July 17, 2023 Edition
Industry News
The Christy Award® program will be presented online this fall for writers and publishers
ECPA has announced the program for The Christy Award online fall events that include webcasts announcing the finalists and winners of the industry’s top award for Christian fiction – and a four-part Art of Writing series for writers, publishers, creatives, and fans. The Art of Writing webinar series will be conducted Thursday evenings, Oct. 19-Nov. 9. Legendary novelists Janette Oke and Davis Bunn will keynote the Winners Gala on November 16.
Early bird rate ends in two weeks for ECPA C-Suite Symposium
C-Suite level executives from ECPA member companies are invited to the annual ECPA C-Suite Symposium, held in San Antonio on September 17-19. The Early Bird rate deadline of August 4 is just over two weeks away. Program, registration and information is at ECPACSuite.org.
Call for submissions: Christianity Today 2024 Book Awards
Christianity Today is calling for submissions for the 2024 Christianity Today Book Awards. The CT Book Awards, along with our "Beautiful Orthodoxy" Book of the Year, will be announced in December at ChristianityToday.com.
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Milestones
Two David C Cook titles named national bestsellers
David C Cook celebrates two bestsellers released on July 4. Natalie Runion’s first book “Raised to Stay” successfully placed on USA Today’s bestseller list, garnering the #1 spot in the religion category, ranking 21st in all books, and #5 in nonfiction. Bryan Clark’s “God’s Not Like That” placed at #2 in the religion category, #9 in the non-fiction category, and #37 in all books on the list.
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Product News
New Growth to release four new books to Christian Counselor Series
The Ask the Christian Counselor series from New Growth Press is a series of compact books featuring biblical counseling answers to many of life’s common problems. Four new titles, added to the series on September 4, will address abortion, PTSD, grief, and adultery.
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Tyndale Kids to release the next five guidebooks in Parent Guides series
Tyndale House Publishers, in partnership with Axis, is set to release the next five guidebooks in their series designed to help parents bridge generational gaps in conversation with their teens. These booklets will release for individual purchase on October 17, 2023, and the Parent Guides to Connecting in Chaos bundle will be available on November 21, 2023.
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Worthy releases new book this week by Amanda Held Opelt, “Holy Unhappiness”
Are Christians entitled to happiness, fulfillment, and perfect peace? “Holy Unhappiness” (Worthy, July 18, 2023) explores these questions and challenges the false beliefs many in the church hold about “the good life” and what it means to walk in communion with God.
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Salem Books announces Eric Metaxas sequel to bestseller
Salem is set to release Eric Metaxas’ sequel to his bestselling “Letter to the American Church” on March 12, 2024. Titled “Religionless Christianity,” Metaxas spurs with the prophetic words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who appealed to Christians not to “practice” their faith but to live it.
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10Publishing fiction imprint licenses “The Green Ember” for UK and Commonwealth
Reformation Lightning, 10Publishing’s fiction imprint, will publish the first series in S. D. Smith’s renowned children’s fiction saga, “The Green Ember,” in the UK and Commonwealth. “The Green Ember” is a bestselling adventure saga aimed at 9-12 year olds, with over 1 million books sold across all three series.
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Media Announcements
Author Mike Nappa discusses grief on Jesus Calling Podcast this week
After nearly thirty years of marriage, author Mike Nappa lost his dear wife, Amy, to cancer. Mike’s episode on The Jesus Calling Podcast airs on Thursday, sharing how he turned to Scripture to help him get through the day and to cope with waves of grief; even today, he knows firsthand how grief and joy can coexist. Nappa’s book, “Reflections For the Grieving Soul,” is available from Zondervan.
Other News
INDUSTRY
PUBLISHING
- US publishers face issues after change to Amazon sourcing policy
- Booksellers, Others Prepare for Possible UPS Strike
- Authors Join the Brewing Legal Battle Over AI
- PW: The Bestselling Books of 2023 (So Far)
- Print Book Sales Improve, Falling Only 1.6% Last Week
- Former IPA president Chats Publishing Megatrends With ChatGPT
- Writers' Guild of Great Britain Publishes Report on AI
- Global Book Sales Trends Remain Mixed
- International Bestsellers, June 2023
- Canada’s downsizing at Access Copyright causes 79% loss to rights holders
- Book Aid International's New African Book Distribution Campaign
