December 10, 2018 Edition

Industry News

Revell appoints new Senior Acquisitions Editor

Baker Publishing Group is pleased to welcome Rachel McRae to the Baker Publishing family as senior acquisitions editor for Revell Books. Rachel comes to us from LifeWay Christian Stores, her career home for the past eighteen years.

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The Parable Group welcomes Franklin Goldberg as Chief Marketing Officer

The Parable Group is pleased to announce and welcome Franklin Goldberg as Chief Marketing Officer. Goldberg brings 20 years of experience marketing and selling Christian content including books, Bibles, and software.

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Faithlife opens real-time Church Support Center

Faithlife Corporation opened a new, full-service customer care center, the Church Support Center, in late October. The opening coincided with the launch of Logos 8, the latest version of its popular Bible study software. The Church Support Center offers churches technical support 365 days per year.

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LSC Communications signs multi-year agreement with Elsevier to provide book fulfillment and distribution services in USA

LSC Communications announced a multi-year agreement with Elsevier, the global information analytics business specializing in science and health. LSC currently prints a significant share of Elsevier’s books and journals and, under the new agreement, will begin providing book fulfillment and distribution services in 2019 for Elsevier’s US markets.

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Free NetGalley webinar on ECPA member program this Thursday

Join NetGalley for a free webinar on Thursday, December 13 for ECPA members. Learn more about how to use NetGalley to build pre-publication buzz, gain data insights to drive strategies, and reach early influencers who will help give your titles the enthusiastic launch they deserve!  The webinar will explain NetGalley’s discounted program for ECPA members.

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Milestones

“It’s Not Suppposed to Be This Way” by  Lysa TerKeurst debuts on national bestseller lists

"It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered" (Thomas Nelson) by Lysa TerKeurst debuts after one week of release on seven national general market bestseller lists.

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Three IVP titles make WORLD Magazine’s short lists for 2018 Books of the Year

WORLD Magazine recommended about five hundred books to its readers in 2018 and recently chose from those the top books of the year. The winners were made up of five nonfiction books of the year, four theological honorable mentions, and twenty-five short list honorees, including three InterVarsity Press titles: "Last Call for Liberty" by Os Guinness, "Embodied Hope" by Kelly M. Kapic, and "Disruptive Witness" by Alan Noble.

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Media Announcements

Bible Gateway interviews Todd Hampson, author of “The Non-Prophet’s Guide™ to the End Times”

Do you tend to avoid studying books of the Bible like Revelation and Ezekiel? Does it feel like words such as rapture and apocalypse fly right over your head? It’s common to dismiss these and other topics related to Bible prophecy as irrelevant or too complicated. Bible Gateway interviewed Todd Hampson (@thampson) about his book, The Non-Prophet’s Guide™ to the End Times: Bible Prophecy for Everyone (Harvest House Publishers, 2018).

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Bible Gateway interviews R. T. Kendall, author of “These Are the Days of Elijah”

Who was the prophet Elijah and how is his ancient life exemplary for us in the 21st century? How did God use this ordinary man with many imperfections to accomplish extraordinary feats in the time of Old Testament kings? Bible Gateway interviewed Dr. R. T. Kendall (@DrRTKendall) about his book, These Are the Days of Elijah: How God Uses Ordinary People to Do Extraordinary Things (Chosen Books, 2013).

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