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July 11, 2022 Edition

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Industry News

Christian bestseller lists released for July

ECPA has posted the monthly Christian bestseller lists for July in 15 categories, based on sales data from NPD Bookscan. Jennie Allen and Sarah Young dominate the top 5 with two titles each.  The #1 bestselling title for the month is “The Five Love Languages” by Gary Chapman.

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Anchor Distributors and The Good Book Company form distribution partnership

Anchor Distributors and The Good Book Company are pleased to announce a partnership in which Anchor Distributors will provide distribution and fulfillment services to The Good Book Company.

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ECPA presents free Focus webinar series next month

ECPA will continue its free ECPA member summer Focus webinar series by presenting three webinars on three Fridays in August at 10 am central for members.  Registration is now open for:

  • Cultivating a Non-Anxious Presence as a Christian Publishing Professional with author Mark Sayers
  • Pursuing Multiethnicity: Recruiting & Retaining Diverse Talent with Helen Lee (IVP) and a panel of HR directors
  • Intellectual Property Piracy: Proactive and Reactive Measures to Protect Yourself with Brian Flagler and Ryan June

Information and Registration

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Last month for Top Shelf Book Cover Award nominations

ECPA announces the final month of submissions for the Top Shelf Book Cover Awards, which opened on April 15.  To mark its 10th anniversary year, the program will be awarding in four separate categories (fiction, nonfiction, Bibles, juvenile) and each submitting publisher can nominate their design director as a judge.

Submission Info

New digital platform for Christian and conservative content

CrossCurrent Digital is a Christian, conservative, family-friendly digital platform that will provide consumers with the option to purchase their eBooks, audiobooks, and digital content from a company that shares and protects content with a biblical worldview.

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Christian Resources Together (CRT) announce 2023 event

The CRT Retailers and Suppliers Retreat will return to an in-person event in 2023, on September 6 and 7 to bring community back to the UK Christian book, music and gift trade.

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ECPA welcomes new industry affiliate

The ECPA board of directors recently announced a new member, Anchor Distributors, as an ECPA industry affiliate.  Anchor Distributors has been serving Christian bookstores throughout the world since 1970.  For more information: anchordistributors.com.

Milestones

Tyndale House Publishers celebrates 30 years of publishing with Francine Rivers

Tyndale House Publishers recently celebrated 30 years of publishing with beloved and bestselling author Francine Rivers.

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DaySpring celebrates multiple titles achieving milestone sales awards from ECPA

DaySpring, the world's largest Christian social expression company and a subsidiary of Hallmark, celebrates four book titles reaching 100,000 in sales and is being recognized by ECPA with four Bronze Milestone Sales Awards.

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Baker Academic title chosen as winner of the American Society of Missiology Book Award

The American Society of Missiology (ASM) recently announced the winner of their 2021 Book Award for Excellence in Missiology. A Baker Academic title received the honor: "Women in the Mission of the Church" by Leanne M. Dzubinski and Anneke H. Stasson.

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Product News

The Navigators and Barna Group release groundbreaking research on making disciples

The Navigators, a global ministry of Life-to-Life® disciplemaking, has partnered with The Barna Group, a research company specializing in the state of Christianity, to release groundbreaking new insights on how people can share their faith in organic and impactful ways.

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Revell signs Robin Jones Gunn

Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, is pleased to announce that they have signed a multibook contract with award-winning and bestselling author Robin Jones Gunn. Revell will initially publish three books in the tentatively titled Suitcase Sisters series.

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BPG signs two-book contract with NYT bestselling author Myquillyn Smith

Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, is pleased to announce it has signed a contract with Myquillyn Smith, NYT bestselling author of "Cozy Minimalist Home" and "Welcome Home."

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TGC publishes multi-author title: 'Social Sanity in an Insta World'

The Gospel Coalition (TGC) announces the publication of a new multi-author title that encourages Christian women to apply grace and discernment to the way they engage online. Edited by Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, the book features contributions from Melissa Kruger, Jen Wilkin, Laura Wifler, and more.

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Salem Books acquires new book from pastor and speaker John K. Amanchukwu, Sr.

Salem Books has announced the signing of John K. Amanchukwu, Sr., to its stable of authors. In his debut book, "Eraced: Uncovering the Lies of Critical Race Theory and Abortion," he speaks to some of the hottest cultural issues of our time.

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New book by Carol McLeod to release July 26 with Iron Stream Media

Beloved author, podcast host, and speaker Carol McLeod is preparing to launch her fifteenth book, "MEANWHILE: Meeting God in the Wait." This Bible study examines the life of Joseph in the Old Testament, and shares how we can thrive even in the unsettling seasons of our lives.

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Media Announcements

John Sowers on Jesus Calling Podcast

John Sowers is an author and a father who recently joined The Jesus Calling Podcast to share how he developed a love for writing that he carried into adulthood through the letters his family loved to write. Sowers’ book, “Say All The Unspoken Things,” is available from Thomas Nelson.

Bible Gateway interviews Michael Horton, author of “Recovering Our Sanity”

How can we live with a fear of God that drives out the fear of everything else? Bible Gateway interviewed Dr. Michael Horton about his book, “Recovering Our Sanity: How the Fear of God Conquers the Fears that Divide Us” (Zondervan, 2022).

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Other News

INDUSTRY

  • Religion Publishers React to Roe’s Reversal
  • ‘The Case for Heaven,' Documentary from Lee Strobel, Releases July 15
  • WhiteFire launches WhiteCrown, an imprint for faith-based royal stories
  • Best Christian Workplaces Institute Announces New Leadership
  • Aslan's Square Opens in Dyersville, Iowa
  • New Books Find God Amid Grief
  • Gallup: Record-low number of Americans believe Bible is literal Word of God

PUBLISHING

  • Publishers, Internet Archive File Summary Judgment Motions in Scan Suit
  • Ingram to Launch Wholesale Business in U.K.
  • HarperCollins Union Authorizes Strike; Sets Date of July 20
  • Macmillan US Begins Processing Orders
  • NPD Gauges the Children's and YA Book Market: Sales up 17% since 2019
  • Is the Book Sales Boom Finally Over?
  • Industry Sales Fell 12.6% in April
  • Comics/Graphic Novel Sales Jumped 62% in 2021
  • TikTok, B&N Launch #BookTokChallenge
  • BISG Reveals First "Supply Chain Monitor" Results
  • BISG webinar: Sourcing & Strategy for Digital Printing, July 19
  • Trade groups join forces in industry-wide drive to tackle environmental impact
  • KNK: The Current Print Paper Shortage – Origins, Updates and Remediation
  • S&S Makes Two Books on Conflict Free to Readers
  • Publishers, Booksellers Cheer Europe’s Digital Markets Act
  • Ingram’s Lightning Source Sharjah Installation Is Now in Place
  • Amazon Faces Fresh Clampdown With German and UK Scrutiny
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