June 26, 2023 Edition

Brain Trust named, to develop ECPA PubU Online program

ECPA’s annual training program – ECPA PubU – will be presented as an online event in 2023, delivering daily webinars from October 27 to November 13 in several tracks for publishing professionals: Design, Editorial, Marketing, Production & Operations, Rights, and Children’s Literature. A committee of industry leaders, forming the event’s Brain Trust, are assigned to develop each track, and will be led by Michael Covington, VP of Publishing & Acquisitions at David C Cook.

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Webinar on AI, Ethics and Christian Publishing scheduled for July 14

ECPA continues its summer Focus Webinar Series on July 14 featuring Christian ethicist and author Jason Thacker and B&H publisher Dr. Devin Maddox discussing “AI, Ethics, and Christian Publishing.”

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Oxford University Press signs US sales and distribution agreement with IPG

Oxford University Press (OUP) has signed a sales and distribution agreement with Independent Publishers Group (IPG) for the exclusive distribution of Oxford Children’s fiction titles in North America and Canada.

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Early bird registration is open for industry’s C-Suite Symposium

Early bird rates are in effect for the ECPA C-Suite Symposium until August 4. This annual event will gather the industry’s c-level leaders in San Antonio on September 17-19. Dr. Allen Yeh was just added to the program that  includes these sessions and speakers:

• Understanding Global Christianity with Dr. Allen Yeh (Biola University)
• Leading Teams through Hinge Moments with Dr. Michael Lindsay (Taylor University)
• Publishing New Voices, Reaching New Audiences with Alejandro Mandes (Workforce Hope) and Deborah Sáenz Gonzales (NavPress)
• Leadership Succession and Change Management with Kathryn Scanland (Greystone Global)
• New Paradigms in Global Ministry Publishing with Luke Lewis (Langham)
• Forecasts and Opportunities in Christian Publishing with Kristen McLean (Circana)
• Personas, Platforms, Profits and the Church with Katelyn Beaty (Brazos Press)
• Organizational Culture and Remote Environments with Cris Doornbos (Leader Shaping)

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ECPA welcomes new affiliate members

• Publishers Storage and Shipping (PSSC) was established in 1974 to provide end-to-end warehousing and fulfillment services for publishers. pssc.com
• Woodland Group provides innovative logistics, e-commerce, and supply chain management services with particular expertise supporting the printing and publishing industry. woodlandgroup.com

Four books honored for achieving milestone sales: Adventure Bible surpasses 10 million

ECPA recently presented four books with Milestone Sales Awards. Zondervan’s Adventure Bible received the Diamond Award for surpassing 10 million in sales. The Platinum Award was presented to the Rose Book Of Bible Charts, Maps and Time Lines (Rose Publishing/ Tyndale House) for more than 1 million sold. Bronze Awards were presented for 100,000 sold to: Be Still by Cleere Cherry Reaves” (DaySpring) and Supernatural by Michael S. Heiser (Lexham Press).

Straight to the Heart, a podcast from New Growth Press, launches July 5

Hosted by Rush Witt, each episode of the “Straight to the Heart” Podcast will include thought-provoking conversations with leading Christian writers and thinkers. New episodes will release each Wednesday.

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Former news anchor Leslie Means on Jesus Calling Podcast

Leslie Means recently joined The Jesus Calling Podcast to share on June 29, how she stepped away from her news job and went on to create an online community that helps women in times of need–Her View From Home–and found what she’d been meant to do all along.  Means’ book, “So God Made A Mother,” is available from Tyndale Momentum.