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Three Famous Authors Describe a Few of Their Favorite Bookstores
Three Famous Authors Describe a Few of Their Favorite Bookstores Book Spotlights
Why Black Owned Websites Fail
Why Black Owned Websites Fail Troy Johnson Article A few days ago a friend came across an article in, WhereItzAt Magazine. In the magazine was an article, “In defense of Black Bookstores,” addressed ...
Top Ten Reasons Why African American Bookstores Are Closing
Top Ten Reasons Why African American Bookstores Are Closing Gwen Richardson Article Editor’s Note: On March 25, 2012 we published our new bookstore database. At the same time we also publ...
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore
Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore Char Adams 9780593474235 Nonfiction Tiny Reparations Books Penguin Random House Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore is...
Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores
Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores Katie Mitchell 9780593581346 Nonfiction Clarkson Potter Penguin Random House A stunning visual homage to Black bookstores around the country alon...
Favorite 50 African American Authors and Favorite 100 Titles of the 20th Century
Favorite 50 African American Authors and Favorite 100 Titles of the 20th Century Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com’s Favorite 50 African American Authorsand Favorite 100 Titles...
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...
Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted—Should We Care?
Marcus Books of San Francisco Evicted—Should We Care? Troy Johnson Article Back in the the summer of 2013, I joined the fight to help save Marcus Books. My motivation was not solely limited to savin...
Only 54 Black Owned Bookstores Remain in America
Only 54 Black Owned Bookstores Remain in America Troy Johnson Article This is a follow up to an article, “Death of the Black Owned, Independent, Book...
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...
People in Black History: Famous African Americans
People in Black History: Famous African Americans Kingsley H. Smith B005FTXREW Nonfiction Kindle Direct Publishing Amazon Digital Services, Inc. Are you searching for facts and information about the l...
Watch Ya’ Mouth!: The Black Culture Card Game
Watch Ya’ Mouth!: The Black Culture Card Game jarrett hill and Tre’vell Anderson 9798217033799 Nonfiction Clarkson Potter Penguin Random House Historically Black Phrases Presents; 280 Questions & ...
Roxane Gay & Edan Lepucki on Their Favorite Bookstores
Roxane Gay & Edan Lepucki on Their Favorite Bookstores Book Spotlights
Death of the Black Owned, Independent, Bookstore
Death of the Black Owned, Independent, Bookstore Troy Johnson Article Editor's Note: We published an update of our bookstores in March of 2014. One of the very first things I put on AA...
100 Bestselling Authors, New Books, and More: October 2016 eNewsletter
100 Bestselling Authors, New Books, and More: October 2016 eNewsletter Troy Johnson Article Our Top 100, All-time, Bestselling Authors We are excited to present our regularly updated list of our top...
Nicole, Tiphanie, and Glory's Favorite Bookstores
Nicole, Tiphanie, and Glory's Favorite Bookstores Book Spotlights
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...
Plan It!: The Complete Resource Guide for Authors, Book Clubs & Literary Event Planners
Plan It!: The Complete Resource Guide for Authors, Book Clubs & Literary Event Planners Sharon Lucas 9781625179661 Nonfiction Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books Read a Free Preview of the “The Perf...
Still Rising: Famous Black Quotations for the Twenty-First Century
Still Rising: Famous Black Quotations for the Twenty-First Century Janet Cheatham Bell 9781572843202 Nonfiction Agate Bolden Agate Publishing, Inc An inspiring collection of pithy, easy-to-recall one-...
Top 50 Authors, Bestselling Books, and More
Top 50 Authors, Bestselling Books, and More Troy Johnson Article 50 Favorite African-American Authors of the 20th Century 1,826 readers cast votes, back in 2001, for their favorite African-Ameri...
Jelly Roll: A Blues
Jelly Roll: A Blues Rondall Brasher Book Review Please allow me to set off the mood of this review by quoting one of my favorite Blues songs: I’ve been downhearted baby Ever since th...
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...
