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I actually have not done anything with the homepage since I ripped out the slider. When I load different videos on each page load I actually use my adserver to do this (just as if I have banner ads in rotation). I would not write a script from scratch to do this, but find something online and modify it if necessary. If I were using wordpress, I would just search for a plugin to do it. The traction on my subscription request dropped to zero today. I'm going to start a newsletter which I can hopefully email tomorrow and make an appeal for subscribers in it. That should help over the next week or so. Thanks for add the Ta-Nehisi video to your website.

Hi Guest, you can start by posting information about your book, right here, on this forum.

Sister Souljah has a new (relatively new) book out, A Moment of Silence. Has any one read this one, or even heard about it? I get a bunch of books from Simon & Schuster, but I didn't even know this book was out until last week--which is surprising given the relative celebrity of the authors and the popularity of her first book, The Coldest Winter Ever.

"All Fridays Matter" It seems like the corporate driven frenzy to start spending for Christmas starts before we can get through with Halloween. It is crazy the whole purpose of Chirstmas being a religious holiday has been completely obscured by "the suits." Today Amazon sent me two emails before 5:00 a.m. to remind me of the deals available for Cyber Monday--It is still November!. Since I pretty much have everything I need right now and I don't have any "mad money," Cyber Monday is pretty much a non-event for me. As a book seller, it definitely makes no difference as books are discounted all year round, and there is no really no urgency for people to buy books today--even as Christmas gifts. As a retailer, one reason I have to join the Cyber Monday fray is to get in front of consumers before they spend all their money with someone else. I'm concerned about selling books all year round, so I focus on that, rather than the seasonal spikes around Christmas, Black History month, etc. That said, this might be an interesting book for those of you with more than a passing interest in African American Literature.

I still have to migrate most of the content for all of these authors, but it will give you a sense of the scope of the project. This is about a 90% increase in the number of authors profiled on the current website. Check out the list of profiled authors on our development website: ...and I'm just getting started

Man just use my graphic. This is the formation of the http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?gl=CA&hl=en&add_user=aalbc (just replace your channel name on the end) All the user has to do is confirm. This URL would not post on Facebook so I shortened it to http://aalbc.it/authorvids As of a few moments ago it was clicked 63 times and I have 46 new subscribers. I'll share it again tomorrow. I still need 343 new subscribers (assuming I don't lose any).

For y'all not from the New York City area "BX" means The Bronx, New York. @Street Line Video these look pretty interesting. In the flick below one of the characters is names "Troy" At any rate, I subscribed to your channel. Please subscribe to the channels here too. Right now there are only two listed.: I'll check out the movies on a regular TV later. How long did they take to make?

Yep that is all it takes Cynique. I setup up the URL so that it actually subscribes you--all you have to do is confirm. I got 35 subscribers so far. I guess that is not too bad for a lazy sunday afternoon. I'm going to request the same via my eNewsletter and will be disappointed if I don't get the remaining 300 or so before the end of the year

Thanks man. I was already subscribed to your channel. Imagine if everyone who saw this did what you just did. That is our power, if we choose to use it.

I need your help. Please take a few seconds to subscribe to my YouTube channel This won’t cost you anything; I simply need to add an additional 389 subscribers to enable paid content on our YouTube channel. Thanks. Needless to say I'll be more than happy to return the favor if needed.

@Kwinine Harper I'm sure you are absolutely right. I just finished Diane's book. Part of the problem are the people she surrounded herself by (of course environment plays a factor here). She was not exactly an angel smoking weed, fighting, dating a big time drug dealer--even shooting at someone They also tried to get her to take a plea deal, which she refused to do. So she turned down a 3 to 5 year offer, and took her chances at trial, with an inexperienced attorney, and ended up being sentenced to 40 years to life! Diane refused to cop a plea to something she did not do. That takes a ton of courage.

"The most revolutionary thing Black people can do is come together" and yes Niggers are afraid of revolution. That will be my definition of Nigger: a person who is afraid of Black unity or who, through deliberate action, ignorance, or stupidity acts to impede it--revolution. (same video as the one @CDBurns linked above. Happy Thanksgiving fixing to head over to my Mother-in-law to grub. I hope everyone has a happy Thanksgiving--here is to revolution!

My Brother! Happy Thanksgiving!

I miss seeing this side of Cynique Now here I thought Unkel was Black. I shared a couple of Unkel Ruckus' fun facts but I doubt any one got what I was trying to do.

