QBR The Black Book Review

{{short description|Quarterly book review publication based in New York}}

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| type = Weekly newspaper

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| foundation = {{start date and age|1992}}

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| owners = Max Rodriguez

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| headquarters =9 West 126th Street

New York, NY 10027, U.S.

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| website = [https://www.qbrbookreview.com Official website]

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QBR: The Black Book Review was founded by Max Rodriguez in 1992 to serve as a national source of reviews for books about the African-American and African experience.

QBR began as a quarterly print publication, reviewing books in all genres. It produces the annual Harlem Book Fair, which began in 1998.{{Cite news|last=Verma|first=Henrietta|date=February 1, 2016|title=Q & A: Max Rodriguez|page=86|work=Library Journal}}{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.harlembookfair.com/about-us |website=Harlem Book Fair |access-date= December 20, 2020}} In 2005, QBR entered into a partnership with Black Issues Book Review, and at the same time, discontinued print publication of its quarterly.{{Cite journal|last=Reid|first=Calvin|date=July 18, 2005|title=Black Reviews, Harlem Fair Merge|page=17|journal=Publishers Weekly}} QBR continues to be published online monthly, with weekly updates.

QBR sponsors the Celebration of Black Writers in Philadelphia and the African-American Read In in Dallas.{{cite web |title=QBR The Black Book Review and Black Issues Book Review Join Forces |url=http://www.thumperscorner.com/cgi/discus/board-admin.cgi?action=quick&do=print&HTTP_REFERER=5048/5637&postindex=27803 |website=Thumper's Corner |publisher=AALBC.com |access-date= December 20, 2020}} They published Sacred Fire: The QBR 100 Essential Black Books in 1999.{{cite web | title=The QBR 100 Essential Black Books | website=African American Literature Book Club | date=January 22, 2013 | url=https://aalbc.com/books/sacredfire.php | access-date=December 20, 2020}}