Black-Owned Bookstores to Support Now

Activists across the United States are encouraging book lovers who want to show support for the ongoing protests against police violence to buy books from black-owned and African American–focused bookstores. 

Any of the following stores would surely appreciate the business:

A Different Booklist, Toronto, Ont.

The African American Literature Book Club, online

AfriWare Books, Maywood, Ill.

Ashay by the Bay, Vallejo, Calif.

Babycakes Book Stack, Online

Between the Lines Bookstore, Baton Rouge, La.

Beyond Barcodes Bookstore, Kokomo, Ind.

Black World Books, Killeen, Tex.

Blackstone Bookstore & Cultural Center, Ypsilanti, Mich.

Book Boutique, Atlanta, Ga.

Brian Lair Books, South Bend, Ind.

Brave and Kind Books, Decatur, Ga.

Cafe Con Libros, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Carol's Bookstore, Sacramento, Calif

Cultured Books, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Da Book Joint, Chicago, Ill.

Dare Books, Longwood, Fla.

Detroit Book City, Southfield, Mich.

Enda's Booktique, Duncanville, Tex.

Eso Wan Books, Los Angeles

Eye See Me, University City, Mo.

For Keeps Books, Atlanta, Ga.

Frugal Bookstore, Roxbury, Mass.

Fulton Street Books & Coffee, Tulsa, Ok.

Harambee Books, Alexandria, Va.

Harriett's Bookshop, Philadelphia, Pa.

Hakim's Bookstore, Philadelphia, Pa.

Loyalty Bookstore, Washington, D.C., and Silver Spring, Md.

Lushena Books, Bensenville, Ill.

Mahogany Books, Washington, D.C.

Marcus Books, Oakland, Calif.

Medu Bookstore, Atlanta, Ga.

MeJah Books, Claymont, Del.

Mocha Books, Tulsa, Okla.

Nubian Bookstore, Morrow, Ga.

Olive Tree Books-n-Voices, Springfield, Mass.

Pyramid Art, Books, & Custom Framing, Little Rock, Ark.

Revolution Books, Berkeley, Calif.

Riches in Reading, Maryland City, Md.

Sankofa, Washington, D.C.

Semicolon Bookstore, Chicago, Ill.

Sister's Uptown Bookstore, New York, N.Y.

Sistah Scifi, Online

Smith & Hannon, Cincinnati, Ohio

Solid State Books, Washington, D.C.

Source Booksellers, Detroit, Mich.

Source of Knowledge, Newark, N.J.

The Dock, Fort Worth, Tx.

The Black Reserve, Lansdale, Pa.

The Key Bookstore, Hartford, Conn.

The Listening Tree, Decatur, Ga.

The Lit. Bar, Bronx, N.Y.

Turning Page Bookshop, Goose Creek, S.C.

Willa's Books, Kansas City, Mo.

White Whale Bookstore, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Uncle Bobbie's Books and Cafe, Philadelphia, Penn.

Underground Books, Sacramento, Calif.

Yoruba Bookstore, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Zawadi Books, Columbus, Ohio

NEW BOOK - THE AGENT

PRESS RELEASE

Cade Garrett wakes up in a hospital bed and learns that is the sole survivor of a near-fatal car crash; and that he was lucky to escape with just a head injury.

When he returns to his home, he finds that the locks have been changed.

He dials the only number in his phone - Harlan O'Keefe's - but it goes to voicemail.

Cade suddenly finds all his loose ends have been tied up; his contracts are concluded, and his bank account is extremely healthy to the tune of ten million dollars.

Money he has no recollection of having before.

Cade's life becomes enshrined in a mystery which almost takes his last breath to unravel.

Publishing News Roundup - September

The Sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale'

The most anticipated new book of Fall, Margaret Atwood's ''The Testaments'' (Penguin Random House) - the sequel to her 1985 bestseller The Handmaid's Tale, released on Tuesday catapulting to the number one spot on the Amazon lists for most categories. Twitter: @MargaretAtwood

Other Fall releases of note:

The Institute by Stephen King (Scribner, Sept.) - This lean and toothy horror novel pits psychic kids against exploitative adults. This variation on one of King's favorite themes displays his talent for writing intimate, personal narratives without a wasted word.

The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates (One World, Sept.) - Coates’s first novel, set in mid-19th-century Virginia, is about a man born into bondage who develops a mysterious power after nearly drowning, joins an underground resistance, and plans his escape.


Find Me by Andre Aciman (FSG, Oct.) - Aciman revisits the characters of Call Me by Your Name two decades after their first meeting. Elio moves to Paris and has a life-changing affair, while Oliver, now a New England professor with a family, contemplates a trip back across the Atlantic.


The World Doesn’t Require You by Rion Amilcar Scott (Liveright, Aug.) - In this collection—starred by PW—intelligent robots fail to behave as programmed and the last (and least exalted) son of God tries to redeem himself by leading a gospel band at his elder brother’s church.


Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming by László Krasznahorkai (New Directions, Sept.) - At the end of his life, Baron Bela Wenckheim returns from exile in Buenos Aires to his birthplace, a provincial Hungarian town, hoping to reunite with his high school sweetheart. The town—a morass of gossip, con men, and politicians—heads inexorably toward its contemporary doom.


Blue Moon: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child (Delacorte, Oct.) – Peripatetic vigilante Jack Reacher lands in the middle of a turf war between rival Ukrainian and Albanian gangs in an unnamed American city in his efforts to help an elderly couple who have fallen prey to vicious loan sharks.


Quantum by Patricia Cornwell (Thomas & Mercer, Oct.) – On the eve of a top secret space mission, NASA pilot, quantum physicist, and cybercrime investigator Calli Chase detects something amiss in the tunnels below a NASA research center. Clues suggest that Calli’s missing twin sister, Carme, may somehow be involved.

What's Happening ?

It's been a while since I had an update but behind the scenes here a lot has been going on.
The self-publishing industry has expanded so much this year that some of the major companies are merging their services, others are introducing new ones, and a few are closing down.

For me, as an imprint owner of Gizzard publishing, I've been reading manuscripts, doing some editing, and giving feedback to a group of first time Authors who have signed up to Gizzard Publishing and I am humbled to have the trust of these talented, amazing Authors. Towards the beginning of next year you will all get to read some of the wonderful, hilarious, often sad, works these Authors will bring to you.

My next Nick Benson novel hit an issue when my Mac died. I'm wise enough to know to back up everything, and I have moved my home office to another room now, and everything feels fresh, and invigorating.
Having taken a break from writing to focus on others, it has stirred up my imagination,  and I have generated a few more outlines for future books I hope to offer you next year.
For now, my plan is to finish 'Rogue' and bring it to market by the end of the year.

Thanks for subscribing, and following, and G+1's - I really appreciate you all.

Congratulations to Allure Magazine !

Allure Magazine has won this year's coveted award in publishing; Magazine of the Year - as voted by Adweek, With Editor Michelle Lee also bringing home the award for Editor of the Year.

Lee is the champion of the magazine's positive agenda to improve representation in magazine media; promoting how diversity can help heal divisions in society, and opportunities around new media.

Taking care to avoid accusations of tokenism, Allure is now one of the most racially diverse magazine brands in the US after its cover recently featured three Asian models.

Allure is a brand that represents beauty in every hue and is helping to frame the narrative of what people consider beautiful by broadening that exposure to all hues.

The Podcast interview with Michelle Lee is available here at SoundCloud

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