What is Book-Remarks.com?

Book-Remarks.com is a top viewed web site that promotes literary works which may reflect the African-American culture. In addition to posting information regarding new releases by mainstream as well as self-published writers, we also provide readers with book previews, book reviews, postings about upcoming literary events, a list of anticipated releases for the current year and beyond, and press releases regarding events, awards, and other related web content.

The web site was launched in March 2000 in order to promote books written by or about African-Americans. BookRemarks is not a book club, but an online resource that posts literary information of interest to readers and writers.

This website was founded and is maintained by author Cydney Rax. I am the contact for all information regarding everything on the website.

Vision Statement

The goal of Book-Remarks.com is to offer exciting, timely, positive, and useful information to the African-American reading community.


August Releases: Don't forget. New releases this month include: Becoming Tara by Tammy Fournier, Don’t Blame the Devil by Pat G’orge-Walker, Family Ties by Ernest Hill, Material Girl by Keisha Ervin, No Strings Attached by Karyn Grice, Playing the Hand You’re Dealt by Trice Hickman, Soon After by Sherryle Kaiser Jackson, Tempted by Trouble by Eric Jerome Dickey, The Hot Box by Zane, Torn Between Two Lovers by Carl Weber, When the Truth Lies by Timothy Carson, and many more.



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Making the Hook-Up: Edgy Sex With Soul, Edited by Cole Riley

Three (3) copies will be randomly given away during the month of August. Click here (bookremarks@aol.com) to enter the contest and don't forget to include your name and mailing address with your entry. (No P.O. Boxes please).

Winners of Un-Nappily In Love by Trisha Thomas are:

Alice Coleman of Jackson, TN
Janessa Jones of Burlington, NJ
Terry Whitney of Salisbury, MD

IMPORTANT CONTEST NOTICE: If your e-mail address/name is pulled as a winner and we don't already have your address, you will have one week to respond to our e-mail winner notification. Many winning names have forfeited their prize because we didn't receive their address within 1 week. Email going into Spam folders, people being on vacation, or not checking email on a regular basis will not be an excuse. If we only have your email address but no mailing address, another winning entry will be pulled and your prize will be forfeited. In order to prevent this from happening, you're welcome to send your address when you first enter the random book contest.

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