Company:
Troy Johnson
Location:
New York, New
York
Website:
www.aalbc.com
Biography:
Troy Johnson is a
technology expert and industry
leader in marketing books on the
World Wide Web. Mr. Johnson is
the founder and webmaster of
AALBC.com, LLC (The African
American Literature Book Club).
AALBC.com was launched in 1998,
and is now the largest and most
frequently visited web site
dedicated to books by and about
people of African descent. In
addition, to his entrepreneurial
ventures, Mr. Johnson has over
20 years of corporate
experience; in roles ranging
from designing wide area
networks to managing
international projects.
Mr. Johnson has been recognized in articles that have appeared in Publishers Weekly, Essence Magazine, The New York Times, The Amsterdam News, Black Issues Book Review, Emerge Magazine, Black Enterprise and many other publications. He has also made numerous radio and television appearances including C-Span2's Book TV and The Black Family Channel's Literary Living; and in 2005 was named one of the 50 Most Powerful African Americans in Publishing by Black Issues Book Review magazine.
Johnson is a frequent panelist and public speaker. His subjects and events have included lecturing on;
Mr. Johnson has served on numerous advisory boards and committees including the The African American Literary Awards Show, The Syracuse University Alumni Association Board, Literary Freedom Project, Harlem World Magazine, The Harlem Book Fair, Black American's in Publishing and New York is Book Country.
Mr. Johnson holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University, an MS from Polytechnic University, and an MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business. He lives, with his family, in Harlem, New York.
Availability:
Available to give presentations
and lectures on the World Wide
Web, technology, publishing,
entrepreneurship, and minority
issues.
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Speaking
Fee/Honorarium: Call for quote.
Contact:
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Interviews:
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http://aalbc.com/aboutus.htm to
Learn more about Troy and AALBC.com
Writing for Blogs & Digital Magazines - New York, NY -
Thursdays, March 15 - May 3, 2012, 6:30 pm-8:30pm
8 Sessions:.Dates: 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 4/5, 4/12, 4/19, 4/26, 5/3.
Registration Fee: $200
Instructor: Troy Johnson Register Now!
The Eleventh National Black Writers Conference -
Brooklyn, NY - Thursday, March 29 - Sunday, April 1, 2012 Host 2012 Black Pack Party - New York, NY - Date to be
determined Bayou Soul Writers & Reader's Conference - July 5 - July 6, 2012 - New
Orleans, Louisiana Black Writers Reunion & Conference - August 29 - August 31, 2012 -
Fort Lauderdale, Florida Troy's Previous Events:
The 2011 African American Literary Awards - New
York, NY - Thursday, September 22, 2011
Bayou Soul Writers & Reader's Conference,
New Orleans, LA - June 30 - July 1, 2011 Panel Discussion: The Importance of Developing Strong Male
characters: Troy Johnson
Panelists
Omar Tyree and
Brian
W. Smith
Moderator for Q&A with author
Booker T. Mattison Book Expo America (BEA 2011) - Jacob Javitz Center - New
York, NY -
Thursday, May 26, 2011 at Noon AFRICAN AMERICAN BOOKS IN AN E-BOOK WORLD
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here for detail of all the panels on the stages The 5th Annual Black Pack Party 2011! - Harlem, New York - May 25th,
2011 The Black Pack Party is an anuual celebration of
publishing industry professionals held annuall during Book Expo America. Straight Talk: Real People -
Bridgehampton
, NY - March 24th, 2011
Next Mount Morris Talks!
Harlem
Art Walking Tour 2010 Screening of the Film "Kingergarten Shuffle"
- Harlem, NY - September 23th 2010, 7:30PM Annual Legislative Conference Author Pavillion -
Washington, DC Convention Center
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September 17th 2010
Screening of the Film "Abraham's Children" by Nina Froriep
- Harlem, NY - August 28th 2010, 7:30 PM Screening of the Film "The Guilded Six Bits" by
Booker T. Mattison
- Harlem, NY - July 29th 2010, 8PM National Book Club Conference - Atlanta, GA - July 30 -
August 1, 2010 Harlem Book Fair - Harlem New York - July 17,
2010
National Black Book Festival - Houston, Texas -
Saturday, May 22, 2010 Annual
Black Pack Party - Harlem, NY Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 Book Expo America 2010 - Author Stage Program -
Jacob Javitz Convention Center - New York, NY, May 27, 2010 Harlem Pride 2010! - Harlem, NY
Saturday, June 26th, 2010 Syracuse University
- Syracuse, New York -
Saturday 15, 2010 The Tenth National Black Writers Conference
- Brooklyn, NY - March
25 to March 28, 2010 Self-Publishing Symposium at the Schomberg
Center for Research in Black Culture, Harlem, NY - March 7th 2010 The 2009 African American Literary Awards - Harlem, NY -
September 24, 2009
Literary Salon (main stage) After facing rejection from agents
and publisher many writers in the urban general went on to
self-publish their books. Their experiences changed many of the ways
urban fiction are promoted, sold and distributed. Many have gone to
establish successful publishing entities. What other authors can
learn from the business model of selling books in chicken shacks,
barbershops and out of the trunk of your car. Will it stay this way?
