July 15, 2024 Edition

Cynthia Sherry of Chicago Review Press to present at C-Suite Symposium

Cynthia Sherry, group publisher for Chicago Review Press and Triumph Books, will present at the upcoming ECPA C-Suite Symposium, held for industry C-level and executive leaders on September 15-17 at Glen Eyrie in Colorado Springs. Sherry oversees the editorial, marketing, publicity, book production, and budgets of titles under five active imprints. Her session, “How Your Sales & Marketing Teams Can Power Up Your Book Launches” will cast a vision for evaluating book launches in real time, integrating marketing and publicity into sales efforts, and moving up timetables. She joins a strong line-up of speakers.

Early bird rates available for three more weeks at ECPACSuite.org.

Christian bestseller lists for July will be released tomorrow

ECPA curates 15 bestseller lists each month from Circana Bookscan of Christian books and Bibles, including Fiction, Non-Fiction, YA, Children’s, New Releases, Spanish, and more.  The July lists will be sent out tomorrow to ECPA members.  All others can receive them by subscribing here.  More at ReadGoodBooks.com.

ACFW announces keynote speaker for 2024 conference

American Christian Fiction Writers is pleased to announce New York Times best-selling author Tosca Lee as the keynote speaker for their 2024 National Conference, to be held September 5-8 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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ECPA PubU Chicago program will include Children’s Book Summit

This year’s ECPA PubU program, held November 13-14 in Chicago, will include an afternoon Children’s Book Summit after the track programming concludes. This allows attendees to participate in track sessions most related to their publishing role, and then attend the deep dive into children’s books after lunch on November 14. The Summit will be developed by Catherine DeVries (Publisher at Kregel Publications) and Elissa Schauer (Executive Editor, InterVarsity Press and IVP Kids). PubU will also feature tracks in Marketing, Publicity, Editorial, Production & Operations, and Design – along with a program for Emerging Leaders.  Early bird registration is now open.

Hodder Bible Commentary Series releases tomorrow

Hodder Faith’s brand new Hodder Bible Commentary Series is publishing its first four volumes (Acts, Ecclesiastes, Mark and Luke) on July 16. The Hodder Bible Commentary is a comprehensive 50-volume Bible commentary series.

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Bestselling author releases another title in Pawverbs series

Jennifer Marshall Bleakley’s Pawverbs series has proven highly successful, including “Pawverbs for a Dog Lover’s Heart” selling over 100,000 copies. On September 3, Tyndale Kids will release “More Pawverbs for Kids.”

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Kingstone Media launches American History series

The studio behind the most complete graphic adaptation of the Bible has released a complete graphic adaptation of American history, as part of a groundbreaking new graphic novel series.

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Nelson Books author Carlos Whittaker’s new book receives rave review from PW

Publisher’s Weekly has given a glowing review to Carlos Whittaker’s upcoming book, Reconnected: How 7 Screen-Free Weeks with Monks and Amish Farmers Helped Me Recover the Lost Art of Being a Human. You can read the full review here.

Police officer and author Mark Tappan on Jesus Calling Podcast

Police officer Mark Tappan recently joined The Jesus Calling Podcast sharing how his life took an unexpected turn through his bond with a remarkable police dog named Mattis. Tappan’s book, “A Dog Named Mattis” is available from Thomas Nelson.