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    1. Things we can do to better support and patronize indie authors and booksellers

      • 204 posts
    2. Amazon poses a threat to independent booksellers and they are not going away anytime soon.  As Amazon continue to gain near monopolistic power we must devise ways to continue to thrive.  Here we share articles to help understand what Amazon is doing and how we can adapt.

      • 107 posts
    3. Patronizing these booksellers help support the authors you enjoy, or have yet to discover, and the publishers who produce their work.

      • 62 posts
    4. Images and other ways you can help promote the #readingblack movement.  You are encourage to create and share ideas of your own.

      • 39 posts
    5. Please share articles related to bookselling or #readingblack.

      • 50 posts
    6. This is where we announce the books on our reading list and provide related information about the books and our club.

      • 46 posts
    7. Participation is easy. Discussions are held on the book’s description page, where it says “Join the discussion…” (see image below).  Feel free to join us anytime; discussions are not limited to the month the book was selected and anyone may join the conversation.  Our online book club was started in 1998.
       

      https://aalbc.com/books/bookinfo.php?isbn13=9781538732182#comment

      • 5 posts
    8. 1) Survival Math by Mitchell Jackson 

      2) The Deep by Rivers Solomon 

      3) Random Thoughts by D. Henderson  

      4) The Polished Hoe by Austin Clark 

      5) The Undergraduates by Steven Snell  

      6)  After the Benediction by Sherabim Joy

      7) The Deal Breaker by Olivia Gaines 

      😎 I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World... by Austin Channing Brown

    9. This area is for specific questions/answers or topics involving the projects. All members of the group can see the content here.

      • 27 posts
    10. Please share what you are doing to enhance your creative writing skills!

      • 5 posts

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