FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 19, 2005
CONTACT:
Lee McDonald, karibu7@aol.com
(301) 899 - 7580 x16
African American Bookstore Chain Expands to Baltimore, Maryland
Hyattsville, MD - Karibu Books is an African-American Bookstore chain with five locations in the Washington Metropolitan Area. Karibu (pronounced KA-REE- BOO) began with $500 dollars vending on the streets of Washington, DC and local college campuses. Twelve years later, Karibu is the largest African American Bookstore chain in the country.
When visiting Karibu, you will find the stores are well-lit, organized and easy to navigate. They offer a variety of subject categories from the recently popular Streetlife sections to Health, Children's, Fiction, Autobiography, Music, Poetry and of course History. The company even boasts a Freemasonry section and newly added Current Affairs and Comics sections.
A valuable part of the Karibu Experience is the connection the stores create between the community and the authors of books. Karibu hosts over 500 events a year with countless literary and cultural icons including: Nikki Giovanni, Cornel West, Terry McMillan, Toni Morrison, Omar Tyree, Acklyn Lynch, J. California Cooper, Maya Angelou, Zane, Naim Akbar, Spike Lee and many more.
On Wednesday, November 23rd 2005, Karibu will open the doors of its first expansion store in a new market, Baltimore, Maryland, Security Square Mall. Security Square fits perfectly with the company's concept of bringing a highly specialized product and service to Black communities. Across the country, African-Americans are reading at a larger rate than ever. It is the birth of what many call a new renaissance in African-American literature. Karibu believes if there is access people will buy! They are confident the customers in Baltimore will value their product, service and take great pleasure in the Karibu Experience.
YOU'RE INVITED Saturday, December 10th 2005, to Karibu's GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION! Come out and meet the Karibu Team, enjoy a fun filled day of raffles, giveaways and performances by Sistah Joy, poet and author of the best-seller, Lord I'm Dancin' As Fast As I Can and host & co-producer of the new Prince George's County poetry cable TV program, Sojourn With Words.
Karibu&Books By and About African people 365 days a year!
The company is headquartered in Prince George's County, MD the wealthiest African American community in the country. Karibu Locations: The Mall at Prince George's, Hyattsville, MD Centre at Forestville, Forestville, MD; Iverson Mall, Hillcrest Heights, MD; Bowie Town Center, Bowie, MD; Pentagon City, Arlington, VA (Store Front Opening April 2006) and Security Square Mall, Baltimore, MD.
THANK YOU for your Support in the GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION! Black Issues Book Review, Simon and Schuster, AOL/Time Warner, EMI Records, Universal Records, Sony/BMG Records, Kensington Books, Random House, Strebor Books and Harper Collins.
