Black power movement book publishing: Trends and issues

Among the Black Power Movement's legacies are independent black presses. The justification for such presses, to produce culturally relevant books for black audiences and to create a space for black authors to publish, is now a staple of mainstream presses as well. Arguably, this particular legacy of the movement has far surpassed its original objective. Moreover, the interaction between the various types of publisher is not a simple competitive one in which the goal is to control the black book market. Rather, it is symbiotic in a number of ways, including the relations authors and publishers are able to negotiate with one another as well as those the publishers maintain among themselves.