Christine Pauls
Christine Pauls NONE Christine Pauls, from Wilmington, DE, is an accomplished author of novels including her latest release “One Good Thing” (2017). Besides being a writer, she's an accountant in the...
Albert B. Cleage, Jr.
Albert B. Cleage, Jr. MULTIPLE Albert B. Cleage Jr., also known as Jaramogi Abebe Agyeman, was a Black nationalist Christian minister, author, and political organizer. He founded the Shrine of the Bl...
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...
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...
Reaching the Mountaintop of the Academy: Personal Narratives, Advice and Strategies From Black Distinguished and Endowed Professors (Contemporary Perspectives on Access, Equity, and Achievement)
Reaching the Mountaintop of the Academy: Personal Narratives, Advice and Strategies From Black Distinguished and Endowed Professors (Contemporary Perspectives on Access, Equity, and Achievement) Gail ...
How Google Uses Their Search Engine to Hijack Traffic from Web-based Bookstores
How Google Uses Their Search Engine to Hijack Traffic from Web-based Bookstores Book Spotlights
Présence Africaine
Présence Africaine Présence Africaine Editions Présence Africaine Editions http://www.presenceafricaine.com
Présence Africaine Editions
Présence Africaine Editions Présence Africaine Editions Présence Africaine http://www.presenceafricaine.com
Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story
Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story Willard Jenkins 9781478019039 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books Despite the fact that most of jazz’s major ...
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...
Hannah Oliver Depp Describes Loyalty Bookstores
Hannah Oliver Depp Describes Loyalty Bookstores Book Spotlights
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 ...
Only 54 Black Owned Indie Bookstores Left in America
Only 54 Black Owned Indie Bookstores Left in America Book Spotlights
The Importance of Independent Black Owned Bookstores
The Importance of Independent Black Owned Bookstores Book Spotlights
Seina Wedlick
Seina Wedlick NONE Seina Wedlick is an avid reader and writer, often found exploring or at the beach with her family. She loves pairing books with snacks, visiting bookstores, and collecting postcard...
Black-Owned Bookstores Directory
The most comprehensive global directory of Black-owned physical and online bookstores. Find local independent Black booksellers.
Word of Life Christian Bookstores
Word of Life Christian Bookstores Los Angeles CA Word of Life Christian Bookstore was started in 1961, by Joe & Evelyn Curtiss. Today, Word of Life is a leading Christian Retailer in the Los Angeles c...
Stacey Lyn Evans
Stacey Lyn Evans NONE Stacey Lyn Evans, a renowned author and poet, has written for stage and TV, and performed her poetry nationwide. Her book REAL SOUL FOOD has made its way into major bookstores a...
Robin DiAngelo
Robin DiAngelo 0000000043595922 DiAngelo Actively Supports Black-Owned Bookstores Robin DiAngelo, PhD, is a seasoned academic, author, and lecturer specializing in racial and social justice. She has o...
Char Adams
Char Adams NONE Char Adams is a reporter for NBC News' BLK, specializing in race, gender, and class issues. She has covered a wide range of topics, with her work featured in major publications includ...
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...
The End of Race Politics
The End of Race Politics Coleman Hughes Excerpt Chapter 1Race, Anti-racism, and Neoracism For most of my life, I saw my mother as neither black nor white. Her Puerto Rican father was darker-skinned ...
The Seaside Café
The Seaside Café Rochelle Alers 9781496721860 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Set on breathtaking Coates Island, off the coast of North Carolina, bestselling author Rochelle Alers’ new seri...
Sinners & Saints
Sinners & Saints ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray 9781451608151 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. TEAM JASMINE or TEAM RACHEL? Bestselling and award-winning novelists ...
Dudley Randall
Dudley Randall 0000000114554651 Dudley Randall (1914-2000), a prominent Detroit poet and publisher, began his career at 13 with his first publication. He founded Broadside Press in 1965, promoting Af...
