August 20, 2018 Edition

CBA reports increased attendance at ICRS and positive direction for industry

CBA reports that change is in the air with more than 1700 people, a 10 percent increase over last year, attending the 4-day conference at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee.  Attendees represented 35 countries.

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ECPA PubU to feature timely in-depth sessions about optimizing Reader Engagement

Seven of the nearly 45 sessions offered at PubU will focus on optimizing reader engagement such as audience, influence, social listening, customer journey and why these are important to understand no matter what your role in publishing. “The sessions will appealing to marketers, editors, designers and anyone who is part of a publishing workflow,” states PubU track leader Jerri Helms, Sr. Director of Digital Marketing Strategy/Bibles at HarperCollins Christian Publishing Group.  Sessions and speakers for the Reader Engagement track include:

• SEO and the Bible: 3 Practical Ways to Engage Millions of Curious Readers Online with Jeffrey Kranz, Overthink Group
• Content Partnerships with YouVersion Bible App with Jessica Penick, YouVersion
• How Readers are Becoming Listeners with the Rise of Audiobooks with Jolene Barto, HCCP Audio Sales
• Case Studies in Consumer Engagement with Christopher Hudson, Hudson Bible and Partner / Peachtree Editorial Services
• First Steps in Customer Journey Mapping with Franklin Goldberg, Senior Director of Marketing, HCCP
• A New Chapter in Understanding Readers through new online research tools and techniques with Stacey Altemari, Consumer Insight at HCCP and Jacqueline Rosales and Anthony Bean, SoapBoxSample

PubU will be held November 6-7 at Lipscomb University in Nashville for Christian publishing professionals, with sessions in marketing, editorial, rights, design, reader engagement, and data/delivery/workflow.  Program includes keynote and plenary sessions by Donald Miller and NPD’s Kristen McLean.

Early bird registration and full program available at ECPAPubU.org

 

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Register for PubU and become eligible for discounts on these industry events!

• Art of Writing conference + Christy Award Gala on Nov. 7 @ Lipscomb: 30% off bundle price
• WriterFest Nashville on Nov. 8-9 @Lipscomb: 20% off
• Digital Book World on Oct. 2-4 in Nashville: 85% off
• Contact ECPA for details
  

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The Christy Award Gala to honor 100th birthday and legacy of Madeleine L’Engle, Nov. 7 in Nashville

The upcoming Christy Awards Gala, held the evening of November 7 at Lipscomb University’s Shamblin Theatre in Nashville, will not only celebrate the year’s best in Christian fiction by announcing the 2018 winners of The Christy Awards™ – but will honor the legacy of Madeleine L’Engle on what would be her 100^th birthday.  Sarah Arthur, author of the upcoming spiritual memoir of L’Engle – “A Light So Lovely” (Zondervan) – will present an inspiring portrait of how L’Engle’s faith and imagination fueled her storytelling and why she remains so relevant to us today.  Other Gala presenters include authors Charles Martin, Francine Rivers, Carla Laureano, Cynthia Ruchti, and more.  Sarah Arthur will also lead a session at the Art of Writing conference preceding the Gala, on “Learning from the Masters.”  Registration is now open for the Art of Writing afternoon seminars and The Christy Award Gala for only $99 for both events.  Individual tickets are $69 for each event.

Registration and program at ChristyAwards.com

 

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“Story, at its heart, is one of the primary modes in which God speaks to us, which means it’s one of the main vehicles for God’s truth.”

— Sarah Arthur in How Fiction Fueled Madeleine L’Engle’s Faith (Christianity Today)

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Bible Gateway interviews Ryan M. Reeves and Charles Hill, authors of “Know How We Got Our Bible”

What is the history of the Bible from its beginnings to the present day? How was the Bible written and its various books chosen? How reliable is it? How were the Old Testament and New Testament formed? Bible Gateway interviewed Ryan M. Reeves (@RyanMReeves) and Charles Hill about their book, Know How We Got Our Bible (Zondervan, 2018).

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Bible Gateway interviews Russ Ramsey, author of the “Retelling the Story” series of books

Do you sometimes approach familiar Bible passages with a sense of fatigue or mindlessness because you’ve read it all before? You’ve lost the wonder of it all and it doesn’t feel new to you? You think you know what it all says already? How can the spiritual discipline of reading Scripture afresh allow you to rediscover the ancient word in startlingly new ways? Bible Gateway interviewed Russ Ramsey (@russramsey) about his Retelling the Story series (InterVarsity Press, 2016), including The Advent of the Lamb of God, The Passion of the King of Glory, and The Mission of the Body of Christ.

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