April 9, 2018 Edition

Finalists Named for 2018 Christian Book Awards®

ECPA has named 58 finalists in 11 categories for the 2018 Christian Book Award® program.  These titles represent the industry’s best books and Bibles of the year in Christian Living, Faith & Culture, Biography & Memoir, Devotion & Gift, Young People’s Literature, Childrens, Ministry Resources, Bible Reference Works, Bible Study, Bibles, and New Author.  The finalist pool includes three ties in three categories, and is representative of the excellent work of 19 publishers and 27 publishing imprints.

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Check out the new ChristianBookAwards.com website featuring the finalists and program.

ECPA launches Thunderclap for #ReadGoodBooks revolution

The announcement of the Christian Book Award winners on May 1^st at the ECPA Awards Celebration will coincide with a social media blitz to #ReadGoodBooks that #FeedYourSoul.  Through a quick sign-up, participants allow Thunderclap to send a one-time-only post to their followers the evening of May 1st, resulting in a huge blitz of awareness of the Christian Book Awards® and #GoodBooks that #FeedYourSoul. Last year’s campaign reached over 660,000.

Anyone with a Twitter, Facebook or Tumblr account is invited to join at https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/69295-the-readgoodbooks-revolution

April Christian bestsellers: Kathie Lee Gifford tops the charts

The ECPA bestsellers lists for April are in, based on POS sales data for March compiled by NPD BookScan, and a new book from a familiar media personality sits at the top. Kathy Lee Gifford debuts at #1 on the Top 50 bestsellers list with The Rock, The Road, and the Rabbi (Thomas Nelson).

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View the month’s bestselling books and Bibles at ChristianBestsellerLists.com

Lakewood Church minister and father of special needs child Craig Johnson joins Jesus Calling podcast during Autism Awareness Month

Craig Johnson shares his story about how, when his son was diagnosed with autism, he trusted God’s purpose for his son’s life. Through this, he was inspired to create Champions Club, a specially designed developmental area for kids, youth, and adults with special needs to gather.  With Champions Clubs in schools, churches, and facilities all across America and around the world, Craig wanted to share how God used his son for great things and wrote about their journey in a new book called, “Champion,” which releases in April 2018.  More at jesuscalling.com/podcast/.

Bible Gateway interviews Jim Cymbala and Ann Spangler, authors of “The Rescue”

What do a Wall Street broker, a party girl, a student, a homeless man, an addict, a teenage mom, and a drug enforcer have in common? All were in despair spiraling out of control until something unexpected happened to change their lives forever. Bible Gateway interviewed Jim Cymbala (@jimcymbala) and Ann Spangler (@annspangler) about their book, “The Rescue: Seven People, Seven Amazing Stories” (Zondervan, 2018).

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Bible Gateway interviews Chad Veach, author of “Faith Forward Future”    

Are you disappointed with your life? Do you feel like you’ll never accomplish anything remarkable? How should you pay attention to what God has in store for your life? Bible Gateway interviewed Chad Veach (@chadcveach) about his book, “Faith Forward Future: Moving Past Your Disappointments, Delays, and Destructive Thinking” (Thomas Nelson, 2017).

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Elk Lake Publishing releases five titles

Elk Lake Publishing Inc. announces the release of five books: Secrets: Book One of the Beauties from Ashes series by Beckie Lindsey; Blessed by Time by Anne Baxter Campbell, The Last Aliyah by Mark Alan Leslie; Tremors of Doubt by Lael Harrelson; and the second edition of Be the Miracle by Delores Liesner, now with Scripture-guided journal pages, Bible study group guide, and other resource information. All books may be found in local bookstores or on Amazon in print and e-book formats. For more information on the authors, https://elklakepublishinginc.com.