AALBC.com

AALBC.com
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Available in English
Owner AALBC.com
Created by Troy D. Johnson
Website aalbc.com
Alexa rank 303,323 (as of March 2012)[1]
Commercial Yes
Registration Optional
Launched March 2, 1998 (1998-03-02)
Current status Online
Founder Troy Johnson in the AALBC.com office in Harlem.

AALBC.com, the African American Literature Book Club, is a website dedicated to books and film by and about African Americans and people of African descent with content also aimed at African-American bookstores.[2][3] AALBC.com publishes book and film reviews, author profiles, resources for writers and related articles. Launched in 1998, AALBC was founded by Troy Johnson.[4][5] It targets primarily a middle-aged African-American female demographic.[6] It previously sold books through the Amazon.com affiliate program, and then started to operate its own warehousing and distribution program.[7]

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References

  1. ↑ "aalbc.com Site Info". Alexa Internet, Inc. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "MAKING BOOKS; Book Clubs With a Mission", The New York Times, January 11, 2001.
  3. ↑ "Love letters in the 'Mail' slot; Rudolph gets reindeer revenge", USA Today, December 23, 1998.
  4. ↑ "WEB SITES", Miami Herald, March 28, 1999.
  5. ↑ "On-Line Book Clubs: Everything but Food", The New York Times, March 18, 1999.
  6. ↑ "Buyers Aware: Inside the Black Book Market", Publishers Weekly, December 7, 2007.
  7. ↑ "Selling Urban Fiction", Publishers Weekly, January 23, 2006.


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