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     Through a newly launched Contemporary African Writers effort, Harlem Book Fair Publishers (HBFP) and Triatlantic Books International are set to give African authors opportunities never before available. Utilizing HBFP's do-it-yourself (DIY) online publishing technology provided by world leader Author Solutions, African authors now have the opportunity to remain in control of the content and delivery of their books with immediate access to a growing and profitable African American reading market, including the expansive emigrant African community cultivated over the years by QBR The Black Book Review and the Harlem Book Fair.

     Since 1992, QBR The Black Book Review has been the leader and innovator in showcasing books dedicated to the African Diaspora experience. From this endeavor evolved the Harlem Book Fair, the largest African American book event in the nation, now in its eleventh year, drawing tens of thousands of people annually. QBR's publishing imprint, HBFP launched in 2008, further showcasing QBR's dedication to the promotion and celebration of African authors and literature. 
 
     Triatlantic Books International is a New York-based publisher of African and Africa-related titles. With interests ranging from biography and politics to works in African cultural heritage as well as the African American connection, the company aims to bring widespread attention to the vast number of brilliant but little-known authors found across Africa.

     According to Triatlantic's Associate Managing Editor, Deidre MacIntosh, and Nigeria-based Publishing Director, James Attah-Agali, they "would be keen on having access to the latest African American titles, hence TBL's interest in the emerging partnership with HBFP in creating the Contemporary African Writers series that will offer an opportunity for a trans-Atlantic literary linkage".

     Chudi Uwazurike, Harvard PhD, New York-based professor and author of To Tangle With Tarzan, will serve as General Series Editor for the Contemporary African Writers effort. The series will release two of his novels, Yesterday Was Silent and Uzo Nwanna and the Song of a Thousand Tunes, during Black History Month, 2009. 

     "Our fundamental mission is to provide a unique and simple opportunity for authors to share their stories with the world." says Max Rodriguez, founder of QBR, the Harlem Book Fair and HBFP. "It is a true synthesis of technology and vision. HBFP's purpose is to give access to writers on a large scale. ASI's technology makes it possible," states Rodriguez. "We consider it a marriage of publishing innovation and literary aspirations."

For additional information or to participate as an author, visit www.hbfpublishers.com