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Troy Johnson is an 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 black people. Johnson is also shareholder and Senior Book Editor, of the 4 year old, Harlem World Magazine. 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.

Johnson is a frequent panelist and public speaker. His subjects and events have included lecturing on; "Success Strategies for the African American Book Market" at the PMA University; "Distribution and the Internet" during the Sacred Circle/Spoken Word International Festival; "Using the Internet to Advance Black Arts" at Howard University; "Get the Word Out: Marketing and PR" at the Small Press Center's Third Annual New York Round Table Writers' Conference; and many others.

Mr. Johnson has served on numerous boards and committees including the advisory boards of Black American's in Publishing and New York is Book Country. He is currently a board member of the Literary Freedom Project, and an advisory board member of the Harlem Book Fair.

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 in Harlem, New York, with his wife and two daughters.