May 7, 2018 Edition

ECPA Leadership Summit challenges publishing leaders to “go deeper”

Hailed by many attendees as ECPA’s “best yet,” the industry’s Leadership Summit drew 150 publishing executives at the newly opened Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C.  The Summit reverently opened with U.S. Senate Chaplain Barry Black who summoned attendees to trust God amidst the storm or what may seem as silence.  Other highlights included:  Bryan Loritts’ challenge to embrace innovation over traditionalism; Michelle Sanchez on the Church’s need for discipleship materials on race, power, and sex; Consumer and retail data presented in sessions by Kristen McLean (NPD) and David Barker (ReaderLink); Report from the top leaders in Bible translation and distribution — Dr. Roy Peterson (American Bible Society), Bobby Gruenewald (YouVersion), and Mart Green (ETEN).

The 2019 ECPA Leadership Summit is scheduled for April 30-May 1 in Chicago.  For more information, sign up for event updates.

2018 Christian Book Award® winners announced

ECPA announced the winners of the 2018 Christian Book Awards® in 11 categories, and named the 2018 Christian Book of the Year® as Jesus Always by Sarah Young (Thomas Nelson). The announcements were made at the ECPA Awards Celebration held at the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC, during the ECPA Leadership Summit.  The evening featured Anne Graham Lotz as keynote and celebrated the 40th anniversary of ECPA Christian Book Awards.

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Firebrand to host webinar: Creating Keywords with an Impact

Firebrand Technologies will host an informative webinar on Wednesday, May 16, 1-2 pm EST.  Topics include:  Amazon’s search mechanisms; keywords and marketing, discoverability and sales, creating keywords for biggest impact, and more.

Find out more and register

Tina Constable to be sole publisher of WaterBrook and Multnomah

PW: After promoting several members of the staff at WaterBrook and Multnomah­—imprints of the Crown Publishing Group, senior v-p and publisher of Christian publishing for Crown, Tina Constable, announced that she is not hiring a replacement for former publisher, Alex Field.

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Nicki Koziarz talks about her new book “Why Her?” on Life Today

Nicki Koziarz was a featured guest on Life Today TV on April 30. Co-hosts Sheila Walsh and Randy Robison interviewed Koziarz about her recently-released first book Why Her? 6 Truths We Need to Hear When Measuring Up Leaves You Falling Behind, her struggles with comparison, and the truths that have set her free.

Watch the full episode here.

Bible Gateway interviews Michael Heiser, author of the “60-Second Scholar Series”

What if aspects of biblical scholarship could be distilled into understandable bite-sized insights you could read each in 60-seconds to unlock the Bible’s individual sections and main teachings? Bible Gateway interviewed Michael Heiser (@msheiser) about the 60-Second Scholar Series (Zondervan, 2018).

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Bible Gateway interviews Mark Rutland, author of “David the Great”

The Bible describes King David as “a man after God’s own heart,” yet it recounts David’s many indiscretions and sins. Do we really reckon with who he was? Have we reduced him to a shepherd boy with a slingshot? How do we come to terms with this flawed-but-might king in all his moral complexity? Bible Gateway interviewed Mark Rutland (@DrMarkRutland) about his book, David the Great: Deconstructing the Man After God’s Own Heart (Charisma House, 2018).

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Lisa Harper joins Jesus Calling podcast to discuss her latest book

Bible teacher and speaker Lisa Harper recently joined Jesus Calling podcast to share about her latest book “The Sacrament of Happy” (B&H Books; June 2017), as well as some of her early journey to becoming a Bible teacher, and candidly talks about being a survivor of sexual abuse.  More at jesuscalling.com/podcast/.

Elk Lake announces the publication of five books

Elk Lake Publishing Inc., of Plymouth, Mass., announces the publication of The Mysterious Matt Barnes, a middle-grade mystery, by Matthew Weigelt, and Maiden of Iron: A Steampunk Fable by Edie Melson. Elk Lake is also publishing the second editions of the Jo Oliver Thriller series by Catherine Finger:  Cleansed by Death, Shattered by Death, and Anchored by Death. These books are available in bookstores and on Amazon in print and e-book formats. For more information on the authors, visit elklakepublishinginc.com.