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January 18, 2021 Edition

“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

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Industry News

ECPA releases bestseller lists for 2020 and Christmas

The results are in for the Bestselling Books and Bibles for 2020 produced by ECPA member publishers, based on POS data provided by NPD BookScan, January through December. The 5 Love Languages by Pinnacle Award winning author Gary Chapman (Moody) was the bestselling book of 2020.  In addition, the bestselling Christmas 2020 lists were posted in Non-Fiction, Fiction, and Juvenile.

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Faithlife reveals most popular worship songs and sermon topics of 2020

Data compiled by Faithlife, makers of integrated church technology products including Logos Bible Software, in the Year-End Song & Sermon Report provides insight into the worship songs, sermon topics and Scriptures most prevalent in churches across North America throughout 2020 and during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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After a slow start, U.S. print book sales rose 8.2 percent in 2020

Print book sales in the United States had their best year since 2010. Growth occurred across every major super category, including adult non-fiction, adult fiction, juvenile, and teen categories. Unit-sales volume in 2020 rose 8.2 percent, year over year, to reach 751 million units, according to The NPD Group.

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Christian retailers report Christmas season sales increase amid pandemic

Contrary to headlines announcing the demise of brick-and-mortar retail, Christian retail shoppers have returned to stores and Christian bookstores have rebounded at an encouraging rate. Drawing on sales data reported to ParableConnect, same-store sales were up 4.7% in independent Christian stores during the ever-important 8-week holiday season (November 1 – December 24) as reported by U.S. Christian retailers across marketing groups, church stores, and other independents.

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New dates announced for LittWorld conference in Hungary: April 24-29, 2022

Media Associates International announces new dates for the LittWorld global publishing conference in Hungary. The conference will be held April 24-29, 2022—six months later than previously announced.

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The Bindery expands: Trinity McFadden, John Blase, and Estee Zandee join agency

The Bindery announces they have expanded their team with the addition of three new agents: Trinity McFadden as Literary Agent and John Blase and Estee Zandee as Associate Literary Agents. They join Ingrid Beck, Managing Director at The Bindery, who also represents a number of authors at the agency.

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Webinar

NetGalley hosts webinar for Christian publishers, Jan. 28

NetGalley will host a webinar for ECPA publishers on January 28, at 2 pm Eastern time.  NetGalley helps publishers promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Hundreds of publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley community to discover, request, read, and review.  Join Kristina Radke, NetGalley’s VP of Business Engagement, to learn about:

  • Up-to-date stats about the NetGalley community and activity
  • How ECPA members use NetGalley’s tools to reach important audiences and receive a discount on
  • NetGalley’s subscription service
  • Ways that NetGalley Advanced can help track and analyze pre-pub trends
  • How audiobooks on NetGalley are performing
  • NetGalley’s marketing promotions to help expand your reach

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Product News

David C Cook, Integrity Music, and Compassion International partner to release the FAITHFUL Project

The ministries of Compassion International, David C Cook, and Integrity Music are thrilled to announce their collaborative release of the FAITHFUL Project, bringing together authors and songwriters Amy Grant, Ann Voskamp, Ellie Holcomb, Lisa Harper, Ruth Chou Simons, Trillia Newbell, Amanda Bible Williams and Raechel Myers (both from She Reads Truth), Christy Nockels, Kelly Minter, and many more artistic contributors. The FAITHFUL Project encompasses a book, album, podcast, ticketed livestream event, and multi-city tour, telling the story of God’s faithfulness to women throughout Scripture to the present day.

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Tommy Nelson to publish new book featuring YouTube sensation, Dude Perfect

Tommy Nelson, a children’s book imprint within HarperCollins Christian Publishing, announced the publication date of June 8, 2021 for “101 Dude Perfect Tricks, Tips, and Cool Stuff.” Garnering more than 54 million YouTube subscribers and more than 12 billion video views, Dude Perfect has gone from making trick shots in their backyard to making fans all over the world.

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Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth named General Editor of forthcoming Bible project with B&H

Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth, founder of Revive Our Hearts, will serve as General Editor for the study notes in a new Bible from Holman Bibles (B&H Publishing). The project, which is underway now with a 2024 target release date, will feature the Christian Standard Bible® (CSB) and fresh content leveraging Nancy’s decades-long ministry of Bible teaching.

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Rabbit Room Press to release second volume of “Every Moment Holy”

Rabbit Room Press is releasing a brand new volume of EVERY MOMENT HOLY, titled Death, Grief, & Hope. This new book of prayers and liturgies releasing in February is written for seasons of dying and grieving. The book contains over 100 prayers including those for “the Scattering of Ashes,” “the Loss of a Spouse,” “the Wake of a National Tragedy,” “Embracing Both Joy & Sorrow,” and many more.

