Amber Communications licenses three titles to Black Expressions Book Club 

(July 1, 2006) Amber Communications Group, Inc (ACGI), Phoenix, AZ recently completed licensing the worldwide book club rights to Black Expressions Book Club for two Colossus Books' celebrity bios by author Jake Brown and one Amber/Wiley title by author Deborah R. Lily with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Included in the agreement are: Kanye West In The Studio: Beats Down! Money Up! The Studio Years (2000 - 2006) Colossus Books (ISBN# 0-9767735-6-2) by Jake Brown; Suge Knight - The Rise, Fall, & Rise of Death Row Records: The Story of Marion 'Suge' Knight - A Hard -Hitting Study of One Man, One Company that Changed the Course of American Music Forever (Revised Edition) Colossus Books (ISBN# 0-9702224-7-5) by Jake Brown; and Wavy, Curly, Kinky: The African American Child's Hair Care Guide, Amber/Wiley Books (ISBN# 0-471-69534-3) by Deborah R. Lily.  

The Colossus Books deal was negotiated by Tony Rose, Publisher/CEO, ACGI and the Amber/Wiley Books deal was negotiated by JWS with Carol M. Mackey, Editor-In-Chief of Black Expressions Book Club, the world's largest African American Book Club.

Black Expressions Book Club's parent company, Doubleday Entertainment is the preeminent marketer of books and merchandise via direct mail and e-commerce in the U.S. A wholly owned subsidiary of BOOKSPAN, Doubleday Entertainment and it's predecessors (Book-of-the Month Club and Doubleday Book Club) have been recognized as leaders in the direct marketing business for over 70 years.

Carol M. Mackey has been the Editor-In-Chief of Black Expressions Book Club since 2001. Ms. Mackey, featured in the new title Literary Divas: The Top 100+ Most Admired African American Women in Literature by Heather Covington, Amber Books (ISBN# 0-9767735-3-8) is noted as one of the leading experts on African American literature. Prior to joining BOOKSPAN, Carol worked at Newsday as a Project Manager and was a freelance writer for the New York Times and Essence Communications. She has a Bachelor's Degree from Adelphi University. 


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