March 9, 2020 Edition
Industry News
ECPA events moving forward
Several international book fairs have either been cancelled or postponed in the last few weeks due to concerns stemming from the coronavirus outbreak. Over the next four months, ECPA is producing three publishing conferences, and some in the Christian publishing community may be wondering about their status. “ECPA is moving forward with each event as scheduled,” said Stan Jantz, ECPA president. “We are carefully monitoring the timing and location of each event and at this time, our events in Nashville, Chicago and Krakow will remain."
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ECPA releases March Christian bestseller lists: Five new releases debut in top 10
The highest-ranking new release in the March Top 50 Christian bestsellers is Dangerous Prayers by Craig Groeschel (Zondervan), coming in at #4. Four other new releases are in the Top 10, all from different imprints. At #7 is Beth Moore’s newest, Chasing Vines: Finding Your Way to an Immensely Fruitful Life (Tyndale Momentum). Next at #8 is Suffer Strong: How to Survive Anything by Redefining Everything by Katherine and Jay Wolf (Zondervan), with The Gift of One Day: How to Find Hope When Life Gets Hard by Kerry and Chris Shook (WaterBrook) at #9 and Live by Sadie Robertson (Thomas Nelson) coming in at #10.
WaterBrook announces new line of gift books and products
WaterBrook, an imprint of Random House, announces a new line of gift books and products to be published within the Christian publishing program. Ink & Willow offers a thoughtfully curated list of gift books, journals, and interactive products designed to spark reminders of how God reveals beauty in the midst of our ordinary.
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Baker Publishing Group appoints new Academic Sales Manager
Baker Publishing Group is pleased to announce the promotion of Mason Slater, who will serve as academic sales manager. This position fills the vacancy of Steve Ayers’s retirement in March.
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Milestones
Oasis Audio honored with win at 25th annual Audie Awards
Oasis Audio, a division of Oasis Family Media, came home with a prestigious win at the Audio Publishers Association’s annual Audie Awards Gala last Monday evening. The publisher’s production of “How the Light Gets In” (Tyndale, 2019), written by Jolina Petersheim and narrated by Tavia Gilbert, received top honors in the Faith-Based Fiction / Nonfiction category. A second Oasis title, “Breathe Again” (Revell, 2019), written and read by Niki Hardy, was a finalist in the same category.
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Outreach Magazine awards “Confronting Christianity” Apologetics Resource of the Year
Crossway is pleased to announce that Rebecca McLaughlin’s “Confronting Christianity” (Crossway, April 2019) has been named the Outreach Resource of the Year in the Apologetics category.
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“The End of Mental Illness” by Dr. Daniel G. Amen cracks bestseller lists on launch day
Tyndale House Publishers announced that “The End of Mental Illness” by #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr. Daniel G. Amen rocketed to top 100 hourly rankings on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble soon after his new book launched nationally on Tuesday, March 3.
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Bethany House Publishers’ “Rooting For Rivals” named top resource in Ministry Leadership
“Rooting For Rivals” by Peter Greer and Chris Horst was named as a top resource of the year in Ministry Leadership by Outreach Magazine.
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Product News
Brené Brown pens foreword to “The Enneagram of Belonging” by renowned Enneagram expert Chris Heuertz
Zondervan is pleased to announce that New York Times bestselling author Brené Brown will write the foreword to “The Enneagram of Belonging: A Compassionate Journey to Self-Acceptance” by Chris Heuertz.
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First-ever “Halley’s Study Bible” released by Zondervan Bibles
Zondervan Bibles, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, is pleased to announce the release of the first-ever NIV Halley’s Study Bible.
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Other News
- London Book Fair Canceled
- Nashville Area Book Community Reacts to Deadly Tornadoes
- AWP Conference in San Antonio to Proceed as Planned
- Reed Confirms BookExpo, BookCon to Proceed as Planned
- The Brussels Book Fair Manages To Go Forward
- ReedPop Postpones Seattle event; Abu Dhabi Fair Postponed; SXSW Cancels
- ViacomCBS Is Looking to Sell S&S
- Settlement Terms Revealed (Mostly) in Audible Captions Litigation
- Hachette USA Cancels Publication of Woody Allen Book, ‘After Listening’
- Love and Marriage Book Sales On the Rise in the US, The NPD Group Says
