December 19, 2022 Edition
There will not be a Rush to Press edition next week in celebration of Christmas. Merry Christmas!
Industry News
Former DreamWorks animation executive joins David C Cook as Chief Creative Officer
David C Cook has announced that former DreamWorks Animation executive Rick Rekedal will join the team as chief creative officer. For more than 145 years, David C Cook has provided resources to help bring God’s word to people everywhere. Rekedal brings expertise that will enable David C Cook to harness the power of story to reach a new generation with life-changing messages of hope and inspiration.
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ECPA welcomes new members
The ECPA board of directors recently welcomed the following three companies as ECPA member, associate, and affliate:
RABBIT ROOM PRESS: We believe in creating books that are beautiful both inside and out, books not limited to any specific genre or market but which adhere to a basic belief in the value of creative writing and storytelling.
CASTLE QUAY BOOKS: Founded in 2002 as an independent Canadian publishing imprint, we are dedicated to the advancement of the Canadian and American writing community with the purpose of developing and publishing high value, quality titles.
VERSA PRESS: We are a leading manufacturer of trade, religious, educational, medical, university, and commercial publications, providing exceptional value and customer service through our experienced staff and their superior printing craftsmanship.
Nord Compo launches new website
Reflecting the significant changes in publishers’ needs, brought about by advances in technology and hastened by COVID, Nord Compo has launched a completely revamped website. The new website features Oyez!, a new business unit dedicated to the production of high quality audiobooks in English, French and Spanish.
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Milestones
ECPA presents Milestone Sales Awards: Two Diamond, four Platinum, three Bronze Awards
ECPA recently presented two Diamond Awards to Thomas Nelson for two KJV Bibles for exceeding 10 million in sales: KJV Giant Print Bible and KJV Gift & Award Bible. In addition, three of their Bibles received the Platinum Award for 1 million sold: KJV Compact Bible, The King James Study Bible, and KJV Personal Size Bible (which has sold more than 40 million).
Get Out of Your Head by Jennie Allen (WaterBrook) also received a Platinum Award.
Titles receiving Bronze Awards for 100,000 sold include:
- Who Sang the First Song? by Ellie Holcomb (B&H Publishing)
- Everything a Child Should Know About God by Kenneth N. Taylor and illustrated by Jenny Brake (10Publishing)
- Every Moment Holy, Volume 1 by Douglas Kaine McKelvey (Rabbit Room Press)
Crossway’s “Overcoming Apathy” named Christianity Today’s 2023 Book of the Year
Crossway is excited to announce that “Overcoming Apathy: Gospel Hope for Those Who Struggle to Care” by Uche Anizor has been named Book of the Year in Christianity Today’s 2023 Book Awards. Four additional Crossway titles also earned distinction.
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Northern Lights Book Awards and American Book Fest honor Lexham’s FatCat series
Northern Lights Book Awards awarded the FatCat series as winner of their Best Series category and American Book Fest named three FatCat books as 2022 Best Book Award finalists in the Children’s Religious category—"The Apostles’ Creed,” “The Lord’s Prayer,” and “The King of Christmas.”
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IVP honored with three 2023 CT Book Awards
InterVarsity Press is pleased to announce that it received top honors in three categories of the CT Book Awards: Church and Pastoral Leadership, Marriage and Family, and Politics and Public Life. Another IVP title received the Award of Merit in the Popular Theology category, and three IVP books were finalists in Biblical Studies, Culture and the Arts, and Politics and Public Life.
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Baker Academic title named as winner in CT's 2023 Book Awards
On December 13, Christianity Today announced their list of winning titles for the 2023 Book Awards, which included a Baker Academic title: “Jesus and the God of Classical Theism” by Steven J. Duby. In addition to this winning title, two Baker Academic titles were named a finalist in their category, and two Baker Academic titles received an award of merit.
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Six Brazos Press titles included in Christianity Today’s 2023 Book Awards
Christianity Today's list of winning titles for their 2023 Book Awards included a Brazos Press title: “You’re Only Human” by Kelly M. Kapic. In addition to this winning title, three Brazos Press titles were named a finalist in their category, and two Brazos Press titles received an award of merit.
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Lexham Press celebrates book award wins
Lexham Press received six recognitions in Christianity Today’s 2023 Best Book Awards list. Two titles won Award of Merit in their respective categories: “Jesus and Gender” by Elyse Fitzpatrick and Eric Schumacher and “Faith in the Wilderness” edited by Hannah Nation and Simon Liu. Four other titles were finalists in their categories.
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Two titles from The Good Book Company are honored with awards
“The Air We Breathe” by Glen Scrivener and “Who Am I and Why Do I Matter?” written by Chris Morphew and illustrated by Emma Randall, were announced as winners of the 2022 Christianity Today Book Awards. "The Air We Breathe" is also a winner in The Gospel Coalition 2022 Book Awards.
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Michelle Shocklee’s “Count the Nights by Stars” named best fiction in CT Book Awards
Tyndale fiction is pleased to announce that “Count the Nights by Stars” by Michelle Shocklee is the Christianity Today 2023 Book Award winner in the fiction category. According to its website, Christianity Today selects “the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.”
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End Game Press celebrates new children’s book on understanding loss as CT Book Award finalist
End Game Press is proud to announce that their recent children’s book, “Fly High: Understanding Grief with God’s Help” (End Game Press, Oct. 4, 2022), was recently named as a finalist in Christianity Today’s 2023 Book Awards.
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Media Announcements
Thomas Nelson authors Seth and Heather Thompson Day on Jesus Calling Podcast
Husband and wife duo Seth and Heather Thompson Day joined The Jesus Calling Podcast to speak about the tensions they’ve experienced with their individual families and how as a couple, they are committed to the hard work of living relationally with others and with God. Their book, “I’ll See You Tomorrow,” is available from Thomas Nelson.
Abingdon author and pastor Matt Rawle on Jesus Calling Podcast
Author and pastor Matt Rawle will join the Jesus Calling Podcast on Dec. 22 to share how he loves digging deep into our culture to find traces of God in places we’d least expect. He’s uncovered themes in beloved Christmas classics like The Grinch and has found joy and a new understanding of God and the way He presents Himself in the world. Rawle’s book, “The Heart That Grew Three Sizes,” is available from Abingdon Press.
Other News
INDUSTRY
- Dwight Baker Looks at Challenges the Christian Books Business Faces
- Every Voice Now Podcast features IVP publisher: The Barrier-Breaking Leadership Journey of Terumi Echols
- Christianity Today presents 2023 Book Awards
- Religion and Spirituality Books Preview: January 2023
- Religion Book Deals: Dec. 14, 2022
- November Religion Bestsellers: Fox’s Faulkner Tops; Christmas Novels Dominate
PUBLISHING
- USA Today Bestseller List "On Hiatus" After Longtime Editor Is Laid Off
- The PW Publishing Industry Salary Survey 2022
- Bookstore Sales Dip 2.9% in October; Year to Date Up 7.5%
- Barnes & Noble Store Expansion Leads Big-Box Real-Estate Revival in 2023
- How Publishers Make Old Books New Again
- US manufacturing orders from China down 40% in unrelenting demand collapse
- NPD webinar available on demand: Market Forces Impacting U.S. Entertainment Licensing
- England’s BookTrust reflects on diversity in children’s books
- Digitizing ‘Christmas Books’ at the UK’s Cambridge University Press