What's missing in their sales technique? Interesting: many of these
authors go on to start their own bookstores, publishing companies.
Only for urban fiction because of repeat customers? Marketing &
distribution techniques. Panelists include, Troy Johnson, AALBC.com, Ellis L. Marsalis,
founder, Obie Joe Media and Tracie Howard, Random House author, 7
novels, urban marketing expert.
Hot Book Fun in the Summertime III (2009) - New York, NY -
July 19, 2009 Harlem Book Fair - New York, NY - July 18, 2009 Book Expo America - African American Pavilion - New York, NY -
May 30, 2009, 2
PM
New Rochelle Public Library - Westchester, NY - June 2, 2009, 6:30p
� 8:00p Seminar Presenter: Getting the Word Out: Marketing and PR b- New
York, NY - June 7, 2009, 2 to 5 PM AALBC.com Gallery featuring Marcia Wilson's
Dripping Ink Exhibit and a reading by Cheryl Boyce-Taylor HW Radio - internet Radio - May 8,
2009, 6:30PM
Marketing Your Book On a Limited Budget Book Club Meeting - One Spirit Book Club - March 7, 2009 - Silver
Spring, MD Off The Page on WBAI New York 99.5 FM - New York City - Friday
March 6, 2009 at 11:35 AM The 2009 ALA
Midwinter Meeting - Denver, CO - Jan 23-28, 2009 The Fifth Annual Brother 2 Brother Literary Symposium
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Houston, TX - November 21 - 22, 2008
WHCR 90.3 FM, New York - September 19, 2008, Time 6PM African American Literary Awards Show - New York, NY -
September 25, 2008 Coming Back Together (CBT) IX - L.C. Smith Student NSBE and
SHPE- Syracuse University - September 26, 2008 National Book Club Conference - Atlanta, GA - August 1 - 3,
2008 Harlem Book Fair - Harlem, NY - July 19, 2008 Hot Book Fun in the Summertime II - New York, NY - July 20,
2008 Black Writers Reunion & Conference
- Tampa,
Florida - June 19-21, 2008
Book Expo America - Los Angeles Convention Center - May 29 -
June 1, 2008 National Black Book Festival - Houston, Texas - May 17-18,
2008 The Ninth National Black Writers Conference - Brooklyn, NY -
March 28 - 30, 2008 The 3rd Annual Self-publishing Symposium - Schomburg Center
for Research in Black Culture - New York, NY - Sunday, March 9, 2008 Harvard Business School: 36th Annual H. Naylor
Fitzhugh Conference: Panel Session 6: Authentic, Dynamic, & Real: Lessons Learned
Outside of the Boardroom - Boston, MA - February 23, 2008 DuEwa Frazier's Rhymes, Views & News Show - February 24, 2008
5:00 PM Brooklyn Technical HS Young Entrepreneur Association: Career
Day, January 19, 2008
Troy Johnson Interviewed on Winbrook Pride Arts and Entertainment TV
Show Harlem Book Fair: Panel Discussion Book Reviews
- Panelist PMA University Panel: Success Strategies for the African American Book
Market - Instructor
harlemworld Magazine Celebrates Books - Host Small Press Center's Third Annual New York Round Table Writers
- Conference
- April 2007 - Panelist (Get the Word Out: Marketing and PR) Second Annual Self-Publishing Symposium at the
Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture - March 2007 - Panelist
(Session I : Truths about Self/Independent Publishing) ...and many, many, more Troy Johnson's Blog Troy Johnson's Facebook Profile Page | |||||||||||||||||||
Harlem Book Fair, New York, NY - July 23, 2011
NY
Book launch for Snitch -
Hue-Man Book Store & Cafe -
Friday May 27, 2011
National Book Club Conference
- Atlanta, GA - July 31 to August 2,
2009
National Black Book Festival - Houston, TX - May 16 & May 17,
2009
The Antigua & Barbuda International Literary Festival
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Antigua, West Indies - November 7 - 9, 2008
WHCR 90.3 FM, New York - What's in Your Hand - Radio Program
with Host Ricky Young - June 15, 2008, 6AM
Outstanding Alumni Award
- Award Recipient
BookExpo America 2007,
African American Pavilion - Speaker and Exhibitor