October 21, 2019 Edition

Corrections made to October’s Christian Bestseller lists

The October 2019 Christian Bestseller lists announced last week have been corrected due to an error that originally excluded the first full week of September’s sales. The notable change in the Top 50 list was the addition of Risen Motherhood by Emily Jensen (Harvest House) at #17.  Other added titles appeared on the Fiction, Juvenile, Bibles, Under $10 Bibles, Spanish, and Spanish Bibles lists. They are:

Fiction #21: One More River to Cross, Jane Kirkpatrick (Revell)
Fiction #22: Listening to Love, Beth Wiseman (Zondervan)
Fiction #25: The Brides of the Big Valley, Wanda Brunstetter (Barbour)
Juvenile #3: Laugh and Learn Bible for Kids, Phil Vischer (JellyTelly Press)
Juvenile #12: Ten Little Pumpkins, Make Believe Ideas (Thomas Nelson)
Juvenile #21: I Am Yours, Wynter Pitts (Harvest House)
Bibles #19: NASB Pew Bible (Foundation Publications)
Bibles <$10 #25: Santa Biblia con Deuterocanonicos (ABS)
Spanish #48: Adornadas, Nancy Demoss Wolgemuth (Portavoz)
Spanish Bibles #25: RVR60 Bibila Para Regalos y Premios (B&H Espanol)

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ECPA Christian Collective at “busiest” Frankfurt Book Fair

More than 20 Christian publishers were represented in the ECPA Christian Collective at the Frankfurt Book Fair this past week.  Included in the collective were Abingdon Press/ UMPH/ Cokesbury, AMG, B&H/Lifeway, Baker Publishing Group, Bethany House Publishers, CLC Publications, Crossway, David C Cook, Destiny Image/Nori Media, Harvest House, Hendrickson, InterVarsity Press, Kregel Publishers, Moody, New Growth Press, P&R Publishing, The Foundry, Tyndale House, Upper Room, Warner Press, and Whitaker House.  Tyndale’s Director of International Publishing, Jim Elwell, stated that this year’s fair was “the busiest we’ve ever had.”  ECPA’s Cynthia Helblig attended and handled onsite support, set-up and closing duties.

For more information about ECPA’s rights programs in London, Frankfurt, Eastern Europe, and Chicago, contact ECPA.

NetGalley offers free webinar for ECPA members on November 14

NetGalley invites ECPA members to a free webinar on November 14 at 11 am EST, on growing prepublication buzz for your titles through NetGalley.  NetGalley is an ECPA business solution provider, providing discounted services to ECPA members.  The webinar will cover goals, strategies, and the power of pre-publication data.

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Keynote speakers announced for WriterFest Nashville 2019

WriterFest Nashville 2019, a festival for writers of books, songs, and screenplays, announces its keynote speakers for this year’s event: Kel Kade, Ruby Amanfu, Sam Ashworth, and Erin Lee Car.

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Final call for nominations for CIPA Christian Indie Awards

The Christian Indie Publishing Association announces that nominations for the Christian Indie Awards will close on November 15, 2019 for books produced by small publishers and independent authors.

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Popular interior designer, blogger Liz Marie Galvan joins podcast

The Jesus Calling podcast welcomes author and interior designer Liz Marie Galvan, who even as a little girl aspired to create beautiful spaces. On the Jesus Calling podcast, Liz Marie discusses how creating special, cozy spots in our homes give us a place to retreat for mental and spiritual refreshment. She shares how this was helpful in her own life during a dark season where she experienced much loss, and how God stayed with her in the quiet places, bringing hope and healing. Galvan’s book, “Cozy White Cottage: 100 Ways to Love the Feeling of Being Home” is available from Thomas Nelson.

Bible Gateway interviews author Stephen Backhouse

What do you know about the growth and impact of Christianity from the apostles to the present day, not only in the Western world but also globally, including the development of Eastern Orthodox and Armenian Christianity, as well as considering Christianity in Latin America, Southeast Asia, the Baltic and Slavic states, and India? And why is it important to have this knowledge? Bible Gateway interviewed Stephen Backhouse, author of the “Zondervan Essential Companion to Christian History” (Zondervan, 2019).

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Bible Gateway Q&A with N.T. Wright and Michael F. Bird

When you read the New Testament, do you intentionally try to think like a first-century Jesus follower to capture the visceral excitement of the early Christians? What was the first-century understanding of the kingdom of God? What is the real meaning of the resurrection in its original context? As 21st-century people, how do we recover the adventure of what it was like to live as Christians in the first or second centuries in the world of Second Temple Judaism amidst Greco-Roman politics? In this Q&A, N.T. Wright and Michael F. Birdtalk about their new book, “The New Testament in Its World: An Introduction to the History, Literature, and Theology of the First Christians” (Zondervan, 2019).

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