Carl Weber Presents: Full Figured 6
Carl Weber Presents: Full Figured 6 Electa Rome Parks and Eric Pete 9781601623812 Nonfiction Urban Renaissance Urban Renaissance Urban Books superstars Electa Rome Parks and Eric Pete entertain reade...
Meet Me at the Theresa: The Story of Harlem’s Most Famous Hotel
Meet Me at the Theresa: The Story of Harlem’s Most Famous Hotel Sondra Kathryn Wilson 9781451646160 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. A “brassy yet deeply respectful book” (Publishers Week...
The Class of ’79: Three Students Who Risked Their Lives to Destroy Apartheid
The Class of ’79: Three Students Who Risked Their Lives to Destroy Apartheid Janice Warman 9781431410866 Fiction Jacana Media Jacana Media Out of the class of 1979 at Rhodes University one of the quie...
OneHourWiz: Public Speaking - The Legendary, World Famous Method for Anyone to Master the Art of Public Speaking
OneHourWiz: Public Speaking - The Legendary, World Famous Method for Anyone to Master the Art of Public Speaking R. Sporty King 9781587621093 Nonfiction Aspatore Books Aspatore Books OneHourWiz: Pub...
What I’d Say: On Writing “Frankie Five Hundred”
What I’d Say: On Writing “Frankie Five Hundred” Michael A. Gonzales Article Recently my short story “Frankie Five Hundred” was published on the literary website Evergreen Review. Founded ...
Uncle Tom: A Oral History of the American Black Conservative
Uncle Tom: A Oral History of the American Black Conservative Troy Johnson https://aalbc.com/reviews/images/Uncle-tom-movie-poster.jpg Film Review Rating: NR Genre: Documentary Directed By: Just...
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...
Bibliophile: Diverse Spines
Bibliophile: Diverse Spines Jamise Harper and Jane Mount 9781797211916 Nonfiction Chronicle Books Chronicle Books It’s time to diversify your reading list. This richly illustrated and vastly inclusiv...
Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story
Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black Music Writers Tell Their Story Robert Fleming Book Review Jazz is dead! If you believe that mess, you must not listen to radio or read any of the mainstream media. Howeve...
Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay 0000000434301581 Roxane Gay, renowned writer and editor, has contributed to numerous publications and anthologies. She's co-editor of PANK, essays editor for The Rumpus, and teaches writin...
The ESSENCE Brand—Where Black Women Come First—NOT!
The ESSENCE Brand—Where Black Women Come First—NOT! Troy Johnson Article A few weeks ago, I visited Essence Magazine’s website to learn which Black owned bookstore they were going to use as the books...
The Favorite Son
The Favorite Son Tiffany L. Warren 9781617731983 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Do family, faith—and fame—go together? In this captivating novel from award-winning author Tiffany L. Warre...
Ibi Zoboi, Tracey Baptiste, Coe Booth, Dhonielle Clayton, Brandy Colbert, Jay Coles, Lamar Giles, Leah Henderson, Justina Ireland, Varian Johnson, Kekla Magoon, Jason Reynolds, Nic Stone, Renée Watson, Rita Williams-Garcia, and others
Ibi Zoboi, Tracey Baptiste, Coe Booth, Dhonielle Clayton, Brandy Colbert, Jay Coles, Lamar Giles, Leah Henderson, Justina Ireland, Varian Johnson, Kekla Magoon, Jason Reynolds, Nic Stone, Renée Watso...
What Keeps Me Standing: Letters from Black Grandmothers on Peace, Hope and Inspiration
What Keeps Me Standing: Letters from Black Grandmothers on Peace, Hope and Inspiration Dennis Kimbro 9780767912389 Nonfiction Broadway Books Penguin Random House In his previous bestsellers, Think and...
Kayla Perrin
Kayla Perrin NONE Kayla Perrin, a USA TODAY and Essence bestselling author, is known for her mainstream and romance novels. Her first novel, Again, My Love, made it on Ingram's Top 50 Most Requested ...
The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation
The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation Anna Malaika Tubbs 9781250756138 Nonfiction Flatiron Books Macmillan Publishers From Gates S...
