April 14, 2025 Edition
There will not be a Rush to Press edition published next Monday, in honor of Holy Week and Easter Monday.
Industry News
Christian bestseller lists posted for April
ECPA has released the monthly Christian bestseller lists for April 2025 in 15 categories, based on March sales through Circana BookScan. The top three titles are “When God Speaks” by Joshua Giles (Chosen Books), “The 5 Love Languages” by Gary Chapman (Moody Publishers), and “Practicing the Way” by John Mark Comer (WaterBrook).
View all the lists at ReadGoodBooks.com.
Top Shelf submission period opens tomorrow for industry's book design award
The submission period for the Top Shelf Book Cover Awards will open tomorrow. Online nominations are accepted in Non-Fiction, Fiction, Childrens, and Bibles until August 15. Winners will be announced during ECPA PubU Online in November.
More at TopShelfAward.org
PRH Christian welcomes Nicole Grimes as Senior Designer
PRH Christian welcomes Nicole Grimes to the Creative Services team as Senior Designer, Adult Jacket Program, reporting to Jeff Miller, Art Director. Grimes was formerly with Tyndale House Publishers.
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IVP announces new sales representation by Genesis Marketing
InterVarsity Press has announced that Genesis Marketing will serve as its new sales representation group for Christian independent stores and the gift market, starting May 1, 2025.
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knk Software announces new partnership
knk Software, a leading provider of publishing and media software solutions, is pleased to announce its newest client partnership with The Rich Dad Company to provide streamlined licensing and international business operations.
IPG adds five publishers to its sales and distribution programs
Independent Publishers Group, the last remaining independent book distributor of significant size in North America, is excited to announce the addition of five publishers to its sales and distribution programs.
Milestones
The Action Bible continues to dominate bestseller lists, signaling demand at Easter
Pew Research Center’s latest Religious Landscape Study reveals that 63% of U.S. adults say the Bible is important, yet only 22% engage with it weekly. As Easter nears, “The Action Bible” (David C Cook) is dominating bestseller lists, signaling a demand for faith materials in a visually immersive format.
SPCK shortlisted for two Independent Publishing Awards
The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK) has been shortlisted for both Specialist Consumer Publisher of the Year and the Virtusales Metadata Award at the Independent Publishing Awards 2025.
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Seven Lifeway releases honored as finalists for ECPA 2025 Christian Book Awards
Seven titles published by Lifeway Christian Resources and its imprint, B&H Publishing Group, have been honored as finalists for the upcoming Christian Book Awards in various categories: Bible Study, Bibles, Bible Reference Works, Children’s, and New Author.
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“The Brain Change Program” named finalist for ECPA Christian Book Award
“The Brain Change Program” by Dr. Alan Weissenbacher, published by BroadStreet Publishing Group, has been nominated as a finalist for the ECPA Christian Book Award in the New Author category.
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Narrator Mark Smeby celebrates two Christian Book Award audio finalists
Audiobook narrator Mark Smeby celebrates two Christian Book Award finalists in the audiobook category: “My Utmost For His Highest” by Oswald Chambers (Our Daily Bread) and “How Great Is Our God” by Chris Tomlin (K-Love Books).
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Dr. Katherine Hayes wins multiple awards from Christian Author Network
Critically acclaimed and award-winning author Dr. Katherine Hayes has been acknowledged as a multiple award winner in several categories at the 2025 CAN Excellence in Marketing Awards.
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Product News
“Zion Learns to See” authors open Zion’s Closet to help students and families in need
Inspired by their IVP Kids book “Zion Learns to See,” the father-daughter writing team of Terence and Zion Lester are turning their written words into action with Zion’s Closet, a resource to benefit students whose families are experiencing homelessness or in transient housing and parents trying to make ends meet.
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Bear Grylls to release “The Greatest Story Ever Told” with Hodder Faith
In “The Greatest Story Ever Told: An Eyewitness Account” by Bear Grylls (Hodder Faith) - which will be published globally in summer 2025 - the much-loved adventurer retells the astonishing story of Jesus as you have never heard it before in a thrilling, fast-paced narrative.
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First children’s series with Sissy Goff and David Thomas address courage & resilience
The Daystar Dogs series (Bethany House) written by veteran counselors and bestselling authors Sissy Goff and David Thomas equip parents to help little kids navigate big emotions.
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ACU Press releases C. Leonard Allen’s “Faithful Defiance”
Faithful Defiance chronicles the extraordinary life of Marshall Keeble, one of the most influential evangelists in the Churches of Christ during the twentieth century. Passing away in April 1968, the same month as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Keeble mentored many leaders, including civil rights attorney Fred Gray.
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Other News
- AAP Files Amicus Brief in Meta AI Copyright Case
- American Booksellers Association publishes Overview of Tariffs
- Politicians Assert U.S. Constitution Mandates Protecting Creativity
- United for Libraries, PRH Announce Library Grants
- The Global Growth of Graphic Novels
- The ALA Sues Over the Scuppering of the IMLS
- Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2025: ‘Good Business & Changing Tides’
- Spotify Opens French and Dutch Audiobook Production
