April 20, 2020 Edition

ECPA releases industry-specific impact report to members: Webinar series to be announced

Last week ECPA conducted an impact survey among its members and delivered the results to participating designated representatives.  “This report was conducted to inform and initiate dialogue among ECPA companies at a time when it’s most needed,” stated ECPA president Stan Jantz. One of the action items coming from the report will be a series of webinars that ECPA will conduct with industry experts on topics that were identified as most valued in the survey.

For more information, contact ECPA.

2020 Christian Book Award® winners announced in special webcast on May 5

The Christian Book Award winners in 12 categories from a pool of 65 finalists, along with the 2020 Christian Book of the Year®, will be announced in a free 30-minute webcast of the ECPA Awards Celebration on May 5, 2020 at 1 pm central time.  The webcast will feature Pinnacle Award recipient and bestselling author of The Power of a Praying® series, Stormie Omartian, who will deliver a specially-written prayer for our world and for the industry in this time of crisis. “It will be incredible for us all to pray with Stormie at this critical moment in history and in our industry,” states ECPA president and CEO Stan Jantz.

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knk Group to host webinar series this week on virtual technology tools

The knk Group, a leader in Microsoft technology, is running a series of webinars focused on the use of technology during these uncertain times. The series focuses on remote working, project management, information sharing across multiple formats, and the best practices related to the processes of using technology.  This week’s “Tools & Best Practices” webinars are:

• Digital Task Planning, April 21, 1-2 pm EDT
• Interacting in Virtual Events, April 22, 1-2 pm EDT
• Making Digital Information Available, April 23, 1-2 pm EDT

Book Manufacturing Institute releases State of the Book Industry 2020

BMI presents an overview and examination of current trends and issues impacting Book Manufacturers in their 2020 State of the Book Industry report. The economic and print market outlooks are based on available data as of early April 2020. BMI Members can login and download the full report here.  Non-members can receive the Executive Summary of the report by filling out this form.

BMI will offer free webinar this Thursday on “Navigating the Government Loans.”  Register.

IPG adds seven new publishers to TSP Distribution

Independent Publishers Group (IPG) has added seven new publishers to its Trafalgar Square Publishing (TSP) division.  TSP is IPG’s international division and is known for distributing a broad range of top titles and authors from publishers from the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.

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Food Network’s Melissa d’Arabian on Jesus Calling podcast on the power of food

Melissa d’Arabian joins the Jesus Calling podcast to trace her journey from her days as a finance executive at Disney to finding herself competing and winning The Next Food Network Star. She shares how she came to realize the time spent sharing food together can create unique and peaceful spaces in our lives, together with those near us.  d’Arabian’s book, “Tasting Grace: Discovering the Power of Food to Connect Us to God, One Another, and Ourselves” is available from Waterbrook.

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Bible Gateway interviews Timothy Keller and John Inazu, authors of “Uncommon Ground”

How can Christians today interact with people in a way that shows respect to those whose beliefs are radically different but that also remains faithful to the gospel? Bestselling author Timothy Keller and legal scholar John Inazu bring together a range of artists, thinkers, and leaders to provide a guide to biblical living in a pluralistic, fractured world. Bible Gateway interviewed Timothy Keller (@timkellernyc) and John Inazu (@JohnInazu) about their book, “Uncommon Ground: Living Faithfully in a World of Difference” (Thomas Nelson, 2020).

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Bible Gateway interviews Jeanne Bishop, author of “Grace from the Rubble”

How is it possible that two men destined to be enemies were able to forge an unexpected bond in the wake of abhorrent terrorism and tragedy? What transpired in the heart-stirring story of how the father of a young woman killed in the Oklahoma City bombing and the father of her killer (Timothy McVeigh) became friends and found forgiveness? Bible Gateway interviewed Jeanne Bishop (@jeannebishop), author of “Grace from the Rubble: Two Fathers’ Road to Reconciliation after the Oklahoma City Bombing” (Zondervan, 2020).

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