Landover, MD, April 27, 2017 – Earlier this month Christian Retailing announced that ChristianAudio has received all three nominations in the audio category for the 2017 Christian Retailing’s Best Awards. The three titles are B&H Publishing Group titles: Unashamed by Lecrae, She Reads Truth by Raechel Myers and Amanda Bible Williams, and The Prince Warriors by Priscilla Shirer with Gina Detwiler.
Introduced in 2001, the Christian Retailing–sponsored awards recognize life-changing products in the Christian retail industry. Members of the Christian products industry judged the nominations on their ability to speak to people’s hearts and evoke emotion, open people’s minds to new ways of thinking, and encourage and affirm Christlike living.
ChristianAudio also produced the audiobook for each of the category finalists listed below:
Auto/Biography:
Unashamed by Lecrae (B&H Publishing Group)
Charismatic:
Prophetic Activation by John Eckhardt (Charisma House)
Children’s Fiction:
The Prince Warriors and the Unseen Invasion by Priscilla Shirer with Gina Detwiler (B&H Publishing Group)
Christian Living/ Practical Life:
Looking for Lovely by Annie F. Downs (B&H Publishing Group)
Church and Culture:
Who Moved My Pulpit? by Thom S. Rainer (B&H Publishing Group)
Designed to Lead by Eric Geiger and Kevin Peck (B&H Publishing Group)
Evangelism:
Tell Someone by Greg Laurie (B&H Publishing Group)
Not All Roads Lead to Heaven by Dr. Robert Jeffress (Baker Publishing Group)
Fiction/ Contemporary:
Priceless: She’s Worth Fighting For by Joel Smallbone and Luke Smallbone (Worthy Publishing)
Fiction/ Historical:
Risen by Angela Hunt (Baker Publishing Group)
First-Time Authors:
She Reads Truth by Raechel Myers and Amanda Bible Williams (B&H Publishing Group)
Relationships:
Letters to My Daughters by Barbara Rainey (Baker Publishing Group)
Social Issues:
The Gospel & Racial Reconciliation by Russell Moore and Andrew T. Walker (B&H Publishing Group)
I AM N by The Voice of the Martyrs (David C. Cook)
Backlist:
Fervent by Priscilla Shirer (B&H Publishing Group)
Cory Verner, general manager and publisher of ChristianAudio, said, “It’s an honor to have been recognized by Christian Retailing and our peers for these nominations. We are grateful for the opportunity to partner with CBA publishers and authors who are making a significant impact on people’s lives.”
Visit Christian Retailing’s website for a full list of finalists. Winners of the Christian Retailing’s Best Awards will be announced at CBA UNITE in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Wednesday, June 28.
About ChristianAudio
ChristianAudio was founded in 2004 and has been producing award-winning audiobook productions with more Audie nominations in the nonfiction category than any other. ChristianAudio’s focus is thoughtful, solid, nonfiction titles. They produce approximately 300 new titles annually and have the largest core CBA backlist of any audio publisher. For more information, contact Marilyn Largent at marilyn@christianaudio.com or 760-745-2411 x 207.
