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Shaun Randol
Shaun Randol NONE Shaun Randol, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Mantle, co-editor of Gambit: Newer African Writing. He's a Fellow at the World Policy Institute, New York, and a member of the Natio...
Emmanuel Iduma and Shaun Randol
Emmanuel Iduma and Shaun Randol MULTIPLE Emmanuel Iduma and Shaun Randol are renowned authors known for their impactful and thought-provoking works. Their distinct storytelling styles have significan...
The Mantle
The Mantle The Mantle The Mantle The Mantle publishes emerging critics, writers, and intellectuals in the areas of Arts & Culture, International Affairs, Philosophy, and World Literature. We foster d...
The Mantle
The Mantle The Mantle The Mantle The Mantle publishes emerging critics, writers, and intellectuals in the areas of Arts & Culture, International Affairs, Philosophy, and World Literature. We foster d...
Gambit: Newer African Writing
Gambit: Newer African Writing Emmanuel Iduma and Shaun Randol 9781938022883 Fiction The Mantle The Mantle Fiction. African & African American Studies. Anthology. Hybrid Genre. GAMBIT: NEWER AFRICAN WR...
Shaun Sinclair
Shaun Sinclair NONE Shaun Sinclair, a South Carolina native and Army veteran, is a renowned author known for blending crime and erotica in his novels. Leveraging his experience as a law clerk, his wo...
Beats and Blow
Beats and Blow Shaun Sinclair 9781496728685 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. With an exceptional voice that combines the explosive drama of Kiki Swinson and the lyrical writing style of Devo...
Dirty Music
Dirty Music Shaun Sinclair 9781496728654 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. THE CRESCENT CREW SERIES He built an empire from his infamous Dirty South crew’s street riches. He’s an unstoppabl...
King Reece
King Reece Shaun Sinclair 9781496721082 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. They led the Dirty South’s most infamous crew. One became a rap superstar. One ruled the streets. But when the king c...
The Mantle Proudly Publishes Authors From “Shithole Countries”
The Mantle Proudly Publishes Authors From “Shithole Countries” Troy Johnson Article Short stories from Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Botswana, and Malawi: Gambit: Newer African Writing The only ant...
Blood Ties
Blood Ties Shaun Sinclair 9781496721051 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Strong, loving father. Hard-working loyal son. They are the best hit men in the business. But one woman’s revenge wil...
Us Against the World: Our Secrets to Love, Marriage, and Family
Us Against the World: Our Secrets to Love, Marriage, and Family David Mann and Shaun Sanders 9780785220091 Nonfiction Thomas Nelson HarperCollins Christian Publishing David and Tamela Mann share a won...
Street Rap (The Crescent Crew Series)
Street Rap (The Crescent Crew Series) Shaun Sinclair 9781496721020 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. They risked it all for the love of the dough, then wrote chart-topping songs about it. But...
Skin Deep 2: A Gangsterotica Tale
Skin Deep 2: A Gangsterotica Tale Shaun Sinclair 9780997370478 Fiction Pen 2 Pen Publishing Pen 2 Pen Publishing In Skin Deep, twin brothers Menelik and Haile terrorized the streets of New Jerseywith ...
Damaged Goods
Damaged Goods Shaun Sinclair 9781548571160 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC The saying "I love you to death" takes on a whole new meaning in the chilling anthology Damaged Goods. These exh...
Sex Therapy
Sex Therapy Shaun Sinclair 9781536934113 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC In the erotic novel Sex Therapy, we meet Amir Moore a sexy, smooth, charming man who just made the move from Charl...
Skin Deep
Skin Deep Shaun Sinclair 9780997370454 Fiction True 2 Life Publications True 2 Life Publications Makeda Barnes in an aspiring supermodel. Drop-dead gorgeous with a raw attitude, she is clearly the nex...
Thirteen Cents: A Novel (Modern African Writing Series)
Thirteen Cents: A Novel (Modern African Writing Series) K. Sello Duiker 9780821420362 Fiction Ohio University Press Ohio University Press Winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. With an introduc...
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...
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...
Khama
Khama Stanley Gazemba 9780998642345 Fiction The Mantle The Mantle In pre-colonial South Africa, Khama is a young man destined to lead the mighty Amakonko tribe. But first he must contend with a deceiv...
Dear Upright African
Dear Upright African Donald Molosi 9780998642338 Nonfiction The Mantle The Mantle Literary Nonfiction. Post-Colonial Studies. Education. African Studies. "Upright African, we need a revolution in educ...
Forbidden Fruit
Forbidden Fruit Stanley Gazemba 9780998642307 Fiction The Mantle The Mantle Desperate to make ends meet, Ombima commits a “harmless” crime. When he tries to conceal his misdeed, the simple farm labore...
