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July 10, 2023 Edition

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Industry News

Christian bestseller lists posted for July

ECPA has released the monthly Christian bestseller lists for July 2023 in 15 categories based on Circana BookScan sales for the month of June. The top-selling book is “The 5 Love Languages” by Gary Chapman (Moody Publishers).

View the month’s Christian bestsellers

ECPA presents webinar this Friday on AI and Christian Publishing

Ethicist Jason Thacker, author of The Age of AI, in conversation with B&H publisher Dr. Devin Maddox, will discuss the intersection of AI and publishing in Friday’s ECPA member webinar on AI, Ethics, and Christian Publishing.

More on the Focus Webinar Series for ECPA members

Our Daily Bread Ministries acquires Center for Bible Engagement

Our Daily Bread Ministries announced it has acquired the Center for Bible Engagement, the research division of Back to the Bible. This acquisition follows the recent absorption of the Bible Literacy Coalition into the ministry.

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Castle Quay Books announces new agreement with Anchor/Word Alive Distribution

Castle Quay Books is pleased to announce their new partnership agreement with international book distributor Anchor/Word Alive Distribution who will now provide sales, marketing and distribution services for their entire book line in the United States and Canada.

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Bible Study platform ‘Logos’ leans into history with brand reposition

Logos, the most widely used Bible study and sermon preparation platform available, announced its exit from the church management space along with Logos’ returned focus to growing and expanding its long-valued suite of Bible-focused applications, tools, curriculum and content.

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Book design firm, Faceout Studio, gets a facelift

Book design firm, Faceout Studio, has updated its logo and launched a new website this week. "It’s a fun and engaging celebration of the printed book in all of its glory, standing confidently, face out,” says creative director, Tim Green.

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Staff Announcements

Ted Olsen to serve as IVP’s Associate Publisher and Editorial Director for media and trade books

InterVarsity Press (IVP) is pleased to announce that Ted Olsen has been named associate publisher and editorial director for media and trade books.

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Milestones

NavPress’ “Unwanted” by Jay Stringer earns ECPA’s Bronze Sales Award for 100,000 sold

NavPress is pleased to announce that their book “Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing” by Jay Stringer received the ECPA Milestone Bronze Sales Award for recently surpassing 100,000 books sold.

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“God, Right Here” from IVP Kids receives gold Mom’s Choice Award®

IVP Kids is pleased to announce that “God, Right Here” has earned the gold Mom’s Choice Award Honoring Excellence Seal of Approval -- distinguishing the picture book, written by Kara Lawler and illustrated by Jennie Poh, as among the best in family-friendly products.

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“Deadly Conclusion” named as a finalist for the prestigious 2023 Maggie Awards

Iron Stream Media’s “Deadly Conclusion” by Kathy Harris was named as a finalist in the Romantic Suspense category. The Maggies are a nationally recognized, prestigious award presented by the Georgia Romance Writers (GRW).

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Product Announcements

Tyndale Momentum to release new devotionals for women

Tyndale House Publishers will release three new Tyndale Momentum products this fall cultivating deeper faith for women: "The One Year Daily Acts of Gratitude Devotional," "Tonight We Pray for the Momma," and "Create: New Beginnings."

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Focus on the Family to release “Lord, Help Me Pray for My Kids” in November

Focus on the Family, in alliance with Tyndale House Publishers, will release “Lord, Help Me Pray for My Kids: 365 Heartfelt Prayers for Parents” in November 2023. With a fresh topic for each day, parents will spend one year praying over their children.

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New Growth Press to release three new books to the Gospel-Centered Life in the Bible series

Three upcoming releases by New Growth Press are part of The Gospel-Centered Life in the Bible series published in partnership with Serge. Each book examines how the gospel story is revealed throughout both the Old and New Testaments.

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Invite Press releases “The Secret Power of Kindness” by Greg Atkinson

Bestselling author, speaker, and pastor Greg Atkinson challenges readers to be the kind of change they want to see in the world in his new book, "The Secret Power of Kindness: 10 Keys to Unlocking Your Capacity to Change the World," available now from Invite Press.

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Iron Stream Media releases TIMELESS by Carol McLeod

"TIMELESS: The Living and Enduring Word of God," the 16th book by beloved author, podcast host, and speaker Carol McLeod shares how the Bible in general, and the book of I Peter specifically, has never ceased to create a vital, timely impact on each generation of readers.

