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AALBC.com is curently testing a service where I provide online markting services to authors. The idea is that AALBC.com would work with authors and publishers to help them market and promote ther books on the web. This would of course include promotion on AALBC.com's platform, but it would also include the use of social media, Amazon, Google adsense, and other Black owned websites. This service is an attempt to evaluate and maximize the effectiveness of various online options to give the client the best bang for the buck on the web. @CDBurns, this is the answer to the question you posed several months ago on the Bloggers helping Bloggers forum on what service I can provide, beyond the 30 day and out type of banner ad placing.

AALBC.com is continuing to expand. We are just a few months away from providing book printing services. I'm excited about this because this is one of the final pieces needed to becoming a full service publisher. The other great thing is that I'm working with an established Black owned printer who is producing a quality products at competitive prices. I'm setting up the website now (which is slowing up the AALBC.com upgrade, but it is worth the effort). I also plan on publishing great books that agents can't find publishers for, I'm about a year away from this, but there's some great potential here that I can't wait to begin working on.

That is so exciting, Troy. Wonderful. What a service you're providing!

Okay, let me know and I will be the guinea pig. I have to figure out a way to begin selling books. Every day I help someone start something I realize that what I've written is really good, I just don't have any celebrity attached to my name so my reach is very limited. With as many people who want to start a business, there isn't any reason I'm not selling a thousand of each book in my business series. Something has to work. I'm ready.

“When brothers say, ‘Let me be the man,’ he’s exposing that he isn’t one.” Thanks VL, I'll have to use this one.

I think what both sexes appreciate and look for in a partner is somebody who has their back. Being good at offering moral support during a bump in the road is a trait that doesn't discriminate when it comes to strong or vulnerable people. Anybody can be sympathetic and loyal to someone they care about. The ego can be a man's downfall. It can be over-inflated to the point where it exposes his inadequacies as opposed to displaying his capabilities. it is also a perfect target for a manipulative woman who is good at playing dumb

I'm still months away from pricing, but I'm thinking the pricing would be a function of budget and goals of the individual clients. Lets talk. I'll follow up after the holiday.

I'm interested! Where can I read more and is the billing monthly, etc?

Hidden Colors 3 is out now: It is so odd that I just learned today (July 29, 2014) that the producer and director of this film Tariq Nasheed is also a NY Times Best selling author. I first learned about the first Hidden Colors documentary film in a Black owned independent bookstore in Virgina, Positive Vibes. I asked the Brother who was showing me around the store. What was the best selling thing they had. He showed me the Hidden Colors DVD; which I purchased. The DVD had been out for over a year (I posted information above at that time). I can't help but think that 10 years ago I would not have missed, the fact this Brother had a NY Times bestselling book or even the popularity of the Hidden Colors documentary. Despite our so called interconnectedness with social media, there really has been a great reduction in the amount of useful information being propagated online over years. I just noticed Tariq was discussed on our discussion forums back in 2008. I was not part of that conversation. I also see that Emmanuel said he was reading Tariq's bestseller, back in 2004. So I guess there was opportunities for me to learn about Tariq's work here on my own website.