The Sound of Things to Come
The Sound of Things to Come Emmanuel Iduma 9780996577090 Fiction The Mantle The Mantle Fiction. African & African American Studies. A young woman loses her grip on reality, destroyed by being the mist...
We Are All Blue
We Are All Blue Donald Molosi 9780996577045 Fiction The Mantle The Mantle Drama. African & African American Studies. History & Politics. WE ARE ALL BLUE is a collection of two plays—MOTSWANA: AFRICA, ...
Motswana: Africa, Dream Again
Motswana: Africa, Dream Again Donald Molosi 9780996577052 Fiction The Mantle The Mantle Drama. African & African American Studies. History & Politics. MOTSWANA: AFRICA, DREAM AGAIN is the story of Bot...
Blue, Black and White
Blue, Black and White Donald Molosi 9780996577069 Fiction The Mantle The Mantle Drama. African & African American Studies. History & Politics. BLUE, BLACK AND WHITE, the longest running one-man show i...
TURNAROUND PUBLISHER
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John F. Blair, Publisher
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John F. Blair, Publisher
John F. Blair, Publisher John F. Blair, Publisher John F. Blair, Publisher
TURNAROUND PUBLISHER
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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 ...
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...
Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.
Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience. Kevin Young 9780847836697 Nonfiction Rizzoli Electa Rizzoli International Publications Explores the powerful ways in which visual art has long provided its ow...
Butterfly II
Butterfly II Deborah Cardona a.k.a “Sexy” 9780615520346 Fiction Deja Vu Publications Deja Vu Publications The Butterflies are on the loose, and the Madam C.O. Deja Padilla is hot on their trail. Despe...
Double Dippin’
Double Dippin’ Nicole Garrett 9780981860800 Fiction Writers Pen Writers Pen Five lives collide on an explosive, nonstop rollercoaster ride through life-altering territory. A year ago, none of them cou...
Judson Press
Judson Press Judson Press American Baptist Churches USA https://www.judsonpress.com/ Linda M. Peavy - Acting PublisherJudson Press is the publishing arm of American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A.,...
Judson Press
Judson Press American Baptist Churches USA Judson Press https://www.judsonpress.com/ Linda M. Peavy - Acting PublisherJudson Press is the publishing arm of American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A.,...
All-Negro Comics #1 (Reprint)
All-Negro Comics #1 (Reprint) Orrin C. Evans 9781794099869 Fiction Thomas Publications Thomas Publications “…every brush stroke and pen line in the drawings on these pages are by Negro artists.” All-N...
“Would You Stop Buying Books from Amazon.com to Save the Black Book Industry?”
“Would You Stop Buying Books from Amazon.com to Save the Black Book Industry?” Troy Johnson Article Exploring The Feasibility Boycotting Amazon’s Bookstore In the following video, Ruth J. Morrison, ...
Long Train to the Redeeming Sin: Stories about African Women
Long Train to the Redeeming Sin: Stories about African Women Kola Boof 9780971201903 Fiction Door of Kush Door of Kush "In the book of the women…they are dark and light, wide and shapely, thin as reed...
Haki Madhubuti
Haki Madhubuti 0000000114735014 Haki R. Madhubuti, a leading figure in Black literature, is a poet, publisher, editor, and educator. With over 30 published books and 3 million copies in print, he's o...
Q. B. Wells
Q. B. Wells NONE Q.B. Wells, founder of Art Official Media LLC, is a publisher of urban-themed books and media. Wells also writes for various urban literature outlets. An entrepreneur and former educ...
Sheree Renée Thomas
Sheree Renée Thomas 0000000019174343 Sheree R. Thomas is a multi-talented writer, editor, publisher, educator, and visual artist. She co-publishes the literary journal Anansi and founded Wanganegress...
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 ...
Alberto O. Cappas
Alberto O. Cappas NONE Alberto O. Cappas, a Puerto Rican-born poet, writer, and community activist, is known for his work in economic development, literature, and advocacy in New York and Buffalo. He...
Fred Beauford
Fred Beauford NONE Fred Beauford is a prolific novelist, essayist, and editor, known for his eight novels, memoir, essay collections, and contributions to notable literary series. He's also the found...
Gabrielle David
Gabrielle David NONE Gabrielle David is a versatile artist, musician, writer, and publisher at 2Leaf Press. She co-edited “What Does It Mean to be White in America?” and “Hey Yo! Yo Soy!” and authore...
Orrin C. Evans
Orrin C. Evans NONE Orrin Cromwell Evans (1902-1971) was a trailblazing African-American journalist and comic book publisher. He's recognized as the first black general assignment reporter for a main...
