington, DC
Between Freedom and Equality: The History of an African American Family in Washington, DC Barbara Boyle Torrey and Clara Myrick Green 9781647120818 Nonfiction Georgetown University Press Georgetown Un...
AlTonya Washington
AlTonya Washington NONE AlTonya Washington is an award-winning romance novelist with 12 years of experience. She's won two Romantic Times Magazine Reviewer’s Choice Awards and the Romance Slam Jam EM...
Black New Yorkers: Booklover hopes to profit from his passion
Black New Yorkers: Booklover hopes to profit from his passion Troy Johnson Article Black New Yorkers: Booklover hopes to profit from his passionby TANANGACHI MFUNIAmsterdam News StaffSeptember 28 - O...