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April 17, 2017 Edition

Industry News

HCCP shifts publishing programs to prepare for expanded focus

HarperCollins Christian Publishing (HCCP) announced today three changes within its publishing programs to expand its reach with faith-based inspirational content. The changes to its publishing leadership better align the business to aggressively pursue additional content sources. Daisy Blackwell Hutton is being promoted to vice president and publisher for the W Publishing Group, a nonfiction imprint of Thomas Nelson. Amanda Bostic will become the new publisher for HCCP’s fiction program. Matt Baugher, formerly senior vice president and publisher for the W Publishing Group, will take on the newly created role of senior vice president of author and partnership development.

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HCCP promotes Beth Ryan

HarperCollins Christian Publishing announces the recent promotion of Beth Ryan to senior director of Sales for Ministry Services. As senior director of Sales, Ryan will oversee all facets of the Ministry Services division and continue building strategic partnerships with ministries and churches around the world.

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Thunderclap social reach is over 400,000 and climbing!

Spread the news about the transforming power of Christian books by joining the “Thunderclap.” Through a quick sign-up, participants allow Thunderclap to send a one-time-only post to their followers the evening of May 2nd when the Christian Book Award® winners are announced. Anyone with a Twitter, Facebook or Tumblr account can join the one-time campaign at http://thndr.me/4s7CYp.  Recent signers include: B&H Publishing Group, WordServe Literary, Christian Fiction Readers Retreat, P&R Publishing, Kregel Publishing, BibleGateway.com, Randy Alcorn, Ray Ortlund, Tyndale House, Katelyn Beaty, Bethany House

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Announcing the 2017 Christian Book Award finalists

Milestones

Rose Publishing's 'God and Me' girls devotional is Christian Book Award® finalist

ECPA announced that Rose Publishing’s God and Me! 52 Week Devotional for Girls is a 2017 ECPA Christian Book Award ® finalist in the “Young People’s Literature” category.

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Pre-release campaign for She Reads Truth Bible explodes expectations

Holman Bibles confirms the pre-sale campaign for the She Reads Truth Bible has enjoyed unprecedented success. According to Bible Publisher Trevin Wax, the advance campaign far exceeded all expectations and set a new record for number of Bibles sold during a pre-sale effort. The She Reads Truth Bible is one of the first releases in the newly revised Christian Standard Bible® (CSB) version.

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Media Announcements

Tyndale Momentum authors appear on NBC’s “Today”

On Good Friday, Tyndale Momentum (@tyndalehouse) authors Patrick Gray and Justin Skeesuck (@illpushyou) appeared on NBC’s “Today,” in a pre-produced segment narrated by correspondent Jenna Bush Hager. The featured book, I’ll Push You: A Journey of 500 miles, two best friends, and one wheelchair (ISBN 978-1-4964-2170-8, $15.99 SC), which includes a foreword by Donald Miller, releases in early June.

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Chasing Grace by Olympian Sanya Richards-Ross receives praise from legendary athletes

'Chasing Grace: What the Quarter Mile Has Taught Me About God and Life' by Sanya Richards-Ross, one of the most-decorated female track and field athletes of all time, has received acclaim from legendary athletes and celebrities including Usain Bolt, Michael Strahan, Laila Ali, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Vince Young, Estelle, Sarah Jakes Roberts and more.

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The Case for Christ, based on Strobel book, opens in Box Office Top 10

THE CASE FOR CHRIST—the feature film based on Lee Strobel’s best-selling book of the same name—with an A+ CinemaScore drew $3.9 million box office in its opening weekend, ranking in the weekend’s top 10 films.

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BroadStreet author featured in Shelly Sandberg and Adam Grant’s new release

Timothy J. Chambers, author of the upcoming release 'Seeing Beautiful' (Broadstreet Publishing), will be featured in the April release of 'Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy'—a hopeful new book written by Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook’s COO) and Adam Grant (Wharton’s top-rated professor), the #1 New York Times best-selling authors of 'Lean In' and 'Originals.' Option B is a powerful, inspiring, and practical book about building resilience and moving forward after life’s inevitable setbacks.

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Ernie Johnson Signs 'Unscripted'

(PW) Ernie Johnson Jr., the Emmy Award–winning host of ‘Inside the NBA,’ signs copies of his bestselling new memoir Unscripted: The Unpredictable Moments That Make Life Extraordinary (Baker) at the NBA Store in New York City on Tuesday, April 4. (Photo courtesy National Basketball Association)

Bible Gateway explores ways of reading the Bible with the Institute for Bible Reading

Personal devotions & quiet times are a relatively recent innovation in the practice of reading the Bible. In this final video episode in Bible Gateway’s “Feasting on the Scriptures” FacebookLive discussion series, Paul Caminiti of the Institute for Bible Reading (which has announced a partnership with Tyndale House) explains the importance of communal Bible reading.

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The Jesus Storybook Bible

Bible Gateway interviews Sally Lloyd-Jones, author of 'The Jesus Storybook Bible'

The Jesus Storybook Bible has reached a milestone of two million copies sold. A Bible like no other, it invites children (and adults) to join in the greatest of all adventures: to discover for themselves that Jesus is at the center of God’s great story of salvation—and at the center of their own story too! Bible Gateway interviewed New York Times bestselling author Sally Lloyd-Jones (@sallylloydjones) about her book, The Jesus Storybook Bible (Zonderkidz).

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Product News

Journalist and popular QVC host debuts hopeful story of adoption & infertility

Emmy-winning journalist and popular QVC host, Kerstin Lindquist, may seem like she has it all—success, glamour, and a beautiful family. Yet, her journey to becoming what she most wanted to be—a mother—proved be especially arduous. In her debut book, 5 Months Apart, Lindquist tells a story that many women across the world have experienced, one that includes years of living with infertility and a difficult struggle to adopt—one that is no respecter of women.

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Baker Publishing Group signs Jeremiah J. Johnston

Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group, is pleased to announce that they have signed a three-book contract with Jeremiah J. Johnston, a New Testament scholar and rising voice for Christianity. 'Unimaginable: What Our World Would Be Like Without Christianity' is the first book by Johnston. Releasing in November 2017, 'Unimaginable' is a stirring account of Christianity’s power for good and reveals how vital the Bible and Christianity are in these uncertain times.

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Concordia Publishing House expands Christian Fiction line

Christian fiction readers will have the opportunity to go to summer camp, discover the Message worth dying for, and see the gritty reality of small-town life in three new fiction books set to release from Concordia Publishing House.

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Other News

INDUSTRY

  • LifeWay eyes Family locations
  • 2017 Christian Retailing's Best Awards Finalists
  • Museum of Bible preview

PUBLISHING

  • AAP Sales November: Trade up 10.2%
  • PW: Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2017
  • IPA and WIPO join forces on world publishing statistics
  • What’s Fueling and Feeding the Audiobook Boom?
  • Study Shows Who Pirates Books, Where & How
  • Matthew Desmond Among 2017 Pulitzer Prize Winners
  • Young Writers Call for Diverse Books at Children's Institute
  • PRH Launches #ProjectReadathon Million Minutes
  • How IG's 'Shop Now' Button is Shaking Up Publishers’ Strategies
  • Bookstore Sales Fell Again in February
  • Wal-Mart charges ahead in online retail market
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