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August 14, 2023 Edition

Industry News

Jeff Johnson retires from Tyndale House Publishers after 37 years

Tyndale House Publishers has announced that Jeff Johnson, Chief Administration Officer, will retire on September 29, after 37 years at the company. “Jeff Johnson has been instrumental in guiding Tyndale House Publishers and the greater Christian publishing industry during his many years of executive leadership,” said Scott Mathews, CEO of Tyndale House, “We are grateful for his contributions over the years and for all his efforts in furthering the mission of Tyndale House Ministries. He will be missed.” Johnson will continue to serve on the board of Tyndale House Foundation.

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Sally Sampson Craft to lead Member Care programs at ECPA

ECPA announces that Sally Sampson Craft will join its staff as Manager of Member Care. In that position, Craft will serve existing, new, and potential voting members and small press, international, and industry affiliates to foster strong member engagement and retention and to enhance the services ECPA offers to its community. Craft is the former Executive Director of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships at InterVarsity Press and will begin her new position at ECPA on September 5.

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Whitney Walker Alexander to lead PubU Online marketing track

The ECPA PubU Online marketing track will be led by B&H Publishing Group’s marketing strategist for Trade Books and Kids Books, Whitney Alexander.  Whitney joins the PubU Online Brain Trust, responsible for recruiting speakers and developing topics in each of the main training tracks: Marketing, Editorial, Design,  Production & Operations, Children’s Books, and Rights & Licensing. Early Bird registration is now open for the online industry training and networking program, featuring daily webinars and meet-ups from October 27 to November 13.

More at ECPAPubU.org

https://topshelfaward.org/

Deadline for Top Shelf Book Cover Award entries is tomorrow

The nomination deadline for the Top Shelf Book Cover Awards is tomorrow Tuesday, August 15. ECPA members may submit entries published between June 2022 – August 2023 in four categories: Bibles, Fiction, NonFiction, and Children.

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The Christy Award®

Registration opens for The Christy Award® online programming this fall

The Christy Award program will present the Art of Writing webinar series, plus the finalist and winners reveal webcasts featuring award-winning Christian fiction authors – weekly on Thursdays, from October 12 to November 16. Registration is now open for all events. The Art of Writing seminars, coordinated by Random House editor Jamie Lapeyrolerie, will cover these topics from authors, publishers and agents:

  • Dispelling the Myths Around Christian Fiction
  • How Great Books Can Improve Your Novel and Your Life
  • Publishing Doesn’t Have to Terrify You!
  • Going Deep with Award-Winning Authors

The program also includes optional personal-publishing-session add-ons for writers to get consultations from publishers and agents in a small group online setting.  Limited space available.

REGISTER

https://www.ipgbook.com/

Alan Hirsch appointed as regional sales director at knk Software

knk Software has announced the appointment of Alan Hirsch as their new Regional Sales Director. Alan’s deep understanding of AI, developed within the B2B media landscape, positions him to drive strategic technology initiatives that provide substantial advantages to knk’s clients.

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Friesens Corporation to acquire Timsons Press in 2024

Friesens was pleased to hear of the joint venture between Timsons Engineering and CPI Corporation with the intent to build Timsons presses again. Friesens will acquire the first press from this joint venture, arriving in 2024.

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Valsoft Corporation acquires majority stake acquisition of Klopotek

Montreal-based Valsoft Corporation announces its majority stake acquisition of Klopotek, an industry leader in ERP solutions for the publishing industry in 140+ locations with headquarters in Berlin, Germany.

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Milestones

"Reflections for the Grieving Soul" hits #1 in Amazon’s New Release Christian Devotionals category

Best-selling author and theologian Mike Nappa's "Reflections for the Grieving Soul" (Zondervan), released on July 18, has vaulted to the #1 position in Amazon's highly-competitive "New Release Christian Devotionals" category.

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Product News

2021 TIME Kid of the Year Orion Jean to publish children’s book on kindness and character

Zonderkidz is pleased to announce that 12-year-old Orion Jean, the 2021 TIME Magazine Kid of the Year, will publish a children’s picture book titled “Race to Kindness,” releasing May 7, 2024.

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NYT bestselling author and broadcast journalist Raymond Arroyo releases new picture book

New York Times bestselling author, respected broadcast journalist and producer Raymond Arroyo continues his Turnabout Tales series with “The Magnificent Mischief of Tad Lincoln,” releasing Oct. 3, 2023, from Zonderkidz.

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Grammy Award-winning music producer Charlie Peacock and wife, author Andi Ashworth, sign with W Publishing

GRAMMY® Award-winning producer Charlie Peacock and his wife and author, Andi Ashworth have inked a book deal with Nashville-based W Publishing an imprint of Thomas Nelson, division of Harper Collins Christian Publishing/Harper Collins. The boutique imprint will release their new book, “Why Everything That Doesn’t Matter, Matters So Much: The Way of Love in a World of Hurt,” in March 2024.

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Other News

INDUSTRY

  • Book Manufacturing Mastered is Sep 14 in NYC: ECPA discount available
  • Religion Book Deals: August 9, 2023
  • PW posts July Religion Bestsellers: The Warrior Poet Dominates
  • Eerdmans Launches Stories from Latin America Series
  • PW: New Books Address Toxic Religion

PUBLISHING

  • KKR Wins S&S for $1.62 Billion
  • Publishers, Internet Archive Submit Proposed Judgment in Copyright Case
  • Circana on July’s US Print Book Market: A Slight Frontlist Gain
  • TODAY Show features impact of #BookTok on book sales
  • Print Book Sales Dropped 8.3% Last Week
  • Murray Looks for Improvement After a Difficult Fiscal 2023 for HC
  • S&S Posts Solid Second Quarter
  • Markus Dohle, Ethan Mollick to Keynote PW’s AI Webinar on Sept. 27
  • Amazon removes books believed to be written by AI, listed under real authors
  • Generative AI Technology Can Support Book Publishing
  • International Bestsellers for July 2023

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