Black Pearl Books' Newly Released Hip-Hop Books/New Website On Fire -- 'Legit Baller' & 'Hustlers' Coming To Wal-Mart In November '05
Black Pearl Books' urban hip-hop books in great demand.
(PRWEB) October 17, 2005 -- “Street Games” by Eric Myrieckes, “Nasty” by Rahsaan Ali & “Drama” by Tia Hines are the latest new releases for red-hot publishing company, Black Pearl Books (www.BlackPearlBooks.com).
Wal-Mart is bringing two more of Black Pearl Books’ titles (“Legit Baller” by Jerry Blackshear & “Hustlers” by Ronald Quincy) to its stores in November 2005. Wal-Mart already carries BP’s Essence Magazine Best-Seller “Slick” by Brenda Hampton as well as “Twisted” by Holland Jones.
“I’m very excited about our growth!” says Black Pearl Books President, Felicia Hurst, former architect turned hip-hop publisher. “We’re getting much love from urban readers, African-American bookstores and chain stores!”
Recently, Black Pearl Books launched its new website (www.BlackPearlBooks.com) to rave reviews by its some 10,000-plus visitors per month.
Despite Black Pearl Books’ mega-success, it hasn’t come without some sour moments. But it’s clear that the company president’s positive attitude is a major reason for its continued success.
“It’s a shame that a very small number of African-American stores and distributors don’t carry our titles for their African-American customers. But I don’t get bent out of shape over it -- whatever the reason, I’m confident that those who do not, will hopefully care about the needs of their readers & customers in the near future! My attention is targeted to the thousands of stores that do carry our titles. In the end, customers have no problem finding our books! My advice to African-American customers trying to support these stores by purchasing BP’s books is to simply ask the owner to get them for them," says Hurst.
With books available at Wal-Mart, Borders, Waldenbooks, Barnes & Noble, B. Dalton, Books-A-Million, 100’s of African-American bookstores and Amazon.com, it seems certain that it is these non-carrying stores’ loss by not stocking BP’s 17-hot titles.
Black Pearl Books continues to roll along, becoming the 1st African-American urban publishing company to enter Wal-Mart without the aid of a distribution deal with a major-publisher and has plans for 30 new releases in 2006. BP is also making book-news with book reviews from noteworthy national urban publications such as Vibe Magazine and Rolling Out Urban Style Weekly Magazine.
“It’s becoming increasingly more difficult to review all of the submitted books," says Hurst, who has seen an increase in submitted manuscripts from 15 per week to now 25 per week. “We only accept the best authors, which is the reason for all of the attention we’ve been receiving”
It’s easy to see why authors want to join the Black Pearl Books family. And the chosen few show great results as a norm.
Recently, a BP-author (Rhonda Swan, author of “Busted”) went on a book-signing tour at Borders & Waldenbooks and sold-out the entire stock of 3 stores. Several managers told her that they rarely see that happen in just a couple of hours.
BP’s four upcoming November-Releases (“Teflon”, “Freak Unleashed”, “Mastermind” & “Criminal Code”) are already garnering early attention.
For More Information, Contact:
Publicist @ BlackPearlBooks.com
Or, Felicia Hurst, President
Hurst @ BlackPearlBooks.com
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