December 12, 2022 Edition

Industry News

Baker Book House Company names next CEO

Baker Book House Company’s board of directors announced today that Jesse Myers will become the chief executive officer (CEO) on May 1, 2023, following Dwight Baker’s retirement, which was announced last June.

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David C Cook overhauls marketing to accelerate growth 

After 145 years in the publishing industry, David C Cook has set out to take the business to new heights. The company has internally reorganized and rebuilt a new matrix marketing organization, hiring a stream of heavy hitters to advance the strategy and the vision of the brand.

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Christianity Today receives $1 million grant to serve preachers and their churches

Christianity Today has received a grant of $1,000,000 from Lilly Endowment Inc. to equip preachers in bringing their message to life and create opportunities for them to engage God, their peers, their congregations, and the world through them. The grant will fund efforts through Christianity Today’s popular digital resource, PreachingToday.com.

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IVP hosts largest missions bookstore in the world at Urbana 22 Missions Conference

With more than 34,000 books representing more than 700 titles, InterVarsity Press (IVP) will soon be hosting the largest missions bookstore in the world at the 26th Urbana Student Missions Conference. The Urbana 22 Conference, held in Indianapolis, Indiana, will include more than 5000 attendees and nearly 200 seminars and organizations.

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Drew Dixon joins WaterBrook and Multnomah as Executive Editor

WaterBrook and Multnomah is pleased to announce that Drew Dixon is joining its editorial team as Executive Editor. With more than fourteen years of editorial experience, Drew most recently served as Team Leader for Lifeway Christian Resources, where he managed a team of editors, designers, and writers to produce three Bible study curriculum brands.

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Milestones

ECPA awards Thomas Nelson Bibles with five Milestone Sales Awards for KJV Bibles

Affirming Thomas Nelson’s long-standing commitment to the King James Version (KJV), ECPA presented Thomas Nelson with Milestone Sales Awards for five Bibles with a total of more than 40 million lifetime units sold. Two Bibles were awarded the ECPA Diamond Award for sales exceeding 10 million copies and three Bibles were awarded the ECPA Platinum Award for sales exceeding 1 million copies.

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Adam McHugh’s memoir longlisted for the André Simon Food and Drink Book Awards

“Blood from a Stone: A Memoir of How Wine Brought Me Back from the Dead,” written by Adam McHugh (IVP), has made the longlist for the prestigious André Simon Food and Drink Book Awards. This year’s UK-based award recognizes an international list of fifteen food books and nine drink books published by a variety of commercial, university, and independent presses.

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Zondervan receives five recognitions in the 2022 Book Awards from The Gospel Coalition 

Zondervan received five recognitions at the 2022 Book Awards from The Gospel Coalition. Four titles were considered best overall in their category and one received an award of distinction. The company congratulates its authors and the Zondervan Academic and Zondervan Reflective publishing imprints for this honor.

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Crossway celebrates two Gospel Coalition Book Award winners

Crossway is excited to announce that two books—"Songs of Suffering: 25 Hymns and Devotions for Weary Souls” by Joni Eareckson Tada, and “No Shortcut to Success: A Manifesto for Modern Missions” by Matt Rhodes—have been named winners in their respective categories for the Gospel Coalition’s 2022 Book Awards.

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The Gospel Coalition honors three IVP titles with Awards of Distinction

The Gospel Coalition has announced that three IVP books have received Awards of Distinction as part of the TGC 2022 Book Awards. Drawing from the thousands of resources produced by Christian publishers this year, the TGC staff, along with dozens of key contributors, took stock of the best Christian books across twelve categories and recently announced their top choices.

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Product News

Whitaker House acquires best-selling author Michelle McKinney Hammond

Whitaker House is pleased to announce its agreement with best-selling author Michelle McKinney Hammond. The publishing company will release Hammond’s new book, tentatively titled “Next: What to Do When Shift Happens,” in the fall of 2023. Additionally, Whitaker House will rerelease four of Hammond’s previous titles in 2024.

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VOM Books releases “The One Year Pray for the Persecuted Bible” in CSB

“The One Year Pray for the Persecuted Bible,” now available from VOM Books in the Christian Standard Bible version, will deepen your devotions through daily Scripture reading and focused prayer for Christians suffering for their faith. The Voice of the Martyrs is a nonprofit missions organization serving persecuted Christians in the world’s most difficult and dangerous places to follow Christ.

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WaterBrook acquires children's book “Be My Valenslime”

Bunmi Ishola at WaterBrook acquired world rights to “Be My Valenslime” by debut author Kris Tarantino, illustrated by New York Times bestselling illustrator Cori Doerrfeld (“The Rabbit Listened”). Publication is scheduled for Fall 2023.

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