Janis F. Kearney
Janis F. Kearney 0000000046272264 Janis F. Kearney is a celebrated author, journalist, and publisher. Known for her role as a personal diarist to President Clinton, Kearney has made significant contr...
Nea
Nea 0000000121527379 Indiana-born Nea, the publisher of Truly Outspoken Publications, combines her 20+ years experience in the tax industry with her passion for writing. Known for her urban romance f...
Ivor W. Hartmann
Ivor W. Hartmann NONE Ivor W. Hartmann is a Zimbabwean writer, editor, and publisher, known for editing the groundbreaking anthology AfroSF: Science Fiction by African Writers. His work has promoted ...
Aimée Felone
Aimée Felone NONE Aimée Felone, Founder and Managing Director of Knights Of, a multi-award-winning inclusive children's publisher, focuses on amplifying underrepresented voices. Her team, primarily w...
The Disilgold Way
The Disilgold Way Kam Williams Book Review "After starting a business proposal that took over 10 years, as long as it took to finally self publish my first book, I knew that I needed to ...
Captain America: The Shield of Sam Wilson
Captain America: The Shield of Sam Wilson Jesse J. Holland 9781803367729 Fiction Titan Books (UK) Titan Publishing Group The Last Stand of the Black Captain America asks a compelling question: the new...
New and Collected Hell: A Poem
New and Collected Hell: A Poem Shane McCrae 9780374615499 Poetry Farrar, Straus and Giroux Macmillan Publishers Shane McCrae, “peer to the peerless” (New York Journal of Books), takes up and turns on ...
Untethered
Untethered Angela Jackson-Brown 9781400241132 Fiction Harper Muse HarperCollins Sometimes family is found in the most unlikely of places… In the small college town of Troy, Alabama, amidst the back...
Pieces of a Man
Pieces of a Man Jamel Shabazz 9780692631850 Nonfiction Artvoices Art Books Artvoices “Like his photographic influences—James Van Der Zee, Gordon Parks, and Leonard Freed, among others—Shabazz shares t...
Because of You, John Lewis
Because of You, John Lewis Andrea Davis Pinkney 9781338759082 Nonfiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. An inspiring story of a friendship between Congressman John Lewis and 10-year-old activist Tyb...
The Next Batman: Second Son
The Next Batman: Second Son John Ridley 9781779513601 Fiction DC Comics DC Comics Discover the origin of the new Dark Knight, Tim "Jace" Fox! The estranged son of billionaire Lucius Fox has ...
The Education of Nevada Duncan
The Education of Nevada Duncan Carl Weber and C. N. Phillips 9781645562160 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. Ride along with Carl Weber and C. N. Phillips for this fresh, enthralling spi...
Cry of Metal & Bone: Earthsinger Chronicles, Book 3
Cry of Metal & Bone: Earthsinger Chronicles, Book 3 L. Penelope 9781250148117 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers L. Penelope’s stunning epic fantasy Earthsinger Chronicles continues wit...
On the Corner of Hope and Main: A Blessings Novel
On the Corner of Hope and Main: A Blessings Novel Beverly Jenkins 9780062952202 Fiction William Morrow HarperCollins NAACP nominee and USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins celebrates her belov...
Whispers of Shadow & Flame: Earthsinger Chronicles, Book Two
Whispers of Shadow & Flame: Earthsinger Chronicles, Book Two L. Penelope 9781250148094 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers The Mantle that separates the kingdoms of Elsira and Lagrimar i...
Superheroes Are Everywhere
Superheroes Are Everywhere Kamala Harris 9781984837493 Nonfiction Philomel Books Penguin Random House From Senator Kamala Harris comes a picture book with an empowering message: Superheroes are all ar...
Rise of the Black Panther
Rise of the Black Panther Ta-Nehisi Coates 9781302908843 Fiction Marvel Marvel Comics Witness the early years of the man who will come to rule one of the most scientifically advanced countries in the ...
Song of Blood & Stone: Earthsinger Chronicles, Book One
Song of Blood & Stone: Earthsinger Chronicles, Book One L. Penelope 9781250148070 Fiction St. Martin’s Press Macmillan Publishers "Wonderful characters, unique setting, and an engaging romance set aga...
The First Genesis
The First Genesis Kipjo K. Ewers 9781980641520 Fiction EVO Universe EVO Universe Almost two years since the Uprising, the world has drastically changed. Sophia has taken up the mantle of the world’s c...
If God Invented Baseball: Poems
If God Invented Baseball: Poems E. Ethelbert Miller 9781947951006 Poetry City Point Press City Point Press Here are poems that celebrate and interpret the game by one of America’s finest poets. They a...