Fall Into Fiction
Fall Into Fiction Waterfront Hotel Emeryville California UCAAB was created as a way for African-American book clubs in California to network, support, and promote our reading groups, black-owned indep...
Rosheena Beek
Rosheena Beek NONE Rosheena Beek (1969-2019) was a successful author and bookstore owner known for her best-selling book, “I Find It So Hard.” Her works, including the popular second edition “Mommy S...
John Oliver Killens: A Life of Black Literary Activism
John Oliver Killens: A Life of Black Literary Activism Thumper Book Review I was looking forward to reading Keith Gilyard’s biography, John Oliver Killens: A Life of Black Literary Activism. J...
Billionaire Baby: How To Make Your Child Rich and Famous
Billionaire Baby: How To Make Your Child Rich and Famous Emory Drake 9780976852001 Nonfiction Vaushton Publishing Vaushton Publishing Every parent of a famous child knows this one fact: superstar kids...
Black Silk
Black Silk Thumper Book Review Black Silk: A Collection of African American Erotica is an anthology that cheers the sexual, sensual side of African-Americans in literature told through short stories ...
Bklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors
Bklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors Troy Johnson Article Brooklyn Festival Showcases Emerging Authors by Leah Mullen Perhaps the most overlooked and under acknowledged heroines and heroes...
Las Mamis: Favorite Latino Authors Remember Their Mothers
Las Mamis: Favorite Latino Authors Remember Their Mothers Esmeralda Santiago and Joie Davidow 9780375726873 Nonfiction Vintage Penguin Random House A marvelous new anthology from the editors of Las C...
Greene Response to “Their Eyes Were Reading Smut”
Greene Response to “Their Eyes Were Reading Smut” Brenda M. Greene Article Brenda M. Greene, Ph.D.,Professor of English Medgar Evers College, CUNY The Op-Ed Page 229 We...
What Brothers Think, What Sistahs Know About Sex: The Real Deal On Passion, Loving, And Intimacy
What Brothers Think, What Sistahs Know About Sex: The Real Deal On Passion, Loving, And Intimacy Denene Millner and Nick Chiles 9780688171070 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Sex fascinates us. Scares...
Baggage Check
Baggage Check Curtis Bunn 9781886433472 Fiction Upstream Publications Upstream Publications Baggage Check “An entertaining novel about three men on a journey to find the right woman,” says Ebony Magaz...
The 16th Minute of Fame: An Insider’s Guide for Maintaining Success Beyond 15 Minutes of Fame
The 16th Minute of Fame: An Insider’s Guide for Maintaining Success Beyond 15 Minutes of Fame Darrell Miller 9781939447753 Nonfiction Dunham Books Dunham Group Inc In the future, everyone will be worl...
The Three Mothers (Hardcover)
The Three Mothers (Hardcover) Anna Malaika Tubbs 9781250756121 Nonfiction Flatiron Books Macmillan Publishers Much has been written about Berdis Baldwin’s son James, about Alberta King’s son Martin Lu...
Analeigh Sbrana
Analeigh Sbrana NONE Analeigh Sbrana is a writer and visual artist. She lives in California with her husband, daughter, and a chonky kitty named Rey. Her favorite things to do include wandering thro...
Krystal Marquis
Krystal Marquis NONE Krystal Marquis, a biology graduate and environmental manager, is a lifelong reader turned author. She began writing after accepting a NaNoWriMo Challenge, which led to her first...
Lynn Gaines
Lynn Gaines NONE Ohio-based artist, Lynn Gaines, works for American Greetings and enjoys creating children's book illustrations. She utilizes both traditional and digital mediums, drawing inspiration...
Black Is a Rainbow Color
Black Is a Rainbow Color Angela Joy 9781626726314 Fiction Roaring Brook Press Macmillan Publishers A child reflects on the meaning of being Black in this moving and powerful anthem about a people, a c...
