February 28, 2022 Edition

Industry News

Riggins Rights Management updates industry on Christian publishing colleagues in Ukraine

ECPA member Riggins Rights Management has posted a press release on their website with information from their team member Nadiyka Gerbish and Ukrainian publisher and ECPA member Andriy Kravchenko (Ezdra Publishing House and Ukrainian Christian Publishers Association) on the current situation in Ukraine, and how the industry can help and pray.

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Anchor Distributors forms partnership with iDisciple Publishing

Anchor Distributors is pleased to announce its agreement with Atlanta-based iDisciple Publishing to provide distribution and fulfillment services for some of the world’s most well-known Christian resources.

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Submissions for The Christy Award® for Christian fiction opens tomorrow

Nominations will be accepted March 1-31 in nine fiction categories for The Christy Award® program. All Christy Award submissions are open to works of fiction written from a Christian worldview, published traditionally or independently from March 2021 to March 2022.

For more information, visit TheChristyAward.com.

International impacts to be discussed at upcoming ECPA Leadership Summit

ECPA will host its annual industry gathering of managers and executives on May 3-4 in Philadelphia.  It will be the first time the ECPA Leadership Summit meets in person since 2019.  Included in the two-day programming are several sessions taking a look at the global supply chain crisis, the state of global discipleship and the global church.  “The need for face to face interaction around the issues that affect our industry and world is more important than ever,” states ECPA president Jeff Crosby.

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Register before the early bird deadline of March 18.

Milestones

IVP’s “Radiant Church” honored as a 2022 Outreach Resource of the Year

Outreach magazine named “Radiant Church” as a 2022 Resource of the Year in the church category. Two additional titles from IVP, “Lead Like It Matters to God” and “Tempered Resilience,” made the shortlist for the “Also Recommended” resources in the leadership category.

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Outreach Magazine names Resources of the Year

For the 19th year, Outreach magazine is celebrating some of the best outreach-oriented books by honoring them as Outreach Resources of the Year. The Outreach Resources of the Year aims to highlight valuable resources for church leaders and bring deserved attention to tools that can help churches better engage in effective outreach to share the gospel and reach their communities for Christ. This year’s titles address issues in evangelism, apologetics, the church, leadership, social issues and justice, among other concerns.

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Product News

R.H. Boyd enters publishing agreement with The Cupcake Collection CEO

R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation is proud to announce its recent publishing partnership with widely regarded Mignon Francois, CEO of The Cupcake Collection. The inspirational autobiographical account will chronicle many of the pivotal moments of Francois’ life, including her triumphs and challenges as an entrepreneur, and her story of transforming a $5 cupcake order into a $10 million enterprise.

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Paraclete Launches RAVEN Fiction Line with “The Book of Susan”

Paraclete Press launches its new fiction imprint, RAVEN, with an important release for Mental Health Awareness month: “The Book of Susan” by Melanie K. Hutsell. Author Melanie K. Hutsell lives with bipolar disorder, so “The Book of Susan” is more than a novel: it's a mirror of the author’s own story.

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Worthy Books releases "The Rooted Life" by Justin Rhodes on March 1st

A permaculture expert and wildly popular YouTube Homesteader, Justin Rhodes shares the skills and the delights of becoming a part of your own food story in this inspiring, accessible, and beautiful invitation to a more abundant, healthy, and connected life.

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Media Announcements

MTI opens discounted registration for the Crisis Publishing Initiative

Christian journalists, editors, publishers, and bloggers from around the world are invited to attend the Crisis Publishing Initiative conference hosted by Magazine Training International (MTI) in partnership with the Evangelical Press Association. The conference will be held on June 26-29, 2022, at the the Conference Center of the University of St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

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CT presents free webinar on “Reimagining Biblical Womanhood” on March 11

Christianity Today will host a candid conversation on the obstacles and opportunities facing women leaders in the church in a free webinar titled, “Reimagining Biblical Womanhood,” on Friday, March 11, at 1 pm CST. The panel features a lineup of notable industry authors whose books have helped shape the evangelical community’s current discussion on women’s issues. The panelists include Kat Armas (Abuelita Faith), Beth Allison Barr (The Making of Biblical Womanhood), Amanda W. Benckhuysen (The Gospel According to Eve), and Nicole Martin (Made to Lead).

Register for the live event, or to receive a link to the recording.

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