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What is Book-Remarks.com?
Book-Remarks.com is
ranked among the top 15 web sites that promote literary
works which may reflect the African-American culture. In addition
to posting the latest info regarding new releases by mainstream as well
as self-published writers, we also conduct random book giveaways,
and 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.
Criteria for books to be posted or reviewed may be found on this
link Getting On Book-Remarks.
Contact Cydney
Rax, Web Page Manager, for more information.
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THE HOT SPOT
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Advertising on Book-Remarks Book-Remarks.com is ranked
among the top-visited websites for African-American books and authors.
This prestigious website is popular with a prime audience that
consists of national book clubs, major publishers and small presses,
veteran and aspiring authors, literary event organizers, libraries,
and thousands of avid readers. All books featured on the BookRemarks'
home page routinely receive high visibility and increased awareness.
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Blogs
Check out the links for some of the
authors & other people that are blogging...and if you read the blogs, make sure
&
leave your cute little comments for the authors (it's not much fun if
no one leaves a comment).
Abiola's Goddess
Factor Blog NEW
Ajai -
Author of Indiscretions of the Heart
Aisha - Discover Kai
Blog http://www.discoverkai.blogspot.com
Alvin C. Romer -
Verbatim
Angelia Menchan -
Author of Is No Not Clear Enough For You NEW
Angela Henry - Author of
The Company You Keep
As the Page
Turns - 3 Chicks On Lit NEW
Barbara Joe Williams
- Author of Dancing With Temptation
Baron Son: Vade Mecum
7
Black Entertainment
Blog
Bettye
Griffin - Author of
If
These Walls Could Talk
Bettye
Griffin Blog
NEW
Blogging in
Black - The Writing Life, Publishing, and Anything Else on Our Minds
Brandon Massey - Author
of Dark Dreams
Afrika
Midnight Asha Abney -
www.clearbogs.com/afrikamaabney
Carleen Brice - Author of Orange
Mint and Honey -
www.pajamagardener.blogspot.com
Cheryl Lacey Donovan
www.virtuouswoman-31.blogspot.com
Denecian Angeleia Blogspot
Dwan Abrams Blogspot -
Author of Only True Love Waits
Electa Rome Parks
Blogspot
Farrah Rochon Blogspot -
Author of Deliver Me
Gail McFarland NEW
Janaya
Black - Author of Breaking Point
Jakeshia Lewis -
http://new-age-erotica.blogspot.com NEW
Keith Gaston
- Get Published Do or Die
Kim Robinson -
Author of The Roux in the Gumbo NEW
Leslie Esdaile
Banks Blog
Lipstick and Liars
Blogspot
Robert Fleming -
Author of Havoc After Dark: Tales of Terror
Rhonda Jackson Joseph Blogspot - www.rhondajjoseph.blogspot.com NEW
Rhonda Swan - Author of BUSTED: Never Underestimate a Sista's
Revenge - Literary Diva Blogspot
Preston
Allen's All or Nothing the Novel Blog NEW
Preston L. Allen
Blogspot - Author of All or Nothing NEW
Shelia Goss Blog Author
of Double Platinum NEW
Tinisha Johnson
Author of Searchable Whereabouts NEW
Sammie Ward
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http://sammieward.blogspot.com
Stephanie
Worth - Author of Where Souls Collide
VASS Blog
Virginia DeBerry &
Donna Grant Blog -
Two Mindsfull
NEW
Virginia DeBerry &
Donna Grant MySpace Blog NEW
For a complete list of Blogs, click the
Book-Remarks.com Extra Extra link
Are you an author with a blog?
Email me
July Releases:
Don't forget.
New releases this month include: A
Rare Groove by Sophia Shaw, Bad Girls Burn Slow by Pam Ward,
Betrayal: A Black Door Novel by Velvet, Black Reign 2 by Edd McNair,
Black & Ugly As Ever by T. Styles, Cake by D and Kenji Jasper, Can I
Get A Witness by ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Corporate Corner Boyz by
Anya Nicole, Dirty Jersey by Phillip Thomas Duck, Don't Ever Tell by
Brandon Massey, The 40-Pound Itch by Van Whitfield, Exorsistah by
Claudia Mair Burney, From the Streets to the Sheets: Urban Erotic
Quickies by Noire, Just Too Good To Be True by E. Lynn Harris, Love
On A Two-Way Street by J.L. King, More Drama In the Church by Zynah
Dale, Never Enough by Miasha, No More Good by Angela Winters,
Pecking Order by Omar Tyree, Protect and Serve by Gwyneth Bolton,
Shameless Hoodwives by Meesha Mink and De'Nesha Diamond, Sleeping
With the Enemy by Wahida Clark and Kiki Swanson, Still Dirty by
Vickie Stringer, Stand the Storm by Breena Clarke, The Re-Education
of the Female by Dante Moore, The Shadows: Vampire Huntress by L.A.