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Media Announcements

Bestselling author Max Lucado hosts first ever online Reading Club starting January 25

Award-winning and bestselling author Max Lucado, who has over 140 million products in print, is inviting people internationally to start 2021 afresh, abandoning fear, worry, and hopelessness from the crises of 2020 and looking forward to personal restoration and renewal in the new year.

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Zondervan author Emily Stroud has partnered with Pure Flix to create a new TV series

Entrepreneur, financial advisor of more than 20 years, and the author of the popular Zondervan book: "Faithful Finance," Emily G. Stroud passionately helps people move past fear to find joy and peace in their personal finances. Her new TV Series “Faithful Finance LIVE” is now streaming on Pure Flix.

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Other News

INDUSTRY

  • Christian Literary Agents Eye Diversity, Expansion
  • Lifting Spirits: Religion Books Preview 2021
  • Religion Titles Tout Creativity as a Spiritual Path
  • Religion & Spirituality Book Deals: January 13, 2021
  • CT: The Majority of American Megachurches Are Now Multiracial

PUBLISHING

  • Reflections on the 2020 American Market in Sales and Deals
  • Self-Improvement Boom Sets Book Sales Off on Fast Start in 2021
  • Amazon Hit with E-book Price Fixing Suit
  • Random House Group Promotes Top Execs to New Roles
  • Oxford University Press Puts Its Full ‘World Classics’ List Online
  • NYT: Consumer Groups Target Amazon Prime’s Cancellation Process
  • Melinda Gates Donates $250,000 to New Prize for Fiction by Women
  • Industry Members Unite to Block Trump Administration Book Deals
  • Book Aid International’s Year: 867,567 Books to 19 Countries
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This Month’s Bestsellers

