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Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
Author, Reader, Publisher and occasional Editor
Do You Have A Website?
Yep - Several.
http://www.22ndCenturyPress.com
www.blackauthorshowcase.com
www.blackauthors.ning.com
www.ajoyfulspirit.com
www.yourvirtualspa.net
About Me:
Writer, Coach, Consultant, Publisher, Trainer
Do you have a blog site?
http://blackprimetime.blogspot.com/
Favorite Books:
Too many to mention. I have at least one favorite book for every year of my life - starting with Seuss, Carroll, and Dumas.
Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
Karibu - now gone. Sisterspace & Books . . . also gone.
Support your local independent bookstores!

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A Buck For Books For Kenya

Books For Africa Donation Drive
This drive kicks off our goal to raise $10,000 in the next year for the White Cots School Centre in Kenya and to supply them with all types of books - fiction and non-fiction, especially text books. Each book costs 40 cents to send to Africa. It costs us 40 cents per book to ship them to the Minnesota BFA warehouse. That's why we ask for a minimum donation of $1.00.

Help us spread literacy, knowledge and to end poverty throughout the world.

If you are in the Washington, D.C. area, please drop off a "Book and a Buck" at the Black Author Showcase Holiday Book Fair on December 13th, 2008, 10 am to 5 pm at the Show Place Arena, Upper Marlboro, MD.
http://www.basbookfair.com

Thank you from all of the literary lovers at the Black Author Showcase.Can't attend the book drive? Help our efforts by donating as little as $1.00.
CLICK HERE TO DONATE TODAY!
Have you posted your books on the Black Author Showcase site yet? It's a great place to share your info and meet authors and readers. Check it out:
Visit Black Author Showcase Click here to join our free authors community: Black Author Showcase, and promote your new works for free, get advice from other authors, and join in the conversation.

22nd Century Press

Helping you to "Free Your Inner Book", we are a publishing company like no other. 22nd Century Press combines the best

of traditional small independent press publishing with the new wave in print on demand.
22nd Century Press is a small, independent publishing company that specializes in bringing great reads by African Americans and others to light. We:
  • Pay royalties
  • Choose our projects
  • Provide professional editing, layout, and book cover illustration
  • Do not release a book until it looks & is the best
  • Provide professional publishing consulting and coaching
  • type="square">Provide marketing plans and venues
  • Work with authors who are serious about selling a minimum of 5 - 10,000 books
  • Don't play silly vanity press games.
Contact us today at: info@22ndCenturyPress.com
Send manuscripts to:
submissions@22ndCenturyPress.com (electronically in Word .doc form)
or send CD's or copies to:
22nd Century Press
12138 Central Avenue
Suite 223
Mitchellville, MD 20721-1932





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Gearing Up for the BEA


This is our first year as participants in Book Expo America - the premier event for the North American publishing ind… Continue

Posted on April 21, 2009 at 1:27pm —

Diane

22nd Century Press & Black Author Showcase Get Publishers Weekly Mention

The article sidebar Issues of Race in SF in this weeks' (April 13th) Publishers Weekly has a quote from BAS founder and 22nd Century Press publisher, Diane Williams.

Writer Rose Fox takes a quick look at two presses who produce speculative fiction for non-white readers and authors.

http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6651138.html

Posted on April 13, 2009 at 11:43pm —

Diane

What Makes A Book Christian?

Can you answer this question? Is a book Christian because it is based on testimony? Can any genre book be Christian just by virtue of its writers' religious preference? Or is a Christian book a specific genre that is developing before our eyes? Can a non Christian write a Christian book?

We have many writers that profess to be Christian book writers. Tell us what that means to you and we will post it on the main page along with having this discussion live on the… Continue

Posted on January 31, 2009 at 2:00pm —

Diane

A Buck For Books For Kenya


Books For Africa Donation Drive
This drive kicks off our goal to raise $10,000 in the next year for the White Cots School Centre in Kenya and to supply them with all types of books - fiction and non-fiction, especially text books. Each book costs 40 cents to send to Africa… Continue

Posted on November 24, 2008 at 7:00pm —

Diane

Fall 2007 Black Author Showcase™ A Standing Room Only Success!

Comments heard last October 19th at the Black Author Showcase at Howard University Continuing Education:

"That was just fantastic!"

"A premium experience"

". . . so upscale"

"We really enjoyed the authors and their presentations . . ."

"The food was excellent!"

(It was) so good – more than I expected."

"Please make sure I'm on your invitation list for the

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Posted on December 22, 2007 at 9:04am —

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At 5:30pm on December 22, 2007, Yvonne LaRose said…
[sniff] No, Diane, I haven't posted any of my books there yet -- YET!!! That's because I haven't turned my content into books -- YETT!!!

Thanks for the nudge and introducing yourself.
At 12:15pm on December 11, 2007, Shelagh Watkins said…
At 9:13pm on August 9, 2007, Kim Smith said…
Hey Diane, 22nd Century Press site was really cool. Post some stuff about it here so we can get more info!
At 10:23am on August 5, 2007, Morgan Mandel said…
Hi Diane,
Welcome to Book Place.
I hope you have a great time here & be sure to tell all of your friends.
Morgan Mandel
 
 

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Time Out for Kindle Reading

Our local library has 8 kindles available for its patrons. The DH and I both got on the waiting list, mainly so I could use one. His number was reached and we picked up the kindle on Sunday afternoon. Now I've got a kindle to read for 2 weeks! So far I'm really loving it, especially the current book I'm reading, My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult.

What about you? Do you own a kindle? Or, have you tried someone else's? Would you like to?

Who's Doing Cyber Monday?

I'm very carefully going to check out the Cyber Monday deals. I have a few items in mind that I plan to buy, but it would be very nice if they'd go on sale and save me some money. I won't be spending much. Can't afford to do so this year.

What about you?

Did You Shop on Black Friday?

There's still time to take the poll to the left about what you ate at Thanksgiving.
About Black Friday -
The DH despises mob scenes, but my brother and I do love the adventure of shopping on Black Friday. We weren't courageous enough to get up at the crack of dawn, though, so we did miss out on a few goodies, like the snuglee blankets and pots and pans sets at Menards, and some other items. I did manage to get some work gloves at almost 50 cents each pair, and a boot/shoe dryer which sounded interesting and was less than $9.00. The biggest extravagance there was this turntable with MP3 encoding/AM FM radio combination thing, but that was only $49.00, which isn't too bad. I didn't go for any of the high ticket items.

I didn't do too bad, but do have some Staples rebates to send in. They're pretty easy to do online, so I don't mind doing them. I bought some USB flash drives, batteries, and CD rewrites there.

I also bought a reversible light grey, almost white bubble coat and some grey boots at Walmart, both items $7.00 each, which I plan to use walking Rascal.

What about you? Did you shop on Black Friday? If so, what kind of deals did you get?

So, this year I was pretty practical, but it was still fun and I did get a few things I hadn't expected to find.

What about you? Did you shop on Black Friday? If so, what kind of finds did you get?

Did you eat any of these foods at Thanksgiving dinner?

Since it's a busy time and an eating time, here's an easy poll to take in the left column. It's okay to pick multiple answers as long as they don't conflict. You can also leave a comment about a particularly favorite dish, if you wish.

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