December 16, 2019 Edition

Rush to Press will not be published next Monday as we celebrate Christmas. Have a blessed Christmas and a grateful holiday season!

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New round of tariffs suspended

Publishers Weekly: With the Trump administration reaching what it calls a “phase one” trade agreement with China on Friday, Washington has suspended new tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect on December 15.  The new tariffs would have affected products including a range of children’s books that were excluded from the tariffs that began September 1 and which cover all adult books printed in China, with the exception of Bibles and religious books.

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IPG adds clients

Independent Publishers Group and Meredith Corporation are pleased to announce the formation of a new exclusive book distribution partnership.  More

Independent Publishers Group (IPG), in partnership with Editorial Océano de Mexico, will now distribute a range of popular and bestselling Spanish-language children’s books from the Océana Travesía imprint.  More

Bunmi Laditan signs contract with Zondervan

Novelist and social media star Bunmi Laditan (Confessions of a Domestic Failure) has signed a new contract with Zondervan Books. Her new book—Dear God: Honest Prayers to a God Who Listens—features a collection of letters, poems, and prayers written by Laditan to God while praying and wrestling with her faith. Zondervan executive editor Carolyn McCready took world rights from Holly Bemiss of the Susan Rabiner Literary Agency. Dear God is scheduled for publication in January 2021.

The Glenn Beck Program and Live Inspired with John O’Leary feature author of "Tap Code"

Col. Carlyle “Smitty” Harris, author of Tap Code: The Epic Survival Tale of a Vietnam POW and the Secret Code That Changed Everything (Zondervan), was featured on The Glenn Beck Program and Live Inspired with John O’Leary this past week. Harris was the sixth American Prisoner of War captured in the air war over North Vietnam and was imprisoned for nearly 8 years. Tap Code shares behind-the-scenes details of American history while weaving in Smitty and his wife Louise’s inspiring story of true love, honor and courage as they endured the hardest circumstances they had ever faced.

Bible Gateway interviews John Mark Comer, author of “The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry”

Who are you becoming? Is the rush of everyday life wearing you down and drawing you away from the fulfilling life in Christ? Is hurry the great enemy of your spiritual life? Bible Gateway interviewed John Mark Comer (@johnmarkcomer), about his book, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World (WaterBrook, 2019).

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Bible Gateway interviews Thomas S. Kidd, author of “America’s Religious History”

Since the founding of America centuries ago, Americans have been a pervasively religious people. What is the theological and ethnic diversity and enduring strength of American religion in general, and Christianity and evangelical faith in particular? How have faith commitments and actions shaped the nation? Bible Gateway interviewed Thomas S. Kidd (@ThomasSKidd), author of America’s Religious History (Zondervan, 2019).

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