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Someone on Twitter suggested: Now this person actually has a point, because Nicole's books Here Comes the Sun is indeed critically acclaimed. But the acclaim is not from any of the entities that I currently track. My goal is to track all of the awards presented by Black entities, but compiling the data is virtually impossible. Try asking the NAACP for a list of their past Image Award winners--I maintain a better list than they do. At any rate, Nicole's book was named a Best Book of 2016 by: New York Times, NPR, Buzzfeed, San Francisco Chronicle, The Root, BookRiot, Kirkus, Amazon, WBUR's "On Point," and Barnes & Noble As you might image, I have ZERO interest in tracking what the NY Times and the others find noteworthy. They are largely echo chambers praising many of the same books (think Undeground Railroad or Between the World and Me). I will look into what The Root are doing but that is about it. I did notice however that Nicole won a Lambda Literary Award, if I add those books to the mix, she would make the cut "so to speak." I also need to add a Christian book awards. Does anyone know of such an award--particularly by Black entity? I already have plans to add the Black winners of Hugo Awards and others. The list will improve as I incorporate additional sources. The list recognize books traditionally overlooked by the likes of the New York Times, but are just as deserving of recognition and readership.

TROY, WHEN I CAME ON THE SCENE IN 2003, YOU WERE THE FIRST PERSON IN THE BOOK INDUSTRY THAT I MET: YOU CAME TO MY FIRST POETRY READING IN HARLEM. I'VE BEEN VERY LOYAL TO YOU AND OFTEN PROMOTE MY AALBC LINKS I POST: AALBC.COM IS THE ONLY LITERARY SITE I POST ON! SO KNOW THAT WHEN I POST, IT'S ALWAYS A GHETTOHEAT EXCLUSIVE,& ON AALBC.COM ! :0) AS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA, I'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH BUILDING A FOLLOWING ON THE MAJOR NETWORKS. I JUST BEGAN SELLING ON FACEBOOK THROUGH MY PAGES WITH PAYPAL, BUT I DO DIRECT SALES ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH PEOPLE WHO PLACE ORDERS BY SENDING ME DIRECT MESSAGES. :0) I FULLY ENGAGE WITH MY AUDIENCE DAILY, AND THEY SUPPORT ME. AS FOR THE BOOKSTORES: AS MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE TO DO BUSINESS WITH REPUTABLE PEOPLE, IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE AS MANY DON'T EXIST...& THE FEW WHO ARE REPUTABLE, HAVE, OR ARE GOING UNDER, REASON FOR ME DOING DIRECT SALES.... *SHRUGS* I ALSO FEEL THE INDUSTRY BEGAN BEING TROUBLED WHEN OTHER AUTHORS AND PUBLISHED BEGAN DEVALUING THEIR BOOKS BY SLASHING PRICES DRASTICALLY: INCLUDING OFFERING THOUSANDS OF FREE DOWNLOADS AND SELLING BOOKS AT 99 CENTS. AGAIN, I'M NOT HERE TO KNOCK ANYBODY OR THEIR BUSINESS TACTICS, ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT GHETTOHEAT HAS BEEN SELLING BOOKS AT REAL INDUSTRY STANDARDS SINCE ITS CREATION IN 2003: & NOTHING HAS CHANGED--MY PRICES HAVEN'T AND WON'T.... I DON'T DO ALL THAT I DO ON A DAILY BASIS: WORKING 18 HOURS A DAY EVERY DAY, TO DEVALUE MYSELF, MY CLIENTS OR MY GOODS. SO I'LL CONTINUE AT WHAT I'M DOING, AND STAY TUNNEL VISION AS ALWAYS IN THE PROCESS. TROY, I'M GOING TO CONTACT YOU SOON BEHIND THE SCENES. HAVE A BLESSED DAY! #GHETTOHEATSALUTE