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December 7, 2020 Edition

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Industry News

HarperCollins Christian Publishing acquires the Thompson® Chain-Reference® Bible assets

HarperCollins Christian Publishing has announced its acquisition of the Thompson® Chain-Reference® Bible product assets from Kirkbride Bible Company, Inc. The Bible brand will be stewarded by the Zondervan publishing group, under the direction of v-p and publisher, Melinda Bouma. This acquisition supports the company’s initiative to grow its Bible business through innovative products and a multi-translation publishing strategy.

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ECPA releases December bestsellers: Lysa TerKeurst and Christmas books dominate

Forgiving What You Can’t Forget, Lysa Terkeurst’s latest book (Thomas Nelson), is the story of ECPA’s Top 50 bestsellers list for December, reflecting POS sales in November as compiled by NPD BookScan. Not only did this book about making peace with painful memories sell three times the number of copies of the #2 title, The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman (Moody Publishers), but two of its ancillary products also debuted in the Top 20. The Forgiveness Journal is #4 in the Top 50, followed by the Forgiving What You Can’t Forget Study Guide at #17. In addition, Terkeurst’s last two books, It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way and Embraced, the 2019 ECPA Book of the Year (both Thomas Nelson), are at #34 and #38 respectively.

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MetaComet, Firebrand, & IPG presents free webinar on Tuesday: Optimizing Your Publishing Operations

MetaComet, Firebrand, and IPG are pleased to present an exclusive free webinar tomorrow, Dec. 8 at 1 pm (Eastern), packed with expert guidance on using readily-available resources and technology to improve your publishing operations. From acquisition planning to post-publication analysis, this webinar will map key stages of the publishing process and share advice on increasing revenue while reducing effort, time, and cost spent on each. The panelists will cover important tasks including contract management, metadata development, distribution, and royalty tracking, with recommendations for digital tools to support them. Metacomet and Firebrand will also discuss their ECPA member programs.

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Staff Announcements

Marilyn Gordon to retire after thirty years of service

Baker Publishing Group has announced that Marilyn Gordon, director of rights and permissions, will be retiring on January 29, 2021. Marilyn has served the company for thirty years, and Baker is grateful for her contributions. She has worked closely with many Baker colleagues and business associates around the world. The professionalism and knowledge she has shared are invaluable. We are excited for her to begin this next chapter in her life.

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Katherine Jacobs named senior acquisitions editor for Zonderkidz

Zondervan has announced Katherine Jacobs as senior acquisitions editor for Zonderkidz, the children’s imprint of Zondervan. In this role Jacobs will work to acquire key authors and discover new voices in the children’s publishing space while also leading the editorial process for her acquired projects.

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Milestones

IVP receives three 2020 Gospel Coalition Book Awards

The Gospel Coalition has announced that three IVP titles were recipients of 2020 TGC Book Awards. The winning books include “Exodus Old and New,” “Companions in Suffering,” and “Analog Church.” Two additional IVP books—"Reading While Black” and “The Beautiful Community” —were named Honorable Mention titles.

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Trevin Wax’s new book wins The Gospel Coalition Book Award; B&H gets 4 other honorable mentions

Trevin Wax’s latest book “Rethink Your Self: The Power of Looking Up Before Looking In” (October 2020, B&H Publishing) was recently honored with the Evangelism & Apologetics Award (tie) in the The Gospel Coalition 2020 Book Awards, announced Nov. 30.

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Iron Stream Media takes home 15 Selah Awards

Iron Stream Media and its imprints stole the show at the 2020 Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference in November with an outstanding 15 prestigious Selah Awards, including two books tied for Book of the Year – Fiction, and three Directors' Choice Awards.

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Iron Stream Media receives two 2020 CAN Crown Awards

Iron Stream Media is proud to announce two winners of the 2020 Christian Authors Network (CAN) Crown Awards. Laine Lawson Craft won Silver for “Enjoy Today, Own Tomorrow” in the Outstanding Visual Media Campaign category. Dr. Craig von Buseck won Bronze for “I Am Cyrus” in the Outstanding Broadcasting Campaign category.

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Product News

John Mark Comer signs with WaterBrook

From bestselling author of “The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry” (2019) and Pastor of Vision & Teaching at Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon, John Mark Comer signed for two books, PRACTICING THE WAY OF JESUS and YOUR LIFE IS THE PERSON YOU BECOME to Andrew Stoddard at WaterBrook, in an exclusive submission by Mike Salisbury and Matt Yates at Yates & Yates (World). For rights queries, please contact Denise Cronin, decronin@prh.com.

Tyndale House Publishers to publish Doug Hershey’s “Jerusalem Rising"

Tyndale House Publishers has acquired Jerusalem Rising: The City of Peace Reawakens, the second installment in The Ancient Prophecy / Modern Lens series by Doug Hershey, featuring photography by Edden Ram. This title, a unique visual story of Jerusalem’s miraculous journey from a desolate city to a thriving seat of power in the Middle East, will release on August 3, 2021.

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Media Announcements

Author Zim Flores disusses painful endings and new beginnings on podcast

Entrepreneur Zim Flores recently joined the Jesus Calling Podcast to share why she is familiar with the pain of letting go of something you cherish, which she did when she gave up her highly successful company, Travel Noir, because she felt God calling her to let it go. He has since led her into a bunch of different directions, each more rewarding than the next, and looking back on her life, Zim can see how He worked all things together for good. Flores’ book, “Dare to Bloom,” is available from Thomas Nelson.

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Kayla Stoecklein on Jesus Calling Podcast: Turning grief into blessings

Mental health advocate Kayla Stoecklein recently joined the Jesus Calling Podcast to share how she experienced the tragic loss of her young husband to suicide, just as he was hitting his stride as the inspired lead pastor of a megachurch in California. Reeling from her new life as a widow, Kayla began to reexamine the way she thought about mental health, and God turned her husband’s passing into the most incredible platform for her to share her grief, in turn helping others begin helpful and healing conversations about their health. Stoecklein’s book, “Fear Gone Wild,” is available from Thomas Nelson.

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Other News

  • 2020’s Most-Read Bible Verse: ‘Do Not Fear’
  • ReedPop Cancels BookExpo: ‘Retiring’ the Trade Show and BookCon
  • Publishers Would Back a Reinvented BookExpo
  • Canadian-Owned Publishers Oppose PRH Buying S&S
  • Print Unit Sales Slipped 1.6% Last Week
  • Audible bows to pressure and changes returns policy
  • Booksellers See Subdued In-Store Holiday Sales, Online Eruption
  • Hachette Book Group Lifts Starting Pay
  • First PRH ethnicity pay report shows gap of 16% for BAME employees
  • Total U.S. Printing-Writing Paper Shipments Decreased 24% in October
  • Green Book Alliance Opens Global Survey
  • The future of sustainable publishing in the EU
  • The Perils of Ignoring Open Access: knk interview with EDItEUR‘s Graham Bell
  • Supply-chain chaos has booksellers reading between lines this Christmas
  • How Is the Book Biz Supply Chain Doing?
  • NYT: Pushed by Pandemic, Amazon Goes on a Hiring Spree Without Equal
  • What Marketing Trends to Expect in 2021
  • North American Booksellers Join Pubeasy in Record Numbers: 600% increase

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