January 3, 2022 Edition

Industry News

Court reinstates vaccine and testing mandates for employers of 100 or more

Flagler Law Group: On December 17, a federal appellate court reinstated the OSHA vaccine and testing mandate for private employers with 100 or more employees. OSHA announced that it will not enforce the vaccine mandate until January 10, 2022 and the testing requirements until February 9. The OSHA regulations still have another hurdle before implementation: the Supreme Court will hear arguments on the case on January 7.

Christian Bestseller Lists released this month: January 2022, Best of 2021, and Christmas

ECPA will release the following Christian bestseller lists this month: January’s lists will be released on Friday and the Best of 2021 and Christmas lists will be released mid-month. Sign up to receive the monthly bestsellers lists here. ECPA members subscribed to E-Link will automatically receive.

Books & Such Literary Management welcomes new agent Debbie Alsdorf

Janet Kobobel Grant, founder and president of Books & Such Literary Management, announced on January 3, 2022 that Debbie Alsdorf, speaker, author, and writing mentor, has joined the agency of now seven Books & Such agents serving the Christian publishing industry.

Milestones

Two Kregel titles made the Southwestern Journal of Theology’s “Book of the Year” List

Kregel Academic & Ministry, an imprint of Kregel Publications, is pleased to announce that two titles have made the "Book of the Year" list in the Southwestern Journal of Theology (SWJT), the theological academic journal of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS), Editor David S. Dockery announced on December 1, 2021.

Publishers Weekly’s “Notables of the Year” include author Beth Moore and IPG's Joe Matthews

Publishers Weekly (PW) has named six industry members with notable achievements in 2021 as “PW Notables of the Year.” Two of the six include Tyndale author Beth Moore and ECPA member Joe Matthews, who is the CEO of the Independent Publishers Group.

Product News

Zonderkidz book distributed to over 700 families in NICU’s around the country

Zonderkidz author Laura Sassi connected with Jessika Sanders of the non-profit ministry Praying Through the NICU this fall on social media. A 15-book donation of the seasonal favorite "Goodnight, Manger" from the author and Zonderkidz grew into an idea which got funding support from ministry supporters around the country and resulted in 771 books being presented to hospitals with NICUs and PICUs in 16 states this Christmas.

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