March 31, 2025 Edition

Industry News

Historic Gallup research to be released about global attitudes to the Bible and faith

British and Foreign Bible Society in partnership with United Bible Societies, announce the upcoming launch of the Patmos World Bible Attitudes Survey, an unprecedented research initiative that has captured the views of over 90,000 people across 85 countries, representing the most comprehensive analysis of attitudes to the Bible and faith ever undertaken at this scale.

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The Christy Award® submission period ends today

Nominations are accepted until end of today, March 31, in nine fiction categories for The Christy Award program. Submissions are open to works of fiction written from a Christian worldview, published traditionally or independently from March 2024 to March 2025. The 2025 finalists and winners will be announced this fall.

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Upcoming international rights events for Christian publishers

ECPA publishers have recently returned from rights & export events in Krakow, Poland and London. ECPA will present three more rights events this year to be held in the U.S., Thailand, and Frankfurt. To participate, contact Cynthia at ECPA or visit ECPA.org.

International Christian Rights & Export Fair:
June 17-18, Chicago
Asia Christian Rights & Export Fair:
September 1-2, Bangkok Thailand
ECPA Global Collective at Frankfurt Book Fair:
October 15-19, Germany
(Reservations now accepted for ECPA Collective at 2026 London Book Fair)

Engage with the experts at ECPA Leadership Summit, April 29-30 in Nashville

ECPA is grateful for partnerships and sponsorships from industry service companies who provide services to Christian publishers. Leaders from each of these companies will be available at the upcoming ECPA Leadership Summit, held April 29-30 in Nashville, and are taking appointments:  Bookwire, The Firebrand Group, Gloo AI, Ingram Content Group, Nord Compo, GPS Group, knk Software, Lakeside Book Company, Independent Publishers Group, Baker & Taylor Publisher Services, Bethany Press, Bradford & Bigelow, Core Publishing Solutions, FrontGate Media, Kingery Printing, Metacomet Systems, and RRD.

To learn more, visit the online Expert Hall

Milestones

Lee Strobel’s ‘Seeing the Supernatural’ lands on New York Times bestsellers list

Zondervan Books celebrates Lee Strobel’s newest book, “Seeing the Supernatural: Investigating Angels, Demons, Mystical Dreams, Near-Death Encounters, and Other Mysteries of the Unseen World” debuting on the New York Times bestsellers list in the No. 8 spot on Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous.

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Beth Allison Barr’s latest book reaches New York Times bestseller list

Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group, is pleased to announce that Beth Allison Barr has achieved New York Times bestseller status with her new book, “Becoming the Pastor’s Wife: How Marriage Replaced Ordination as a Woman’s Path to Ministry.”

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Tyndale Elevate’s ‘Imagine the God of Heaven’ earns Bronze Sales Award

Tyndale Elevate is pleased to announce that their book “Imagine the God of Heaven” by John Burke received the ECPA Bronze Milestone Sales Award, as its sales have surpassed 150,000 books sold.

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ECPA recently bestows 22 titles with Milestone Sales Awards

ECPA recently presented 22 titles with Milestone Sales Awards: a Platinum Award to “The Ragamuffin Gospel” by Brennan Manning (Multnomah) for 1 million sold; Gold Awards for four titles that surpassed 500,000 sold; and Bronze Awards for 17 titles for 100,000 sold. They are:

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Three Kregel titles named 2025 Selah Award finalists

Three Kregel titles were named as finalists for the Selah Awards: "Love Overboard" by Shannon Sue Dunlap (Contemporary Romance), "The Tangled Tale of the Woolgathering Castoffs" by Sharon Mondragón (Women's Contemporary), and "Coal Black Lies" by Cindy K. Sproles (Historical/ Biblical Fiction).

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Product News

Zondervan partners with Bionic Reading® for first ever Clear Focus Bible

Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, is pleased to announce its partnership with Bionic Reading® for the upcoming release of five editions of the Clear Focus Bible. This is the first time the Bionic Reading method has been applied to the text of a print Bible.

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Angie Smith, bestselling author and popular speaker, to publish with Tyndale Momentum

Tyndale House Publishers announced that bestselling author and popular speaker Angie Smith will publish her next two trade books, accompanying study guides, and video resources with Tyndale Momentum.

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New Growth Press releases Nana Dolce’s 40-day journey through Exodus for women

In “You Are Redeemed: Devotions for Living a Whole New Life” (New Growth Press/March 17, 2025), Nana Dolce helps women find true rest in a world of stress and suffering, and to see how God draws near to make Himself known.

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Paraclete Press releases 'The Carpenter’s Son,' a novel by John Gray on April 1

Bestselling author and Emmy-award winning anchorman John Gray delivers a thought-provoking novel that challenges the boundaries between skepticism and belief in “The Carpenter’s Son” (Paraclete Press).

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