January 25, 2020 Edition

ECPA moves Spring Leadership Summit to a virtual event in 2021

ECPA has decided to move their annual Leadership Summit, originally scheduled for May 4-5 in Philadelphia to an online event. The virtual conference will be held at the end of April through the beginning of May, and will include the annual Christian Book Award® Celebration and the annual ECPA Members Town Hall Meeting.  The 2022 ECPA Leadership Summit will resume as an in-person event in May 2022 in Philadelphia.

For more information and to sign up for program updates, visit ECPALeadership.org.

NetGalley hosts webinar for publishers on Thursday

NetGalley will host a webinar for ECPA publishers on Thursday, January 28 at 2 pm Eastern time. NetGalley helps publishers promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Hundreds of publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley community to discover, request, read, and review.  Plus, ECPA members receive a 10% discount on NetGalley’s subscription service.  In this webinar, you’ll learn:

• How to use NetGalley to reach important audiences
• Ways that NetGalley helps track and analyze pre-pub trends
• How audiobooks on NetGalley are performing
• Marketing promotions to help expand your reach

REGISTER

ECPA Career Center introduces discounted internship postings

The ECPA Career Center now has a special category on its job board for Internships. The introductory offer for ECPA members is $49.  This is a good way to get the word out to professionals and students about internship opportunities at your company. The site includes a robust Career Services Center for job seekers with a resume bank, career resources, job searching tips & tools, and more.

More at Jobs.ECPA. org

Tana Amen on Jesus Calling Podcast: It’s not where you’ve been, but where you’re going 

Nurse and author Tana Amen recently joined the Jesus Calling Podcast to share how she’s experienced more pain and chaos in her life than one person should ever have to face. She shoved all of the hurt deep down inside, building a façade to convince others she was okay, when she actually was about to crack. When she met her future husband, Dr. Daniel Amen, Tana learned some techniques and was loved so well by him (and by her faith in God) that she began to find a restoration she so desperately needed. It was in that time that she realized God cares way more about where you’re going than where you’ve been. Amen’s book, “The Relentless Courage of a Scared Child,” is available from Thomas Nelson.

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