Banks, The Sunday Diaries by Norma Jarrett, True to the Game III by
Teri Woods, Up Pops the Devil by Angela Benson, Wednesday's Woes by
Gayle Jackson Sloan, Who's Loving You by Mary B. Morrison, and many more.
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Random Book
Drawing
True To the Game
III by Teri Woods
Three (3) copies of TRUE TO THE GAME III by Teri Woods will
be randomly given away during the month of July. You
must answer the qualifying question to be accepted in this
contest.
Qualifying Question: What is the name of Sister
Souljah's debut novel?
Click here to enter the contest and don't forget to
include your name and mailing address with your entry.
Winners of MY BEST FRIEND AND MY MAN by Cydney Rax are:
AnJesica C. Tucker
of Warren, MI
Yolanda C. Lewis of Rex, GA
Tamica Gatling of Ft. Eustis, VA
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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.
Industry News News briefs
or press releases include info regarding the following:
Stacy-Deanne,
Eric Jerome Dickey, Los Angeles Black Book Festival,
RomanticTimes Booklovers Convention,
Gayle Jackson Sloan,
Connie Briscoe, R. Barri Flowers, Karibu Bookstore Closes Its Door,
Thug Motivation, Aberjhani,
Saundra Seward, Marrying A Man, Raising a Husband,
Devon Vaughn Archer, R. Barri Flowers, Elissa Gabrielle,
Cheryl Donovan,
Saundra Steward,
Monica Marie Jones,
Aberjhani,
Romance Writers of America,
Parker Publishing, LLC,
Chandra Sparks Taylor, Phillip Thomas Duck, Angeline, Bandon-Bibum,
Evie Rhodes, Janaya Black,
William F. Cooper,
Literary Divas by Heather Covington, and more.
There's also a short list of authors with anticipating releases
for 2008/2009.
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Books
Tours/Event Info:
Literary event info is available on:
Devon Vaughn Archer, Nishawnda Ellis,
Author Cydney Rax 2008-2009 Appearances,
Gayle Jackson Sloan, Stacy-Deanne, Essence of Motown Literary Jam, Black Writers Reunion and Conference 2008, Romantic
Times Book Lovers Convention 2008, Romance Slam Jam 2008,
Writer's Legacy 3rd Annual Writer's Conference and Awards
Gala, National Book Club Conference 2008, and Dallas
Texas Book Club Mixer.
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My Best Friend and My Man
The new Cydney Rax novel - now available
My Best Friend and My Man is endorsed by
USA Today
Preview chapters 1 and 2 on BN.com
(Barnes and Noble Book Reviewer)
My Best Friend and My Man is a
Black Expressions Main Selection
My
Best Friend and My Man by Cydney Rax is featured
in Essence Magazine's June issue as one of this summer's Top 10 hottest
beach reads.
PRAISE FOR MY BEST FRIEND AND MY MAN:
"Refreshing...has a wise emotional core about pain and jealousy."
--Deirdre Donahue, USA Today
"Whatever's in the water in Houston, Cydney Rax should drink eight glasses a
day."
--Patrik
Henry Bass,
senior editor, Essence Magazine
"Cydney Rax is phenomenal with her pen game. My Best Friend and My Man
pulls you in from the very first page and doesn't let you go until the last
word.
...blueprint on how to win in the game of love."
--Joy King,
author of Hooker to Housewife and Superstar
"My Best Friend and My
Man glows
with sexuality, warmth and drama! Cydney Rax has done it again!"
--T. Styles,
Essence
Magazine bestselling author of A Hustler’s Son and
Black and Ugly
I want to know if you are reading my book.
Send me an email (especially if you are in a book club).