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1 FORGIVING WHAT YOU CAN'T FORGET
LYSA TERKEURST
2 IT'S NEVER TOO LATE
KATHIE LEE GIFFORD
3 TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER CLASSIC EDITION
DAVE RAMSEY
4 THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES
GARY CHAPMAN
5 JESUS CALLING
SARAH YOUNG
6 NEW MORNING MERCIES
PAUL DAVID TRIPP
7 EMPTY OUT THE NEGATIVE
JOEL OSTEEN
8 THE MANUAL TO MANHOOD
JONATHAN CATHERMAN
9 GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD
JENNIE ALLEN
10 QUIET TIMES WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL
JOYCE MEYER
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1 THE HARBINGER II: THE RETURN
JONATHAN CAHN
2 THE HARBINGER
JONATHAN CAHN
3 REDEEMING LOVE
FRANCINE RIVERS
4 THE STONE WALL
BEVERLY LEWIS
5 THE HIDEAWAY
LAUREN K. DENTON
6 THE SHACK
WILLIAM PAUL YOUNG
7 THE BOOK OF MYSTERIES
JONATHAN CAHN
8 A LINEAGE OF GRACE
FRANCINE RIVERS
9 THE BLENDED QUILT
JEAN BRUNSTETTER AND WANDA E.BRUNSTETTER
10 TWICE AS NICE AMISH ROMANCE COLLECTION
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1 FORGIVING WHAT YOU CAN'T FORGET
LYSA TERKEURST
2 IT'S NEVER TOO LATE
KATHIE LEE GIFFORD
3 TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER CLASSIC EDITION
DAVE RAMSEY
4 THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES
GARY CHAPMAN
5 JESUS CALLING
SARAH YOUNG
6 NEW MORNING MERCIES
PAUL DAVID TRIPP
7 EMPTY OUT THE NEGATIVE
JOEL OSTEEN
8 THE MANUAL TO MANHOOD
JONATHAN CATHERMAN
9 GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD
JENNIE ALLEN
10 QUIET TIMES WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL
JOYCE MEYER
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1 THE WORLD NEEDS WHO YOU WERE MADE TO
JOANNA GAINES
2 THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS
PATRICIA A. PINGRY
3 THE BEGINNER'S BIBLE
ZONDERVAN
4 GOD GAVE US CHRISTMAS, Boardbook
LISA TAWN BERGREN
5 THE JESUS STORYBOOK BIBLE
SALLY LLOYD-JONES
6 THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
CLEMENT MOORE
7 THE ACTION BIBLE
SERGIO CARIELLO
8 FROSTY THE SNOWMAN
JACK ROLLINS
9 GOD GAVE US CHRISTMAS
LISA TAWN BERGREN
10 JESUS CALLING: THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS
YOUNG, SARAH
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Not Specified
2 NKJV GIANT PRINT REFERENCE BIBLE
Not Specified
3 NLT EVERY MAN'S BIBLE
STEPHEN ARTERBURN
4 NIV ADVENTURE BIBLE, Hardcover
ZONDERVAN
5 NLT ONE YEAR BIBLE
TYNDALE
6 NIV THE WOMAN'S STUDY BIBLE
THOMAS NELSON
7 NKJV SUPER GIANT PRINT BIBLE
NELSON BIBLES
8 NLT PREMIUM GIFT BIBLE
TYNDALE
9 NIV VALUE THINLINE BIBLE, Blue
ZONDERVAN
10 NLT LARGE PRINT ONE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLE
TYNDALE
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1 KJV ECONOMY BIBLE
THOMAS NELSON
2 ESV ECONOMY BIBLE
CROSSWAY
3 NIV ECONOMY BIBLE
ZONDERVAN
4 NKJV ECONOMY BIBLE
THOMAS NELSON
5 NLT ECONOMY BIBLE
TYNDALE
6 NIV OUTREACH BIBLE STUDENT EDITION
ZONDERVAN
7 RV1909 SANTA BIBLIA
BARBOUR PUBLISHING
8 NASB PEW BIBLE
FOUNDATION PUBLICATION INC
9 KJV GIFT & AWARD BIBLE, IMITATION LEATHER, Black
THOMAS NELSON
10 NVI SANTA BIBLIA EDICIN ECONMICA
NUEVA VERSIN INTERNACIONAL
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JAN BERENSTAIN AND MIKE BERENSTAIN
2 LOTS OF KNOCK-KNOCK JOKES FOR KIDS
WHEE WINN
3 WORRY LESS, PRAY MORE
DONNA K. MALTESE
4 3-MINUTE DEVOTIONS FOR MEN
COMPILED BY BARBOUR STAFF
5 LAUGH-OUT-LOUD JOKES FOR KIDS
ROB ELLIOTT
6 GOD WILL USE THIS FOR GOOD
MAX LUCADO
7 THE BERENSTAIN BEARS PATIENCE, PLEASE
MIKE BERENSTAIN
8 KNOCK-KNOCK JOKES FOR KIDS
ROB ELLIOTT
9 THE BERENSTAIN BEARS, THE VERY FIRST CHRISTMAS
JAN BERENSTAIN AND MIKE BERENSTAIN
10 BIBLE PROMISES FOR MOMS
HEIDI ST JOHN
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1 New International Version
2 King James Version
3 New Living Translation
4 English Standard Version
5 New King James Version
6 Christian Standard Bible
7 New International Reader's Version
8 Reina Valera
9 New American Standard Bible
10 The Message
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COMPILED BY BARBOUR STAFF
2 EL SECRETO DE LA PAZ PERSONAL
BILLY GRAHAM
3 JESUS TE LLAMA, Bolsillo
SARAH YOUNG
4 EL LIBRO DE PROMESAS DE LA BIBLIA PARA MUJERES
COMPILED BY BARBOUR STAFF
5 UNA MUJER CONFORME AL CORAZON DE DIOS
ELIZABETH GEORGE
6 EL PROPSITO DE DIOS PARA SU VIDA
CHARLES F. STANLEY
7 DIOS TE BENDIGA Y BUENAS NOCHES
HANNAH HALL
8 UNA VIDA CON PROPSITO
RICK WARREN
9 DEMASIADO BENDECIDA PARA ESTAR ESTRESADA
DEBORA M. COTY
10 UN AO CON DIOS
B&H ESPAOL EDITORIAL
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1 RV1909 SANTA BIBLIA
BARBOUR PUBLISHING
2 NVI SANTA BIBLIA EDICION ECONOMICA
NUEVA VERSION INTERNACIONAL
3 RVR60 SANTA BIBLIA EDICION ECONOMICA
RVR 1960- REINA VALERA 1960
4 RVR1960 SANTA BIBLIA EDICION PORTATIL
RVR 1960- REINA VALERA 1960
5 RVR1960 BIBLIA LETRA SUPER GIGANTE PIEL FABRICADA, Negro
B&H ESPAOL EDITORIAL
6 RVR1960 BIBLIA LETRA GRANDE TAMAO MANUAL CON NDICE
B&H ESPAOL EDITORIAL
7 RVR1960 BIBLIA DE ESTUDIO ARCO IRIS
B&H ESPAOL EDITORIAL
8 RVR1960 BIBLIA PARA REGALOS Y PREMIOS
B&H ESPAOL EDITORIAL
9 RVR1960 BIBLIA DE APUNTES
B&H ESPAOL EDITORIAL
10 RVR1960 BIBLIA LETRA GRANDE TAMAO MANUAL EDICIN TIERRA SANTA
B&H ESPAOL EDITORIAL
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