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Media Announcements

Poet and Pastor Drew Jackson on Christian Book Blurb Podcast

Drew Jackson chatted to The Christian Book Blurb Podcast about responding to scripture creatively, poetry as a spiritual practice, his love of New York City and basketball and how hip-hop music led to his love of poetry. Drew also reads two of his amazing poems from “Touch The Earth: Poems on the Way” available from InterVarsity Press.

Author Andy Partington on Jesus Calling Podcast

Andy Partington recently joined The Jesus Calling Podcast to share how he discovered from a young age that recovery is possible no matter your story, and found his passion for helping addicts see there is hope in Christ for a better future. Partington’s book, “Hope in Addiction,” is available from Moody Publishers.

Other News

INDUSTRY

  • Our Daily Bread VOICES partnership with Trip Lee: End.Notes podcast
  • Integrity Music, part of David C Cook, Reaches 1 Million YouTube Subscribers
  • Religion Book Sales Fell 6% in 2022
  • Graphic/Comic Formats Enliven Religious Titles
  • Religious Publishers' New Music Books Sing With Spirit
  • PW Calls for Information: Bibles and Devotionals
  • PW Call for Information on Religion Publishers Expanding Spanish Titles
  • PW’s Fall 2023 Announcements: Religion & Spirituality
  • 1.4 percent of Germans read their Bible every day, according to study
  • MAI webinar on July 11: Thriving as a Publisher & Author in AI-assisted World

PUBLISHING

  • Book Sales Continue to Slow Down in First Half of 2023
  • US Book Market: Circana Reports an Uptick at Mid-June
  • Print Books Sales Fell 4.7% Last Week
  • Authors sue OpenAI, allege their books were used to train ChatGPT without their consent
  • Seven Ways AI Will Impact Authors And The Publishing Industry
  • USA Today Bestseller List Returns
  • ALA, AAP Reaffirm Landmark Freedom to Read Statement on 70th Anniversary
  • AIGA Names Its 2022 50 Best Book and 50 Best Cover Designs
  • BookTok can make bestsellers. So ByteDance is becoming a publisher.
  • BIC Digital Audiobook Supply Chain Best Practice
  • Penguin Random House Launches Pop-Comics Imprint
  • BISG launches a new metadata practices study

