Five Figures: Black Book Publishing Today.

The article reports on the growth posted by the U.S. publishing industry in the area of books aimed at the African-American reading market as of December 2005. The growth can be seen from the increase in the number of African-American book imprints at New York houses to the burgeoning movement of self-published street literature. There has also been an increase in the number of small African-American publishers. INSETS: One Hell of a Life;African-American Fiction;Looking at Nonfiction.