# AALBC.com

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{{short description|African American Literature Book Club website}}
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|author          = Troy D. Johnson
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'''AALBC.com''', the '''African American Literature Book Club''', is a website dedicated to [books](/source/African-American_literature) and film by and about [African Americans](/source/African_Americans) and people of African descent, with content also aimed at [African-American bookstores](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/middle-aged) African-American female [demographic](/source/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](/source/Publishers_Weekly)'', December 7, 2007.</ref>  AALBC previously sold books through the [Amazon.com](/source/Amazon.com) [affiliate program](/source/Affiliate_marketing), and then started to operate its own [warehousing](/source/warehouse) 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](/source/African-American_literature)
* [List of African-American writers](/source/List_of_African-American_writers)
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website}}
* [https://www.c-span.org/person/?troyjohnson Appearances by Troy Johnson] on [C-SPAN](/source/C-SPAN)
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