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This Month’s Bestsellers

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1 JESUS CALLING
SARAH YOUNG
2 PRACTICING THE WAY
JOHN MARK COMER
3 THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES
GARY CHAPMAN
4 FORGIVING WHAT YOU CAN'T FORGET
LYSA TERKEURST
5 LIVING FEARLESS
JAMIE WINSHIP
6 HOLY SPIRIT
DAVID DIGA HERNANDEZ
7 NEW MORNING MERCIES
PAUL DAVID TRIPP
8 THE RUTHLESS ELIMINATION OF HURRY
JOHN MARK COMER
9 THE CASE FOR CHRIST
LEE STROBEL
10 IMAGINE HEAVEN
JOHN BURKE
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1 SINCERELY, STONEHEART
EMILY WILSON HUSSEM
2 SLOW BURN
DAWNCHERE WILKERSON
3 BLESSED ARE THE SPIRALING
LEVI LUSKO
4 EVERY THOUGHT CAPTIVE
KYLE IDLEMAN
5 THE FIGHT FOR US
REBEKAH LYONS AND GABE LYONS
6 NEVER GIVE UP
MAX LUCADO
7 THE SUMMER OF YOU AND ME
DENISE HUNTER
8 JESUS LISTENS LARGE TEXT WITH FULL SCRIPTURES
SARAH YOUNG
9 UNLOCK YOUR DELIVERANCE
KATHRYN KRICK
10 TWO SECONDS TOO LATE
DANI PETTREY
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COLLEEN COBLE AND RICK ACKER
2 THE SUMMER OF YES
COURTNEY WALSH
3 REDEEMING LOVE
FRANCINE RIVERS
4 WHEN CRICKETS CRY
CHARLES MARTIN
5 HINDS' FEET ON HIGH PLACES
HANNAH HURNARD
6 VANISHED
DAVID JEREMIAH WITH SAM O'NEAL
7 THE HIDDEN PRINCE
TESSA AFSHAR
8 THE SHACK
WILLIAM PAUL YOUNG
9 A LINEAGE OF GRACE
FRANCINE RIVERS
10 WHAT NOT TO DO ON VACATION
RACHEL MAGEE
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1 JESUS CALLING
SARAH YOUNG
2 PRACTICING THE WAY
JOHN MARK COMER
3 THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES
GARY CHAPMAN
4 FORGIVING WHAT YOU CAN'T FORGET
LYSA TERKEURST
5 LIVING FEARLESS
JAMIE WINSHIP
6 HOLY SPIRIT
DAVID DIGA HERNANDEZ
7 NEW MORNING MERCIES
PAUL DAVID TRIPP
8 THE RUTHLESS ELIMINATION OF HURRY
JOHN MARK COMER
9 THE CASE FOR CHRIST
LEE STROBEL
10 IMAGINE HEAVEN
JOHN BURKE
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1 THE ACTION BIBLE
SERGIO CARIELLO
2 THE BEGINNER'S BIBLE
THE BEGINNER'S BIBLE
3 THE JESUS STORYBOOK BIBLE
SALLY LLOYD-JONES
4 GREAT AND SMALL PRAYERS FOR BABIES
PAMELA KENNEDY
5 THE WORLD NEEDS WHO YOU WERE MADE TO BE
JOANNA GAINES
6 THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S BIBLE
JANICE EMMERSON
7 GOD GAVE US YOU
LISA TAWN BERGREN
8 MOSTLY WHAT GOD DOES IS LOVE YOU
SAVANNAH GUTHRIE
9 THE BIGGEST STORY BIBLE STORYBOOK
KEVIN DEYOUNG
10 WHEREVER YOU GO, I WANT YOU TO KNOW...
MELISSA B. KRUGER
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1 THE HARBINGER: A GRAPHIC NOVEL
JONATHAN CAHN
2 SINGLE, DATING, ENGAGED, MARRIED
BEN STUART
3 LIVE ON PURPOSE
SADIE ROBERTSON HUFF WITH BETH CLARK AND TAMA FORTNER
4 THE 5-MINUTE BIBLE STUDY FOR TEEN GIRLS
CAREY SCOTT
5 DO HARD THINGS
ALEX HARRIS AND BRETT HARRIS
6 GOD IS WITH YOU EVERY DAY
MAX LUCADO
7 THE CASE FOR CHRIST STUDENT EDITION
LEE STROBEL WITH JANE VOGEL
8 FLOURISH
COMPILED BY BARBOUR STAFF
9 OUTDATED
JONATHAN POKLUDA AND KEVIN MCCONAGHY
10 INTERCESSORY PRAYER
DUTCH SHEETS
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1 THE GOSPEL STORY
MARY WILEY
2 ONE-MINUTE INSIGHTS FOR MEN
JIM GEORGE
3 365 READ-ALOUD BEDTIME BIBLE STORIES
DANIEL PARTNER
4 KNOW YOUR BIBLE
PAUL KENT
5 ONE-MINUTE INSPIRATIONS FOR WOMEN
ELIZABETH GEORGE
6 3-MINUTE DEVOTIONS FOR MEN
COMPILED BY BARBOUR STAFF
7 BIBLE PROMISE BOOK - KJV