Defeating Isis: Who They Are, How They Fight, What They Believe
Defeating Isis: Who They Are, How They Fight, What They Believe Malcolm Nance 9781510729735 Nonfiction Skyhorse Publishing Skyhorse Publishing A New York Times bestseller! This reference shows how ...
Eye of Ra
Eye of Ra Kipjo K. Ewers 9781533455130 Fiction EVO Universe EVO Universe Before The First, there was the Eye of Ra. Laurence Danjuma was a young man on the straight and narrow with hopes and dreams of...
The First EVO: UPRISING
The First EVO: UPRISING Kipjo K. Ewers 9781511776868 Fiction EVO Universe EVO Universe In EVO UPRISING, the long anticipated sequel to The First, Kipjo Ewers brings you deeper into the new world of th...
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, And Black Women In America
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, And Black Women In America Melissa V. Harris-Perry 9780300165418 Nonfiction Yale University Press Yale University Press Jezebel’s sexual lasciviousness, Mammy’s dev...
The Other Brother
The Other Brother Brandon Massey 9780758210715 Fiction Kensington Kensington Publishing Corp. The award-winning author of Dark Corner, Thunderland, and Within the Shadows, Brandon Massey delivers a ch...
Mindscape
Mindscape Andrea Hairston 9781933500034 Fiction AuthorHouse Author Solutions Nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award and short-listed for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award, Mindscape takes us to a future in...
Hoodlum: A Novel
Hoodlum: A Novel K’wan 9780312333089 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers He set out to be the good son, but the streets had a different plan.Born to one of the city’s most notorious crim...
My Spiritual Inheritance: Walking in your destiny
My Spiritual Inheritance: Walking in your destiny Juanita Bynum 9781591854128 Nonfiction Charisma House Charisma Media Inherit the spiritual blessing that God has for you. You can experience salv...
Sacred Woman: A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind, and Spirit
Sacred Woman: A Guide to Healing the Feminine Body, Mind, and Spirit Queen Afua 9780345434869 Nonfiction One World Penguin Random House For two decades, hundreds of thousands of women have turned to S...
Regena Bryant
Regena Bryant NONE Author Regena Bryant honored a pact with her nephew, resulting in three contemporary women's fiction novels with romantic elements. Her works explore the complexity of love in mode...
Malou Beauvoir
Malou Beauvoir NONE “The spirits that carried us across oceans still walk beside us today — and it’s time our children knew their names.” Malou Beauvoir is a Haitian-American, award-winning singe...
The Audacity of Hope
The Audacity of Hope Kam Williams Book Review ’There’s a school of thought that sees the Founding Fathers only as hypocrites and the Constitution only as a betrayal of the grand ideal...
Black Sparrow
Black Sparrow David R. Godine, Publisher David R. Godine, Inc.
David R. Godine
David R. Godine David R. Godine, Publisher David R. Godine, Inc.
Aurora Metro Books
Aurora Metro Books Aurora Metro Publications Aurora Metro Publications Ltd. Aurora Metro Publications is a leading independent publisher in London, run by owner-publisher Cheryl Robson. Established f...
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Civitas Book Publisher
Civitas Book Publisher Hachette Book Group Lagardère Group
Paw Prints Publishing
Paw Prints Publishing Baker & Taylor Publisher Services Baker & Taylor
Supernova Books
Supernova Books Aurora Metro Publications Aurora Metro Publications Ltd. Aurora Metro Publications is a leading independent publisher in London, run by owner-publisher Cheryl Robson. Established for ...
Aurora Metro Publications
Aurora Metro Publications Aurora Metro Publications Ltd. Aurora Metro Books Supernova Books Aurora Metro Publications is a leading independent publisher in London, run by owner-publisher Cheryl Robso...
Baker & Taylor Publisher Services
Baker & Taylor Publisher Services Baker & Taylor Paw Prints Publishing
David R. Godine, Publisher
David R. Godine, Publisher David R. Godine, Inc. Black Sparrow David R. Godine
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Kensington
Kensington Kensington Publishing Corp. Kensington Publishing Corp. Kensington Publishing Corp. is the last remaining independent U.S. publisher of hardcover, trade and mass market paperback books...
Kensington - Teen
Kensington - Teen Kensington Publishing Corp. Kensington Publishing Corp. Kensington Publishing Corp. is the last remaining independent U.S. publisher of hardcover, trade and mass market paperba...
Erewhon Books
Erewhon Books Kensington Publishing Corp. Kensington Publishing Corp. Kensington Publishing Corp. is the last remaining independent U.S. publisher of hardcover, trade and mass market paperback b...
Kensington Cozies
Kensington Cozies Kensington Publishing Corp. Kensington Publishing Corp. Kensington Publishing Corp. is the last remaining independent U.S. publisher of hardcover, trade and mass market paperba...