Maybe Chicago is just a violent place. The shooting (starting around the 5:20 mark is certainly criminal. They kept pumping him full of lead. Rahm Emanuel should be punished as well for letting this crime go unpunished for so long.

Often they video these lectures if they do I will share it here.

Hey Hickson, you know I sitting here looking at the 50+ links to all those corporate sites and could not help but notice at keast one conspicously absent URL: http://aalbc.it/ghettoheat Show a Brother some love...

Hi Charvella thanks for visiting this site, I visited your website I have major, albeit unsolicited, comment it is too hard to find the link to buy your book. I eventually found the link in your slider for Amazon, but I was taken to Amazon's homepage. Where forcing me to search for the book, and this point all but the most motivated of buyers would have stopped trying. Here is a direct link someone can use to buy your book: http://bit.ly/storiesv2 Also I recommend that you put your books ISBN on the page. This helps booksellers find and order your book.

He does a more extensive reading which I did not take. So I'm hesitant to judge based upon this three minute reading. He would tell someone who shared my birthday the same exact thing, right? @Delano Maybe I can get Lloyd to join us here. It would be interesting to read and conversation with you two.

Actually Chris I tried that, but the in this case the PDF did not retain the formatting and I did not have time to reformat it. Most of the pdf's content my be found on Pamela's (Diane Cooper) web page on the new website. @Wild Ivy Publishing basically what Chris is saying is that it is much better to simply paste the contents of your press release direct into the your message here. People are often skittish about loading attachments because they contain malware (even unintentionally). It is also good for search engine optimization as this site is indexed regularly. Plus it is just easier for visitors saving them the extra step. If you copy and paste from a word document the formatting is preserved quite well. This is typically true for pdf's as too, but for some reason, in the case of your pdf it just pasted the text without line breaks. @CDBurns I still did not mail a November eNewsletter. Is that anything you want to promote as the enewsletter sponsor. I'm going to mail it within a week. I guess I'll call it the December eNewsletter--man I'm swamped.

Coincidentally, I have been exchanging emails with the author this morning. @Kwinine Harper if you have any questions about the Savion Sequence, I'll see if I can get Amari to stick his head in and reply.

Nice to meet you Tiah!

@Kwinine Harper I assume you are already familiar with http://heyjackass.com/ What does gun control laws have to do with gun violence? Fortunately the vast majority of people do not need a gun control law to stop them from shooting someone else.

Diane Cooper was sentenced to 40 Years for crime she didn't commit. Learn about this tragic, but ultimately redemptive and uplifting story in the book which tells her story Dark Justice. I shot this video on this weekend and was already familiar with the book, I thought it was a work of fiction. I did not know it was a true story until I was shooting the video. Basically I about two feet away from The authors whose real name is Pamela, and she say the story if about her. I almost dropped my camera. She was sentenced to 40 years! This was for a crime one might consider a relatively minor offense and with no prior arrests a 40 years sentence (effectively life) is just so extreme. She would have been treated less harshly if she killed someone. Pamela told me about all the things that was taken away from her and that she missed while she was locked up. But she explained to me that she could not give them her mind, they could not take that away from her. That is how she survived.

Hi Tolly, thanks for the feedback. AALBC.com's Website in General If you are interested in information about titles you may have missed I'm developing pages, on the new version of AALBC.com, that will help you discover those books: http://aalbc.org/books/newbooks.php (future versions will allow you to break out books by genre, or you can just search the site). Of course new and popular books can always be discovered on our bestsellers list:http://aalbc.org/books/bestsellers.php The is a page for every book, readers are encouraged to comment on each and every page. AALBC.com will be the "Google of Black Literature." The Discussion Forums in Particular The "vibe" of these discussion forums are driven by the participants. I have never tried to moderate the discussion forum by making them what I, or any other individual, thinks it should be. If I did that the site would be limited by my perspective which would make it far less interesting. If people do not participate the forum dies, if they do the forums will thrive. Tolly if you, or anyone else reading this, have discovered a great book it would be wonderful if you shared that information here. The Broader Web Today we are quickly moving to a place where we do not own the platforms where our cultural expression takes place. As a result, we can not control how our culture is represented; what is praised, uplifted, rewarded and ultimately successful is not under our control. This is particularly true for Black books. We have the power to change this, by simply supporting our own. Amazon's websites and social media are great, but they only care about your money. We can not continue to invest all of our resources into these platforms while neglecting our own. If we have learned anything in the last 10 years, as the Black book ecosystem has ben decimated, is that these humongous corporations do not have our best interests in mind.