BARBOUR PUBLISHING
8 199 PROMISES OF GOD
PUBLISHING, BARBOUR
9 77 MEMORY VERSES EVERY KID SHOULD KNOW
CHRISTIAN ART KIDS
10 BIBLE PROMISES FOR MOMS
HEIDI ST JOHN
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1 KJV GIANT PRINT FULL SIZE BIBLE
CHRISTIAN ART PUBLISHERS
2 ESV CHURCH BIBLE
CROSSWAY
3 NIV ADVENTURE BIBLE, Hardcover
ZONDERVAN
4 KJV LARGE PRINT PERSONAL SIZE REFERENCE BIBLE
HOLMAN BIBLE PUBLISHERS
5 CSB SHE READS TRUTH BIBLE, GREY
RAECHEL MYERS AND AMANDA BIBLE WILLIAMS
6 NIV THE WOMAN'S STUDY BIBLE
THOMAS NELSON
7 NKJV PERSONAL SIZE LARGE PRINT REFERENCE BIBLE
THOMAS NELSON
8 ESV STUDY BIBLE
J. I. PACKER, MARK DEVER AND JOHN PIPER
9 NLT LARGE PRINT PREMIUM VALUE THINLINE BIBLE, Brown
TYNDALE
10 ESV JOURNALING BIBLE
CROSSWAY BIBLES
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1 ESV ECONOMY BIBLE
CROSSWAY
2 ESV ECONOMY HOLY BIBLE FOR KIDS
CROSSWAY
3 NIV LARGER PRINT HOLY BIBLE, ECONOMY EDITION
ZONDERVAN
4 ESV LARGE PRINT ECONOMY BIBLE
CROSSWAY
5 NLT LARGE PRINT HOLY BIBLE ECONOMY OUTREACH EDITION
TYNDALE
6 KJV GIFT & AWARD BIBLE
THOMAS NELSON
7 NIV ECONOMY BIBLE
ZONDERVAN
8 NIV GIFT & AWARD BIBLE, Pink
ZONDERVAN
9 NIV OUTREACH BIBLE STUDENT EDITION
ZONDERVAN
10 NLT ECONOMY TEXT BIBLE
TYNDALE
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1 English Standard Version
2 New International Version
3 King James Version
4 New Living Translation
5 New King James Version
6 Christian Standard Bible
7 Reina Valera
8 New International Reader's Version
9 Nueva Version International
10 New American Standard Bible
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GARY CHAPMAN
2 PERDONA LO QUE NO PUEDES OLVIDAR
LYSA TERKEURST
3 UN ANO CON DIOS
B&H ESPANOL EDITORIAL
4 UNA VIDA CON PROPOSITO
RICK WARREN
5 UNA MUJER SABIA
WENDY BELLO
6 EL PODER DE LA MUJER QUE ORA
STORMIE OMARTIAN
7 JESUS TE LLAMA
SARAH YOUNG
8 EL DESAFIO DE 30 DIAS DE ORACION PARA HOMBRES
JESS MACCALLUM
9 DESTINADO AL EXITO
DANTE GEBEL
10 VIVIENDO SU VOLUNTAD
SEBASTIAN FRANZ
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B&H ESPANOL EDITORIAL
2 RVR1960 BIBLIA PARA REGALOS Y PREMIOS, Negro tapa dura
B&H ESPANOL EDITORIAL
3 RVR1960 BIBLIA LETRA GRANDE TAMANO MANUAL EDICION TIERRA SANTA
B&H ESPANOL EDITORIAL
4 RVR1960 BIBLIA DEL PESCADOR LETRA GRANDE, Caoba
LUIS ANGEL DIAZ-PABON
5 RVR1960 BIBLIA PARA REGALOS Y PREMIOS, Rosa
B&H ESPANOL EDITORIAL
6 RVR1960 BIBLIA PARA REGALOS Y PREMIOS, Turquesa
B&H ESPANOL EDITORIAL
7 RVR1960 SANTA BIBLIA EDICION PORTATIL CON CREMALLERA
RVR 1960- REINA VALERA 1960
8 RVR60 SANTA BIBLIA LETRA SUPERGIGANTE CON CIERRE
RVR 1960- REINA VALERA 1960
9 RVR1960 BIBLIA DE APUNTES
B&H ESPANOL EDITORIAL
10 RVR1960 BIBLIA LETRA GRANDE TAMANO MANUAL CON INDICE
B&H ESPANOL EDITORIAL
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1 LA GRAN HISTORIA DEL EVANGELIO
B&H ESPANOL EDITORIAL
2 PREOCUPATE MENOS Y ORA MAS
DONNA K. MALTESE
3 365 HISTORIAS BIBLICAS PARA LA HORA DE DORMIR
COMPILED BY BARBOUR STAFF
4 EL SECRETO DE LA PAZ PERSONAL
BILLY GRAHAM
5 DEVOCIONALES DE 3 MINUTOS PARA HOMBRES
COMPILED BY BARBOUR STAFF
6 UN HOMBRE CONFORME AL CORAZON DE DIOS
JIM GEORGE
7 JESUS SALVA AL MUNDO
VIDA
8 DEMASIADO BENDECIDA PARA ESTAR ESTRESADA
DEBORA M. COTY
9 ESTRESATE MENOS, ORA MAS
DONNA K. MALTESE
10 3:16 EVANGELIO DE JUAN
MAX LUCADO
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