BOOK CLUBS
Here's a list of the book clubs that have recommended and/or
selected My Best Friend and My Man as a Selected Read
including:
Passion4Reading
Online Book Group
UPCOMING CYDNEY RAX EVENTS
July
12, 2008
4-6PM,
Blog Talk Radio Panel
KC Girlfriends Book Club
Sister Book Clubs Roundtable Discussion
My Husband's Girlfriend (MHG) by
Cydney Rax is now
in it's fourth printing. It keeps selling and selling and selling.
Advance Praise for My Husband's Girlfriend is phenomenal.
Here's what some reviewers have to say:
My Husband's Girlfriend by
Cydney Rax
Publishers Weekly
"Rax manages the fallout...with
insight, zip and wit, and airs multiple conflicts within black
middle-class life in compelling detail."
MHG Highlights
My Husband's Girlfriend was featured in the December issue of
Essence Magazine (with P.
Diddy on the cover). Books Editor Patrik Henry Bass describes My
Husband's Girlfriend as "The Book We Can't Put
Down...scandalous...the perfect escape...and juicy."
My Husband's Girlfriend is the Book
Choice special feature in the winter issue of
Jewel Magazine
(with Ciara on the cover).
It's also featured in the January issue
of Ebony
magazine (Will Smith and son Jaden on cover) and reviewed in the
Dec./Jan. 2007 issue of
Today's Black Woman (Mary J. Blige on the cover).
I always like to acknowledge the clubs that are reading my books.
If you have read or plan to read My Husband's Girlfriend, send me an
email.
Here is the link to the
Readers' Guide Discussion Questions.
Meanwhile, here are mega shout outs to the book clubs that have
recommended and/or selected My Husband's Girlfriend as a Selected
Read including:
Black Diamonds Book Club, Washington, DC
Black Pearls Book Club, Houston, TX
Circle of Essence Book Club, Galveston, TX
Design Divas Book Club, Houston, TX
The Diamond Divas
Imani Book Club,
Montgomery, AL
In the Company of My Sisters, Indianapolis, IN
KC
Girlfriends Book Club, Kansas City, KS
Ladies Enjoying Literature, Alexandria, VA
People Who Love Good Books, Fort Mill, South Carolina
RAWSISTAZ Online Book Club
Sarcastic Lady Reading Group, Norristown, PA
SistahFriend Book Club,
Columbia, South Carolina
Sistahood Book Review, Houston, Texas
Sisters With Assurance and Power (S.W.A.A.P.) Cleveland, Ohio
Thick N Sexy Online Book Club
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Book-Remarks.com
- April 2008
Top Ordered Books
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Cassanegra: a Tennyson Hardwick Novel |
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Book-Remarks.com Advance Interest
Updated 4/3/08
Check out the top titles that are getting pre-ordered:
(Orders placed December 1 - March 31, 2008)
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Book
Reviews
Recently posted books on the
Book
Reviews page include:
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Not Even If You
Begged by Francis Ray
New
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The Things We Do
For Love by Xavier Knight
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The Re-education
of the Female by Dante Moore, Sr.
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Something He Can
Feel by Marissa Monteilh
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Do Me Twice:
My Life After Islam
by Sonsyrea Tate
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Reasonable Doubt
by Mark Anthony
Book
Previews
Recently posted books on the Book
Previews page include:
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You Gotta Sin to
Get Saved by J.D. Mason
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Gather Together
In My Name
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Street Vengeance
by Evie Rhodes
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Bodyslick by John
H. Sibley
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Stacie and Cole
by RM Johnson
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Single Mama Drama
by Kayla Perrin
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Seven Figures by
J.L. King and Tremell McKenzie
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Something He Can
Feel by Marissa Monteilh
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Upcoming
Releases
Dozens of new links are added each week to provide
info regarding the title, author, and publisher of anticipated releases
for the year 2007 and beyond. Some of the authors scheduled for
new releases include:
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Sister Souljah
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Jewel Parker
Rhodes
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Michelle Stimpson
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K'wan
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Mary Monroe
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Noire
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Wahida Clark
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Richard Jeanty
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Franklin White
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Niobia Bryant
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Connie Briscoe
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Omar Tyree
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Gloria Mallette
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Nikki Turner
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Marsha
Jenkins-Sanders
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Allison Hobbs
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Kimberla Lawson
Roby
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Stephanie Perry
Moore
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Candice Dow
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Darrien Lee
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Deja King
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Treasure E. Blue
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Patricia Haley
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Adrianne Byrd
Click here to view the complete BookRemarks' list of
upcoming
novels
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