Black Enterprise, December 1st, 1996
Kensington Publishing Corp Sr Editor Monica Harris had the idea of starting a line of romance novels by African American women aimed at this market. Her Arabesque Books is garnering $4.9 mil of Kensington's $50 mil in annual net sales.
Monica Harris never envisioned that one day she would break new ground in publishing. But only three weeks after suggesting the idea in a job interview, she was creating a new publishing line, Arabesque Books. With 72 titles and 6 million copies in circulation, it's the first and only romance line from a major publisher to feature African American characters in...
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