AALBC.com, the African American Literature Book Club, is a website dedicated to
books
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and film by and about
African Americans
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and people of African descent, with content also aimed at
African-American bookstores. AALBC.com publishes book and film reviews, author profiles, resources for writers and related articles. Launched in 1998, AALBC was founded by Troy Johnson. It targets primarily a
middle-aged
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Overall
This time span ...
African-American female
demographic
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Demographic analy ...
. AALBC previously sold books through the
Amazon.com
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affiliate program
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, and then started to operate its own
warehousing
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and distribution program.
[Calvin Reid]
"Selling Urban Fiction"
''Publishers Weekly'', January 23, 2006.
See also
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African-American literature
African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. Phillis Wheatley was an enslaved African woman who became the first African American to publish a book of poetry, which was publis ...
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List of African-American writers
This is a list of Black American authors and writers, all of whom are considered part of African-American literature, and who already have Wikipedia articles. The list also includes non-American authors resident in the US and American writers of ...
References
External links
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Appearances by Troy Johnsonon
C-SPAN
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American literature websites
African-American organizations
Internet properties established in 1998
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