Don’t Blame It on Rio
Don’t Blame It on Rio Kam Williams Book Review ’Black women were once at the center of black men’s lives, as wives, mothers, lovers and partners’ However, in this generation, b...
Carl Weber
Carl Weber 0000000111497479 Carl Weber, born in 1964, is a New York Times bestselling author and renowned African American author with over 20 novels. He's also the CEO of Urban Books LLC, one of the...
Adventures of the Rich and Famous
Adventures of the Rich and Famous Vanessa Vanzie Book Review 𝒯he right friends can motivate you best when it matters the most, just like the young trio in Tae Edmonds’ book, Adventures of ...
Ignited by Passion: Stone Cold SurrenderRiding the Storm (The Westmorelands)
Ignited by Passion: Stone Cold SurrenderRiding the Storm (The Westmorelands) Brenda Jackson 9780373534388 Fiction Harlequin Kimani Harlequin Enterprises Limited Two classic Westmoreland novels from Ne...
Lyric’s Favorite Season
Lyric’s Favorite Season Kelly Starling Lyons 9780593323922 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House A little girl sings the praises of all four seasons in a playful picture book that celebrate...
Make Do with What You Have: 100 Delicious New Recipes from Favorite Old-School Meals
Make Do with What You Have: 100 Delicious New Recipes from Favorite Old-School Meals Kardea Brown 9780063425576 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins The New York Times bestselling author of The Way Home r...
Malola’s Museum Adventures: Career Day
Malola’s Museum Adventures: Career Day Joelle Avelino 9781849768139 Fiction Tate Publishing Tate Publishing & Enterprises, LLC When Malola is tasked with sharing with her class what she wants to be wh...
Carla Hall’s Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration
Carla Hall’s Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration Carla Hall 9780062669834 Nonfiction Harper Wave HarperCollins Beloved TV chef (ABC’s Emmy Award-winning The Chew and fan favorite on Bravo’s Top Chef),...
Favorite Bible Stories
Favorite Bible Stories Fred Crump Jr. 9780940955752 Fiction UMI Urban Ministries, Inc. Favorite Bible Stories offers children of all ages a greater understanding of God’s word. Fred Crump, Jr’s distin...
Robo’s Favorite Places (Afro-Bets Kids)
Robo’s Favorite Places (Afro-Bets Kids) Wade Hudson 9780940975859 Fiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. When Robo is asked to name his favorite place, he can’t decide. There is school, where he le...
My Favorite Toy
My Favorite Toy Carole Boston Weatherford 9780863162152 Fiction Writers and Readers Publishing Writers & Readers Publishing This book celebrates children’s fascination with household items. With joyfu...
Cinque Brown
Cinque Brown NONE Cinque Brown, a Harlem native, is a full-time philosopher with a passion for questioning life. He's an avid learner with a focus on science and technology, and enjoys social comment...
Words of Wonder from Z to a
Words of Wonder from Z to a Zaila Avant-Garde 9780593568934 Fiction Doubleday Books Penguin Random House An inspiring picture book from Scripps National Spelling Bee champ Zaila Avant-garde, filled wi...
Nile River Woman: The Very First Poems
Nile River Woman: The Very First Poems Kola Boof 9780971201965 Poetry Door of Kush Door of Kush Released for the first time in the United States, "Nile River Woman" (a 2004 Black History Month Selecti...
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...
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...
The Bullied, The Bully, and the Bystander
The Bullied, The Bully, and the Bystander Michelle Sumrall and Aleisha Sumrall 9798988671213 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published Family members, neighbors, and strangers alike refe...
My Rock (Caregivers) (Volume 1)
My Rock (Caregivers) (Volume 1) Pat Simmons 9781983552953 Fiction Generations Quest Press OverDrive, Inc. Three sisters living in three different cities (Baltimore, St. Louis, and Nashville) make a pa...
Symphony of Secrets
Symphony of Secrets Brendan Slocumb 9780593315446 Fiction Anchor Books Penguin Random House From the celebrated author of book club favorite The Violin Conspiracy: A gripping page-turner about a profe...
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...