April 18, 2022 Edition
Industry News
ECPA issues correction to April’s bestsellers list for Bible Translations
The ECPA Christian bestsellers lists for April, released last week, contained an error in the Top Ten Bible Translations list. Here are the corrected top 5, with the full list online: (1) New International Version; (2) New Living Translation; (3) English Standard Version; (4) King James Version; (5) Christian Standard Bible.
Top Shelf Book Cover Award submissions now open
ECPA has opened the nomination period for the Top Shelf Book Cover Awards, developed to celebrate the year’s best book designs in Christian publishing. In celebration of the program’s 10-year anniversary in 2022, awards will be presented in four categories: Non-Fiction, Fiction, Children’s, Bibles. Plus, each submitting publisher can nominate a designer to help with the judging. (As in previous years, judges will not score their houses’ own designs.) The submission period is open until August 15.
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International Christian Rights & Export Fair to be held June 28-29 in Chicago
Registration is now open for the ECPA International Christian Rights & Exports Fair, held June 28-29 on the campus of Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Members of the international Christian publishing community will meet with publishers, vendors, and distributors to discuss rights, licensing and international sales. Registrants can choose to exhibit or attend.
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Milestones
Tyndale Momentum title achieves bestseller status in release week
“Designed to Last,” written by Instagram sensations (@arrowsandbow) Ashley and Dino Petrone, which released on April 5, 2022, from Tyndale Momentum, quickly skyrocketed to bestseller standing. In its release week, the title debuted at #11 on the Publishers Weekly Bestsellers list in the hardcover nonfiction category.
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ECPA welcomes new member
The ECPA board of directors recently approved and welcomed HIM Publications as an ECPA small press associate. HIM publishes discipleship materials that help churches become more mature.
Media Announcements
Sony’s AFFIRM Originals announces deal with bestselling author Karen Kingsbury
Sony’s AFFIRM Originals, in association with Red Clay Studios, announce a deal with #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury. The production of “A Thousand Tomorrows” is currently casting and will film in Tulsa, Oklahoma beginning early May.
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Bible Gateway interviews Andrew Klavan, author of “The Truth and Beauty”
Bestselling author Andrew Klavan discovered a fresh understanding of the Gospels by reading the words of Jesus through the life and work of writers such as William Wordsworth, John Keats, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Mary Shelley. Bible Gateway interviewed Klavan about his book, “The Truth and Beauty: How the Lives and Works of England’s Greatest Poets Point the Way to a Deeper Understanding of the Words of Jesus” (Zondervan, 2022).
Product News
Zondervan expands Premier Collection Bible line to include NASB, 2020 Text
Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, is proud to announce the release of the New American Standard Bible (NASB) 2020 Thinline Premier Collection Bible – the first top-quality Premier Collection Bible available in the NASB, 2020 Text.
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“God is a Grunt: And More Good News for GIs” will release April 19 from Worthy Books
In his honest and vulnerable new book, Logan Isaac offers an opportunity for GIs, veterans, and those close to them to read Christian traditions as a soldier would—by and through the lived experiences of military service.
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Zondervan releases new “Journal the Word Bible for Girls”
Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, is proud to announce the release of the most recent edition of the Journal the Word™ Bible for Girls, now in the New International Reader’s Version (NIrV).
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Other News
INDUSTRY
- Easter Bump Lifted Print Book Sales by 10% Last Week
- Overwhelming response to CLC’s Ukraine Publishing Project
- Religion Book Deals: April 13, 2022
- March Religion Bestsellers: Books for Women Dominate
- NYT Best-Selling Author Lee Strobel's Newest Documentary THE CASE FOR HEAVEN Available for Download
- Aslan's Square Bookstore & Coffee Shop Coming to Dyersville, Iowa
- Wipf and Stock book pulled from publication due to cultural and racial misappropriation
- National Association of Evangelicals launches racial justice collaborative
- PW Call for Info: Titles on Spirituality and Parenting
PUBLISHING
- Maryland Gives Up on Its Library E-book Law
- US Book Market: NPD BookScan’s Viewpoint on Q1 Book Sales
- Bookstore Sales Up 27% in February
- Five biggest trends on what we'll be reading from the London Book Fair
- Record volume has online sellers contending with big fulfillment headaches
- Amazon Publishing Opens #ReadTheWorld 2022
- IPG celebrates Better Homes & Gardens’ cookbook’s 100th anniversary with commemorative edition
- Jerusalem International Book Forum Opens Registration
