January 10, 2022 Edition
Industry News
January's Christian Bestseller lists released with two new lists: YA and Spanish<$6
ECPA has released the January 2022 Christian Bestseller lists, based on sales data provided by NPD for the month of December. The ECPA Bestsellers Committee has added two new categories to the suite of lists: Young Adult and Spanish Under $6. The Young Adult list debuts with Live on Purpose by Sadie Robertson Huff (Thomas Nelson) as #1.
Moody Publishers launch Bible to Life online ministry
Moody Publishers announce the launch of a new online ministry, Bibletolife.com. This virtual library exists to help people at all stages of their lives better understand, engage, and love God’s Word. “Our hope with BibletoLife.com is that we’ll be able to actively and nimbly serve our readers by using both original pieces and curated content from our books to point them right back to the Bible,” said Randall Payleitner, Associate Publisher at Moody Publishers.
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ECPA Leadership Summit to focus on “Elevating Publishing’s Impact” on May 3-4 in Philadelphia
ECPA has confirmed the program for its first in-person Leadership Summit since 2019, to be held May 3-4 in Philadelphia. The event will also include the ECPA Awards Celebration banquet and a special industry gathering at the nearby American Bible Society. Sessions will focus on “Elevating Publishing’s Impact,” and include the following confirmed speakers:
- CHERIE HARDER, President, Trinity Forum
- EUGENE HABECKER, Senior Fellow, Sagamore Institute; President Emeritus of Taylor University
- DR. THEON HILL, Associate Professor of Communications, Wheaton College
- KRISTEN MCLEAN, Executive Director of Business Development, The NPD Group
- PAUL DAVID TRIPP, Pastor, Speaker, Author
- STAN JANTZ, Co-Founder, Global Discipleship Alliance; Former President & CEO of ECPA
- NICOLE MARTIN, VP of Church Engagement; Exec. Director of Trauma Healing, ABS
- MATT BAEHR, Executive Director, Book Manufacturers’ Institute
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Early bird registration to open soon!
STAFF UPDATES
Faithlife restructures leadership team for continued growth and service to the Church
In honor of its 30th anniversary, Faithlife, the leading Church technology company and makers of Logos Bible Software, is restructuring its leadership team as it continues to meet the needs of Christian leaders worldwide. Co-founder and current CEO Bob Pritchett is transitioning to the new role of Executive Chairman while Vik Rajagopal, current CFO, moves into the CEO role.
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Executive Editor for Revell Books retiring in February
Baker Publishing Group announces that Dr. Vicki Crumpton, Executive Editor for Revell Books, will retire effective February 11, 2022. “Vicki’s arrival was a turning point for our publishing program,” said Dwight Baker, president of Baker Publishing Group. “At a time when our trade book divisions were understaffed and discouraged, Vicki boldly entrusted her career to our company. Soon her experience and talent generated visible results in our trade releases, and over the following decades she has continually set a high standard for the rest of us.”
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Zondervan wins three 2022 Christianity Today Book of the Year Awards
Zondervan is honored to have three books awarded in the 2022 Christianity Today Book Awards, which were announced on December 14 to highlight those books “most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.” The following Zondervan titles were recognized: "Urban Apologetics" edited by Eric Mason; "A Theology of Paul and His Letters" by Douglas Moo; "God of All Things" by Andrew Wilson.
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WaterBrook signs NYT bestseller Latasha Morrison for two new titles
Latasha Morrison, author of the award-winning New York Times bestseller “Be the Bridge,” will release two new nonfiction works with WaterBrook. In the first book, “Brown Faces, White Spaces,” tentatively slated for release in Spring 2023, the diversity expert and founder of Be the Bridge considers the historic and contemporary circumstances feeding the systemic racism that impacts the daily experience of Brown and Black people and offers practical prompts to help readers reverse the effects of the injustice baked into a variety of institutions and spaces, from the legal system to entertainment to housing to churches.
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Taylor Tippett on Jesus Calling Podcast: “Words From The Window Seat”
Flight Attendant Taylor Tippett recently joined the Jesus Calling Podcast to share how she started a project of leaving encouraging notes on the planes she worked on for passengers to find as a small act of kindness that has netted big results. Tippett’s book, “Words From The Window Seat,” is available from Thomas Nelson.
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Bible Gateway interviews O.S. Hawkins, author of “The Prayer Code”
How does praying biblical prayers of confession, thanksgiving, praise, intercession, petition, and communion equip you to effectively pray for peace in times of change, courage to overcome your fears, and healing for yourself and others. Bible Gateway interviewed O.S. Hawkins about his book, “The Prayer Code: 40 Scripture Prayers Every Believer Should Pray” (Thomas Nelson).
Other News
INDUSTRY
INDUSTRY
- Print Books Had a Huge Sales Year in 2021
- AAP’s United States November StatShot: 8.3 Percent Up, Year Over Year
- Advocates Consider Next Steps After Veto of New York Library E-book Law
- Barnes & Noble Unveils Revamped Publishing Operation
- Gallup: Americans Reading Fewer Books Than in Past
- Pew: Three-in-ten Americans now read e-books
- Big Deals Highlighted 2021 Publishing Acquisitions
- AAP Names New CFO, COO
- BISG Publishes 2021 Updates to BISAC Subject Headings
- After a Good 2021, Hachette CEO Sees Lingering Issues
- The Publishing Industry Is Still Waiting for the New Normal
- IPA and European Publishers Back AAP’s Maryland Copyright Lawsuit
- French book trade reports 20% sales surge in 2021
- French Publishers on the Hachette-Editis Merger: ‘Such a Concentration’
