February 13, 2023 Edition

Industry News

NPD sales trend report for Christian book market presented at Leadership Summit

Kristen McLean, Executive Director of Business Development for The NPD Group, will give her annual report on May 10 at the ECPA Leadership Summit during her session, “Market Data and Sales Trends for Christian Publishers.”  Held May 9-10 in Nashville for Christian publishing leaders, the Leadership Summit will be the only opportunity this year to hear from McLean about the Christian publishing industry.  The event will also include speakers and topics that help equip publishing leaders to meet challenges, adapt, explore, collaborate, and face the future with an enduring hope

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ECPA releases monthly Christian bestseller lists for February

ECPA has released the monthly Christian bestseller lists for February 2023 in 15 categories, including Bibles and Spanish, based on sales data from NPD Bookscan. The #1 bestselling title continues as “Good Boundaries and Goodbyes” by Lysa TerKeurst (Thomas Nelson).  TerKeurst has seven titles in the top 50 bestselling titles for the month.

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End Game Press announces partnership with CNI Distribution

End Game Press is excited to announce that CNI Distribution will now serve as their warehouse and fulfillment center beginning in February this year. CNI Distribution is a division of Christian Network International and is one of the largest independent distributors in Contemporary Christian retailing.

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Nord Compo announces a major expansion of its Nordsoft division

Nordsoft, the custom solutions software division of Nord Compo, was created over a decade ago. The COVID crisis created new urgency for a trend that was underway, the growing market demand for automated solutions for prepress, digital asset management and B2C digital file delivery. In response, over the past two years, Nordsoft has undergone a major expansion, having grown to 25 software engineers, programmers, and project managers.

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AAP StatShot: Overall publishing industry down for 2022, and for December

The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has released its StatShot report for December 2022 reflecting reported revenue for Trade (Consumer Books), Higher Education Course Materials, and Professional Publishing.  Trade (Consumer Book) revenues were down 6.3% for the month of December, and down 6.2% for full calendar year.

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Product News

Bestselling author Ruth Chou Simons signs new multi-book publishing deal with Thomas Nelson

Bestselling author Ruth Chou Simons has inked a six-project deal with Thomas Nelson, across three of the publishing groups’ imprints, and HarperChristian Resources. The multibook deal includes a children’s book, two devotionals, a trade book, a lifestyle book, and video study curriculum.

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Tyndale Refresh to publish “The Body Revelation” by Alisa Keeton

Tyndale Refresh, an imprint of Tyndale House Publishers, will release "The Body Revelation" in June 2023, the latest book from Alisa Keeton, founder of Revelation Wellness and host of the popular podcast by the same name.

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Companion to bestselling Kregel book releases Feb. 21

Jonathon M. Seidl, author of the bestselling book “Finding Rest,” invites anyone affected by mental health disorders to join him on an action-based, thought-provoking and therapeutic journey to find peace, hope and healing in the new companion resource, “Finding Rest: An Invitation to Go Deeper” (Kregel Publishing, Feb. 21, 2023).

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