May 11, 2020 Edition

Registration opens for ECPA webinar series starting Thursday with Kristen McLean

Beginning this Thursday, May 14, ECPA will launch the Virtual Summit Series, a weekly webcast featuring conversations with publishing experts on trends and best practices in the wake of COVID-19.  Registration and information for each of the six webinars is available here.

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ECPA debuts New Releases bestseller list, along with May bestseller lists

This month marks the debut of a new feature in ECPA’s bestsellers program. In an effort to highlight books that are currently trending, a New Releases list will be posted that reflect sales from their first 3 months of sales. Here are the Top 10 new release titles for this month:
 1. Dangerous Prayers by Craig Groeschel (Zondervan)
 2. Chasing Vines by Beth Moore (Tyndale Momentum)
 3. Suffer Strong by Katherine Wolf (Zondervan)
 4. The Gift of One Day by Kerry Shook (WaterBrook)
 5. Get Your Life Back by John Eldredge (Thomas Nelson)
 6. Praying Women by Sheila Walsh (Baker Books)
 7. Acres of Diamonds by Jentezen Franklin (Chosen Books)
 8. Beyond Betrayal by Phil Waldrep (Harvest House)
 9. Stop Calling Me Beautiful by Phylicia Masonheimer (Harvest House)
10. Upon a Spring Breeze by Kelly Irvin (Zondervan)

Top 25 will post on ChristianBestsellersList.com next week.
View all of May’s bestseller lists in 10 categories

ECPA releases top selling titles during the 2020 Easter season

The ECPA May Christian bestseller lists also feature the annual Easter Christian bestsellers in nonfiction and juvenile. Topping the Easter nonfiction list is Jesus Calling for Easter by Sarah Young (Thomas Nelson) and The Case for Easter by Lee Strobel (Zondervan). On top of the Easter juvenile list is The Berenstain Bears and the Easter Story by Jan Berenstain (ZonderKidz) and God Gave Us Easter by Lisa Tawn Bergren (WaterBrook). Three titles from Patricia A. Pingry also made the list.

View the 2020 Bestselling Easter lists

Christian Book Award winners announced; First-time author wins 2020 Christian Book of the Year

Deep Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament by Mark Vroegop (Crossway) was selected out of 65 finalists to represent the 2020 Christian Book of the Year. The book also won in the New Author category. “In another year a title like this would likely not have gained such attention, but Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy feels as though it was written for the times we are going through,” states ECPA president Stan Jantz.

Twelve other titles were selected as winners in their category, including a tie in the Bibles category.  Stormie Omartian delivered a prayer at the end of the webcast for readers, authors and publishers in the industry: “I pray people will desire books that change lives and that it will increase beyond what we’ve ever seen in the past.”

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View all the winners of the 2020 Christian Book Awards

Jesus Calling Podcast welcomes HGTV stars of Restored by the Fords

Growing up in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Leanne and Steve Ford never dreamed they’d have a nationally known restoration business—-thanks to their HGTV series Restored by the Fords. Leanne and Steve’s parents encouraged their interests and the family’s supportive environment paved the way for Leanne and Steve to blaze a trail with their unique brand of home design, which they talk about in their new book “A Work In Progress” available from Thomas Nelson.

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