June 19, 2017 Edition

Industry News

ECPA Christian Collective at London Book Fair taking immediate reservations

If you are interested in participating in the Christian Collective at the 2018 London Book Fair, contact ECPA right away at chelblig@ecpa.org.  The 2018 London Book Fair is scheduled for April 10-12 at Olympia in West London. By sponsoring the ECPA Christian Collective exhibit space, ECPA handles all logistical and administrative services, so that members can focus their time on selling/buying rights at this important international publishing event. Space reservations for exhibiting and meeting will end soon.

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ECPA announces speakers for C-Suite Symposium: Maria Pallante and James K.A. Smith

ECPA has announced that Maria A. Pallante, President and CEO of AAP and former United States Register of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyrights Office will keynote the 2017 ECPA C-Suite Symposium. In addition, James K.A. Smith, author of You Are What You Love and philosophy professor at Calvin College will present. The industry’s event for top executives in Christian publishing will meet this year on September 24-26 in Asheville, North Carolina. Registration is now open for ECPA members.

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American and German foundations join Crisis Publishing Initiative as sponsors

Magazine Training International (MTI) is pleased to announce new partnerships with co-sponsor Tyndale House Foundation and contributing sponsor Stiftung Christliche Medien, as they join the Crisis Publishing Initiative. The Crisis Publishing Initiative conference will be held on Oct. 15-18, 2017, at the Hotel Lövér in Sopron, Hungary. The Initiative is for Christians in publishing on the front lines, as they seek to find the truth in chaotic situations and publish the information their readers need in order to respond to crises as those called to be light and salt in a fractured world.

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Bookmasters signs two Christian publishers for sales and distribution

Bookmasters, one of the largest providers of customized book publishing services in the United States, has signed new agreements with two Christian publishers to distribute their titles in the United States and abroad. Lexham Press publishes a range of evangelical scholarly and pastoral works in the areas of biblical studies (including Bible reference and original language resources), biblical, historical, and systematic theology, and ministry resources. Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, Forward Movement has been producing excellent, innovative resources to encourage spiritual growth in individuals and congregations for more than 80 years.

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Milestones

Barbour’s Annie Tipton named finalist in Editor of the Year contest

Barbour Publishing is pleased to announce that Annie Tipton, Senior Acquisitions Editor, has been named a finalist in ACFW’s 2017 Editor of the Year contest. Tipton has worked at Barbour Publishing for over 11 years and started acquiring the company’s full-length fiction in March 2013.

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Media Announcements

Bible Gateway interviews O. S. Hawkins, author of "The Daniel Code"

Are you struggling to live out your faith in a rapidly changing culture that seems to have lost its way? The ancient book of Daniel speaks of how he survived and thrived in a pagan, permissive, and perverted society. Bible Gateway interviewed O. S. Hawkins (@OSHawkins) about his book, The Daniel Code: Living Out Truth in a Culture That Is Losing Its Way (Thomas Nelson, 2017).

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Product News

Brazos Press signs best-selling author and activist Shane Claiborne for a book on America’s gun violence epidemic

Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group, has signed noted activist Shane Claiborne for a book that offers a Christian response to America’s gun violence crisis. Claiborne will coauthor Beating Guns: A Book for People Who Are Tired of Violence with Mike Martin, founder and executive director of RAWtools, a nonprofit organization that repurposes guns into hand tools—taking literally the biblical injunction to beat weapons into plows. The book is expected to release in Fall, 2018.

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BroadStreet Publishing releases The Passion Translation New Testament in Fall 2017

BroadStreet Publishing is thrilled to announce the release of the New Testament with Psalms, Proverbs, and Song of Songs in their bestselling Bible translation, The Passion Translation, which will be in bookstores October 31, 2017.

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Walter Isaacson writes foreword for memoir by Eric Motley 

Walter Isaacson wrote the foreword for "Madison Park: A Place of Hope" by Eric Motley (Zondervan, November 14, 2017, 9780310349631). Isaacson is the president and CEO of the Aspen Institute and recruited Motley to the think tank ten years ago, where he currently serves as Executive Vice President.

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New Rose Bible Studies provide practical help for anger, depression, abuse, stress

16 million Americans deal with depression at least once in their lives; one in ten Americans struggle with anger issues. The numbers are clear, and yet the Church is not always equipped to help those who are hurting. Introducing the brand new Hope for the Heart Bible Study series, created by June Hunt. Biblically solid and easy to use, these new Bible studies are much-needed resources for churches and individuals.

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Rose's new insert provides over 2000 years of Bible and World History at a glance

Those wanting the tools and study helps of a complete study Bible—without the added weight and cost that goes along with it—are in luck. Introducing Rose Publishing’s Bible Timelines and Overview Bible Insert, an ultra-slim insert packed with study helps and Bible reference tools that you can slip into the back of your Bible.

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