May 2, 2022 Edition
Industry News
Christian Book Award® winners announced tomorrow night
The Christian Book Award (@CBAwards) winners in 12 categories, plus the Christian Book of the Year®, will be named tomorrow night at the ECPA Awards Celebration, among Christian publishing leaders gathered for the ECPA Leadership Summit. The event will celebrate the 65 finalists and feature a keynote from Latasha Morrison, whose book “Be The Bridge” (WaterBrook), was named the 2021 Christian Book of the Year. Other industry honors include the presentation of the Pinnacle Award to Timothy Keller, recognition of 41 books achieving sales milestones, and the 75th anniversary of InterVarsity Press and 5oth anniversary of Ligonier Ministries.
Firebrand Technologies offers webinar for ECPA members on May 17
On May 17, Firebrand Technologies will host a webinar on “Mastering Metadata Cleanup: How to approach a major overhaul or a minor update,” with Joshua Tallent to walk you through the best practices, tips, tricks, and processes that lead to a successful metadata cleanup project, using real world examples from the Christian market. Firebrand’s discount for ECPA members will also be discussed.
Staff Announcements
Brian Scharp named vice president of marketing for Nelson Books
Thomas Nelson today announced Brian Scharp as the v-p of marketing for Nelson Books, a nonfiction imprint. Scharp is an experienced publishing professional with over 25 years of marketing experience, having served as the v-p of marketing for Zondervan Bibles as well as the senior v-p of global marketing for Our Daily Bread Ministries.
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IVP Academic announces new associate editor
InterVarsity Press (IVP) has announced that Rachel Hastings has been appointed associate editor for IVP Academic. Hastings joined IVP in 2021 as assistant project editor and was soon promoted to associate project editor for trade books. In the role of associate editor for IVP Academic she will be leading acquisitions and the development of academic books in biblical studies and related fields.
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Product News
Beth Moore to release memoir with Tyndale Momentum in 2023
Tyndale House Publishers has announced that bestselling author, Bible teacher, and founder of Living Proof Ministries, Beth Moore, has penned her memoir, “All My Knotted-Up Life,” to release in April 2023. “All My Knotted-Up Life” is Moore’s reflective, often humorous memoir detailing her tumultuous childhood in Arkansas and Texas, experiences that impacted her youth and her call to ministry, her rise as an influential Bible teacher and national ministry leader, her life as a mother and wife, and the upheavals that led to dramatic and unforeseen changes in the life she had come to know.
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Tony and Lauren Dungy to release “Uncommon Influence” with Compassion International
Tyndale House Publishers has announced that Lauren and Tony Dungy have penned a new book, Uncommon Influence, to release from Tyndale House Publishers and Compassion International in August. In their new book, Tony and Lauren Dungy remind readers that in order to live our fullest life, we need to be prepared to say yes to the opportunities God puts in our path.
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R.T. Kendall illuminates the life of Elisha in new book with Charisma House
Bestselling author, speaker, and theologian, R.T. Kendall’s newest book with Charisma House, “Double Anointing: Lessons to be Learned From Elisha” examines the life of the prophet Elisha, a man who asked for and received a double portion of the prophet Elijah’s anointing, and offers distilled wisdom about both the obstacles and victories Elisha experienced through his abundant anointing.
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Media Announcements
Bible Gateway interviews Leslie Kehl Vann, cover artist of the “NIV Artisan Collection Bible"
Bible Gateway interviewed Leslie Kehl Vann (@leslie_kehl_vann), abstract expressionist artist for the cover of the “NIV Artisan Collection Bible” (Zondervan, 2022). She says, “Some of my favorite painting techniques are double loading, palette knife, scraping, pouring, dripping, and splattering, etc. I love being surprised by these combinations and then having to react to the effects in real time. This approach lends itself to a moment of ‘creative surrender.’”
Other News
INDUSTRY
- How Religion Publishing Became a Billion-Dollar Industry
- 1517 Media makes PW list of Fast-Growing Publishers
- Religion and Spirituality Books Preview: May 2022
- Religion Book Deals: April 27, 2022
- PW: Beth Moore Pens a Memoir for Tyndale
- CT: A look at five changes in the new, updated NRSV Bible coming out in May
PUBLISHING
- AAP Asks Court to Permanently Enjoin Maryland Library E-book Law
- An Easter Surprise in the States: 30 Million More Books Sold Than in 2019
- Print Book Sales Dropped 12% Last Week
- Michael Pietsch on Publishing at BISG: 'Best of Times, Worst of Times'
- Ingram’s Lightning Source: Sharjah Publishing City’s Promise and Potential
- Global Trends Affecting Publishers: Consumer Behavior
- Amazon reports first loss since 2015 due to share drop in electric vehicle firm
- Tennessee Bill Gives State Veto Power Over School Library Collections
- Sales Up in First Quarter at HBG
- #BooksGiveRefuge, Ukraine Relief Efforts Continue
- NPD podcast: #BookTok impact on U.S. Books
- PW Spotlight on knkPublishing: The Future of Publishing Is Now
- BISG Supply Chain forum with David Hetheringon, May 3 at 12 ET
- Bills That Strengthen Recycling Advance in Congress; Benefit printing industry
- Survey: Consumers Willing to Delay Deliveries If It's More Sustainable
- The environmental charter for book publishing
- Google Play Books Expands AI Audiobook Narration
- Frankfurter Book Fair: An Appeal for Ukraine’s Book Industry Players
