{{short description|African American Literature Book Club website}} {{Infobox website |name = AALBC.com |logo = |logo_caption = |collapsible = yes |caption = Detail of Wikipedia's multilingual portal. Here, the project's largest language editions are shown. |url = {{URL|aalbc.com}} |commercial = Yes |type = |registration = Optional |language = English |content_license = |owner = AALBC.com |author = Troy D. Johnson |launch_date = {{Start date and age|CLOSED|df=no}} |current_status = Online }}
'''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.<ref>Martin Arnold, [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/11/books/making-books-book-clubs-with-a-mission.html "MAKING BOOKS; Book Clubs With a Mission"], ''The New York Times'', January 11, 2001.</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20130131180049/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/37521825.html?dids=37521825:37521825&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+23,+1998&author=Sam+Vincent+Meddis&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=Love+letters+in+the+'Mail'+slot;+Rudolph+gets+reindeer+revenge&pqatl=google "Love letters in the 'Mail' slot; Rudolph gets reindeer revenge"], ''USA Today'', December 23, 1998.</ref> AALBC.com publishes book and film reviews, author profiles, resources for writers and related articles. Launched in 1998, AALBC was founded by Troy Johnson.<ref>[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB5D26E6128E4D1&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D "WEB SITES"]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''Miami Herald'', March 28, 1999.</ref><ref>Pamela Licalzi O'Connell, [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/18/technology/on-line-book-clubs-everything-but-food.html "On-Line Book Clubs: Everything but Food"], ''The New York Times'', March 18, 1999.</ref> It targets primarily a middle-aged African-American female demographic.<ref>Felicia Pride, [https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20071210/3879-buyers-aware-inside-the-black-book-market.html "Buyers Aware: Inside the Black Book Market"], ''Publishers Weekly'', December 7, 2007.</ref> AALBC previously sold books through the Amazon.com affiliate program, and then started to operate its own warehousing and distribution program.<ref>Calvin Reid, [https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20060123/17726-selling-urban-fiction.html "Selling Urban Fiction"], ''Publishers Weekly'', January 23, 2006.</ref>
==See also== * African-American literature * List of African-American writers {{Portal|United States}}
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==External links== *{{Official website}} * [https://www.c-span.org/person/?troyjohnson Appearances by Troy Johnson] on C-SPAN {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Aalbc.com}} Category:American literature websites Category:African-American organizations Category:Internet properties established in 1998
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