August 17, 2020 Edition

Ruth Chou Simons added as keynote for closing webcast of PubU Online, Oct. 1st

Bestselling and award-winning author and artist Ruth Chou Simons has just been confirmed as the presenter of the closing session of PubU Online on October 1st at 10 am central. Simons will present on “Art that Heals in a Time of Crisis,” exploring the role of art and creativity in our industry and for us as individuals.  She is the author of GraceLaced, Beholding and Becoming, and Foundations. As an artist, entrepreneur (GraceLaced.com), and speaker, Simons uses each of these platforms to spiritually sow the Word of God into people’s hearts, intersecting daily life with word and art.  Also featured in the closing PubU Online session will be the presentation of the Top Shelf Book Cover Award winners — honoring the best book and Bible designs of the year.

The PubU Online webinar series begins on Aug. 31, featuring daily webinars and forums through  Oct. 1^st.  Webinars are offered in tracks on Diversity & Inclusion, Marketing, Editorial, and Data-Delivery-Workflow.  In addition, three general sessions focus on the theme of “Publishing in a Time of Crisis” with Dr. Theon Hill, Kirsten McLean (NPD), and Ruth Chou Simons.

Registration includes access to all webinars and master classes.
REGISTER BEFORE AUGUST 28.

US publishers, authors, booksellers call out Amazon’s ‘concentrated power’ in the book market

(Publishing Perspectives) In a letter provided to Publishing Perspectives this morning, three leading American publishing industry professional organizations tell the House of Representatives’ Antitrust Subcommittee that “a few tech platforms in the digital marketplace” wield “extraordinary leverage over their competitors, suppliers, customers, the government, and the public.

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Editorial track to gather and train industry’s professionals: Wednesdays in September

The PubU Online program will include a track of sessions for editorial professionals, curated by Amanda Cleary Eastep, the Senior Developmental Editor at Moody Publishers.  The four webinars will be offered in September on Wednesdays at 10 am central and will feature these topics and experts:

• Editing for Inclusion with Estee Zandee, Editor and Writer
• How Little Hearts Can Be Shaped More by Christ than by Crisis with Carl Laferton, EVP Publishing, The Good Book Company and author of “The Garden, the Curtain, and the Cross”
• 7 Editing Tips from the Coaching World with Amy Simpson, acquisitions editor, Moody Publishers; author, speaker, coach
• The Power of Us: Editorial Community When Crisis Comes with Andy Le Peau, editor and author of “Write Better”

The track will also include a discussion forum and Zoom meet-up for ECPA members.  Also included for one price is access to all sessions, general keynote webcasts, and master classes.

Registration open for two more weeks
Learn more about each session
Presenter bios featured on new PubU Online Engagement site

WFYL’s Brain Allain and author Jennifer Grant conduct “Faith, Hope, and Love During an Election” interviews

Join us for this new free video interview series with thoughtful people who care deeply about the state of our democracy, the health of the planet, and the well-being of all people, seeking their insights regarding what’s at stake in the upcoming election and how we can love our neighbors—especially those with whom we strongly disagree. In this series we do not wish to add to the negativity and polarization that now so often define American culture, but to discuss issues in the context of compassionate Christianity.

Interviews listed here.

Bible Gateway interviews Mark Buchanan, author of “God Walk”

What happens when we literally walk out our Christian life? What does our physical being have to do with our spiritual life? What does the Bible actually mean when it exhorts us to walk in the light, or walk by faith, or walk in truth? How did Jesus model walking as spiritual formation? Bible Gateway interviewed Mark Buchanan (@markaldham), author of “God Walk: Moving at the Speed of Your Soul” (Zondervan, 2020).

Read this interview.