The RAW Celebration Schedule (Week 1)

(Click the image to join the conversation on Facebook!) The 10 Year Anniversary of RAWSISTAZ is later this month and we have kicked off our 30 Day Anniversary Celebration which is being held online the entire month of September.  I wanted to take this time to thank those who contacted us to participate, donate books and/or who have been sharing our information via the various social media outlets, their sites, blogs & more.  Also a special thanks to all our members, friends, and those who have supported us over the years.  We love and appreciate each of you! In addition to what we’ll... 

Call for Reviewers – Fall 2010

It’s that time of the year and we’re gearing up for our anniversary event next month and the holiday season, both of which sometimes delay our book review process.  In order to stay on top of the 100’s of books coming in for review, we are in need of a few more avid readers/writers interested in reviewing for The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers (TRR).  So, if you love to read and can share your opinions on a book in a way that is constructive & helpful to those reading the review, then consider joining us! We are looking for both guest reviewers and team members. This is not a paid... 

Clarifications on The RAW Affair 2010

Originally posted May 25th via Facebook in an effort to clarify confusion regarding author participation at our annual event. The 10-Year Anniversary Celebration of RAWSISTAZ is scheduled for October 1-3, 2010 and it is our 8th Annual Event which we will hold in Atlanta, GA. We are celebrating, right? Well, if one more person asks “why wasn’t I invited to the event?” I’ma have to simply stop replying. Technically, I only INVITE the keynotes to our event and everyone else I TELL ABOUT it and hope they can attend. I am not slighting you, or you, or you. I merely don’t... 

Chats through Mid-May 2010

The Black Book Chats will now start at noon (EST) instead of 10AM EST, unless otherwise noted and will end around 8PM EST.  They are held via the comments section in blog format and you DO NOT have to sit there all day waiting on messages. If you want to attend the chat, just go to http://www.blackbookchats.com and you should see the posting for each chat or you can just go to the RAWSISTAZ main page and it’ll be there in the second column. Tuesday, May 4th - BOM Discussion with Terra Little (Where There’s Smoke 2) Tuesday, May 4th -  Blog Tour with Vanessa Richardson (Love Found Me) Friday,... 

Chat Schedule This Week (Apr 19th)

Hey all!  This week, we’re going to be pretty busy with our Black Book Chats from the E-Book Reading Challenge and e-book tours, so as a heads up, here is the remaining part of the schedule.  I hope you will be able to join in with us and the participating authors. CHAT SCHEDULE Monday, April 19th (9PM EST – 10PM EST) Take Your Pleasure Where You Find It by J. D. Mason (click here to buy a copy) Tuesday, April 20th (Noon EST – 8PM EST) When We Were One by Zaji (click here to get the FREE copy if you haven’t already) Thursday, April 22nd (Noon EST – 8PM EST) Seeds of Bible Study by... 

Chat Schedule for E-Book Reading Challenge

Our E-Book Reading Challenge is well under way and we are having a wonderful time with our featured authors!  If you haven’t joined in, it is not too late to participate. We posted this schedule with the last call for the free e-book downloads, but some didn’t receive it.  So, once again, the chat schedule for our Black Book Chats with the authors featured in our E-Book Reading Challenge is below: For those that have passed, click on the link to see the chat discussion and no, it is not too late to leave your comments. **All chats will be held here on the site** CHAT SCHEDULE March... 

Last Call for Free Books for Reading Challenge

**If you’ve already registered, CLICK HERE to download the two new books. We extended the download time for an extra week for those having problems accessing the files, but this is the absolute last call to download books we’re reading during our E-Book Reading Challenge.  If you miss the free download, you will have to order the book directly and most are available in both print and e-book format. There are TWO NEW books available for free download. For those who have asked, no you do not have to have an E-Reader to participate. You can read the files on your computer or most... 

Site Issues…

My apologies to anyone trying to access the site today as it has gone down twice. Unfortunately, this has impacted both the workshop and blog tour we have going on for today, but it was beyond the control of the RAWSISTAZ staff. Our host is aware of the situation and is working to resolve things. Send via Email, Print or Share with Social Networks  Read More →

African-American E-Books & E-Book Reading Challenge

Happy Read An E-Book Week! We kicked things off with an interview with the founder of Read An E-Book Week, Rita Y. Toews earlier in the week, celebrated e-books on the Michigan Writers Network Show last night, and have been hearing from members regarding all the great finds around the internet. For Read An E-Book Week, we put the call out and received quite a few responses from African-American Authors.  So, they’ve offered the books below (for a limited time) FREE OF CHARGE here on our site in honor of Read an E-Book Week and to help us kick off of our 8 Week E-Book Reading Challenge. The... 

Email for RAWSISTAZ is down (resolved)

Greetings all! Just a quick announcement that we’re having technical difficulties with our email, so it has been down since Tuesday afternoon. We hope to have it back up by tomorrow mid-day, Monday at the latest.  So, if you’ve emailed us, please give us a few days to catch up to everything and if you haven’t heard from us by next Tuesday or Wednesday, please email us again. UPDATE: March 8, 2010 – Our email addresses are back up and operational! Send via Email, Print or Share with Social Networks  Read More →

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