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NewsLatest: Karibu Book Store Closing After 15 years of service within the Washington, DC metropolitan area, Karibu Books, a Black bookstore chain will be closing its doors. We sincerely thank each and every one of you for your patronage and support. We are optimistic that our mission to empower and educate through a comprehensive selection of books by and about people of African descent will continue to resonate within the communities we proudly served. Since 1993, we have been blessed to help thousands of local, regional and national authors share their incredible stories of faith, hope, love, peace, politics and race. We can’t begin to express our gratitude for the countless authors who have graced our six stores and enriched our customers’ lives read on Ex-Con Back in the ’Hood, J. M. BENJAMIN finally came home the summer before last after a dozen years in prison, and within a day he was back on the streets, hustling again. His territory used to be the West Second Street projects, and his product was crack cocaine. “I had a name that was larger than life,” he said one recent day, stopping to talk to some friends outside No. 524, the worn, low-rise brick building that was once his home and headquarters. “If you didn’t hustle for me, you couldn’t hustle around here read on First Full Length Novel Written On July 26, 2007, the first novel ever to be written solely on a mobile phone was published on lulu.com, by Robert Bernocco, an Italian science fiction author. The 384-page novel, entitled, Compagni di Viaggo (Fellow Travelers) was written by the author on his Nokia 6630 using the T9 text input feature on his phone, during his morning and afternoon commutes to and from work in Piedmont, Italy. Bernocco wrote his manuscript in only 17 weeks on the train, saving the short paragraphs to his phone before uploading them to his computer for editing. Mr. Bernocco currently resides in Cuneo, Italy. E. Lynn Harris Head Butts Homophobia McMillan’s Ex Now a Novelist Backstabbing + controversy = publishing deal, seems to be the equation running rampant in the entertainment industry. Jonathan Plummer, better known as Terri McMillan’s homosexual, ex-husband, has landed his hands on a pretty book deal with Simon and Schuster. Co-written by Karen Hunter, the woman behind many of today’s steamy tell-all, including Confessions of a Video Vixen and On the Down Low, Plummer’s first novel, Balancing Act is reportedly about a regular hardworking Jamaican man who is hell-bent on running his family’s sugar cane business before he is seduced by the vacationing owner of a well known modeling agency. Although touted as a strictly fictional tale, the story sounds all but a little reminiscent of the former Mr. and Ms. McMillan’s courtship, right down to the title (McMillan’s Disappearing Acts made her famous) for this all to be one big coincidence, but who knows, maybe it is right? Video Vixen Vents Once Again Karrine Steffans, the reformed Video ho, has another head board banger slated for release on September 25, 2007. Her second novel, The Vixen Diaries, is whispered to be filled with kiss and tell tales that are sure to send a few more ripples through the homes of some of Hip-Hops top players. Rumored to include a totem pole of penis size and performance of some of the industry’s favorite performers (no pun intended), The Vixen Diaries, promises to be, if not better, up to par with the first installment. O.J. Gets a New Deal Although canned by HarperCollins, before it could hit stores earlier this summer, O.J.’s, If I Did It is slated to see new light at the hands of Eric Kampmann who has reportedly ordered a 125,000 copy print run. Backed by the Goldman family, Kampmann reports that he already has in orders for over 116,000 copies of the first run. At first word of this new edition of If I Did It, Barnes and Noble decided they would not carry the book in their stores, although the book would be available on its website. A few days later this decision was reversed, due in part to what they claim as buyer interest; the book would be indeed available in their stores. The book has an October 3, 2007 release date. Alfred Adams, Jr. and Queen Pen Gear In early August, rapper Queen Pen teamed up with her long-time friend and once incarcerated author Alfred Adams, Jr. for a large scale 30-city book tour slated to kick off in Atlanta. Both well-received authors, Pen of Blossom and Situations and Adams of My Brother’s Keeper have decided to tour for their fans, with scheduled book-signings, radio interviews, a mini-college tour, and various speaking engagements. Look out for the pair in a city near you. Rosie O’Donnell Irate Over an Inept Edit The hot-headed, former queen of morning talk, Rosie O’Donnell ripped her publisher a new one on Access Hollywood last week. The former member of The View was furious about the mistakes she found on the cover to her hardcover book, Celebrity Detox. She went off on her internet blog, letting her fans know of the mistakes with the following citations from the front flap of her book, “ ‘when rosie odonnells (sic) mother was diagnosed with cancer in 1968, ten year old rosie thought fame could cure her,' i was born in 1962 my mother was diagnosed in 1973 WTF.” Toni Morrison’s Beloved is Loved by All Toni Morrison’s 1988 Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Beloved, was almost an instant classic when it hit shelves twenty years ago. Selling millions of copies since its first print run, beloved has remained a hot seller and a favorite of many school teachers. Most recently Beloved has been names as the best American fiction novel published in the last 25 years and has deservingly earned the title of “classic.” Still Hood by K'wan - Available October 2007! Only the strong survive on the streets of Brooklyn. And while Dena Jones definitely has what it takes not only to survive but to succeed, she wants out. And she's read on Charge it to the Game makes Bestsellers list. Author Michelle A. Fletcher joins the ranks on the Essence bestsellers list. Click to see complete listing CBCF Author Pavilion (Congressional Black Caucus) Karibu Books is delighted to be the Official Bookstore for the 2007 CBCF Author Pavilion, Baltimore Book Festival and Green Festival. For a third consecutive year, Karibu has partnered with all three organizations to bring together community, leading thinkers, business leaders, and businesses in celebration of literature!, more info Previous: Copyright Infringement: Keisha Ervin vs. Wahida Clark Hip Hop Fiction Beefs Shady Publishing: Black Pearl Robs Eric Myriekes |
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