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AALBC.com Celebrating Our Literary Legacy Since 1997

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AALBC.com · 5M ago

What Happened to the Best African American Literary Magazines?

I’m a collector.   My family calls it hoarding.  While I’m a big proponent of electronic books, I still love to surround myself with books and magazines.  Recently I had to admit the space required to maintain such an extravagance … Continue reading →
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AALBC.com · 6M ago

The 100 Best Web Sites for African Americans

On April 4, 2003, EarthLink announced a partnership with MOBE (Marketing Opportunities in Business and Entertainment) to present The 100 Best Web Sites for African Americans. That partnership was apparently initiated to support an effort started by EarthLink who, in … Continue reading →
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AALBC.com · 6M ago

Huria Search – Search the Global Black Community

Introducing Huria Search:  Search independent websites that deliver meaningful content written by or about, the global Black community. As the webmaster of AALBC.com, I’ve been an active observer of web-based content, of interest to my visitors, for almost 15 years.  … Continue reading &...
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AALBC.com · 7M ago

Free eBooks – Great Reads Available for Download Now

Here AALBC.com's founder Troy Johnson shares information on several resources for learning about and downloading free eBooks. Continue reading →
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AALBC.com · 8M ago

Authors & Publishers: Can’t earn Amazon affiliate commissions? You can still benefit!

Authors in the following states; Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, North Carolina, Rhode Island, & Connecticut.  Here is another win-win proposal from AALBC.com. If you make links available on your site to sell your books via Amazon.com, you may already know … Continue reading U...
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AALBC.com · 8M ago

How do I get my book featured on AALBC.com (for free)?

“How do I get my book featured on AALBC.com?”  is a question often posed to me by authors, publishers and publicists. Of course the best and fastest way to obtain prominent placement on AALBC.com is to purchase advertising.  However when the … Continue reading →
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AALBC.com · 9M ago

Google Worsens Web Experience by Retuning Poor Search Results

Troy’s Note (Dec 4, 2011): I was really motivated to do something about the issues described in this article.  I decided to create a customized and curated search engine, by taking advantage of Google’s, fee based, Site Search.  The result … Continue reading →
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AALBC.com · 10M ago

“Troy’s Triangle” for Publishing Success

Quality, Marketing, Money – You need at least two of the three to publish a commercially successful (profitable) book. Quality refers to the quality of the book itself. Is it well written? Does it have an appealing cover? Has it … Continue reading →
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AALBC.com · 11M ago

Reflections on Black Book Reviews

For more than a decade I, through AALBC.com, have published hundred’s of reviews of books written by or about Black people. Over the years this has sometimes been taken to imply that those book reviews were only meant to be … Continue reading →
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AALBC.com · 1Y ago

Random Thoughts About Facebook

Facebook became available to the general public on September 26, 2006.  Other than Google I would argue Facebook has had the most significant impact on how we use the Internet than any other website. I created my Facebook account on … Continue reading →
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