October 25, 2021 Edition
Industry News
IVP and Regent College honor Donald M. Lewis, respected author, professor, historian
IVP author and beloved Regent College professor Dr. Donald Munro Lewis, seventy-one, passed away unexpectedly from cardiac arrest on Tuesday, October 19, 2021. Lewis taught and served in various roles at Regent College for forty years, most notably as professor of church history. Lewis was a prolific author who wrote eleven books. His first book with IVP was titled "Global Evangelicalism: Theology, History and Culture in Regional Perspective," which he edited with Richard V. Pierard.
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Independent Publishers Group acquires United Independent Distributors
Independent Publishers Group (US-based IPG) is pleased to announce that it has acquired UK-based United Independent Distributors (UID). This international acquisition includes Eurospan, the UK’s leading sales and marketing agency for international academic and professional publishers, and the distribution centers, Marston, Orca, and Turpin. This expands on IPG’s core business of providing publisher services to high quality independent publishers from around the world.
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ECPA member Books International announces it is carbon balanced
Books International (BI) is pleased to announce its membership in Carbon Balanced Paper (CBP), a program administered by Sustainable Paper Group in association with global conservation charity World Land Trust. A paper becomes “carbon balanced” when the average emissions associated with its production are offset by World Land Trust conservation efforts.
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The Christy Award® winners to be announced on Thursday in free online webcast
This Thursday evening, October 28 at 7 pm CDT, ECPA will host The Christy Award Winners webcast to honor the finalists and announce the winning novels in nine categories plus the Christy Book of the Year. In a tribute to storytelling, the evening will feature a conversation with DALLAS JENKINS (‘The Chosen’ series creator and director), remarks by AMANDA DYKES (2020 Book of the Year author), and remarks from PHILIP YANCEY and PETE PETERSON on the literary impact of the late WALTER WANGERIN, JR. The evening will be hosted by award winning novelist and radio personality CHRIS FABRY.
PubU Online Track Spotlight: Editorial
Editorial professionals to gather on November 10 for online training sessions and networking
The PubU Online Editorial Track, to be conducted on November 10, will gather the industry’s editorial professionals for four sessions and two networking forums. Developed by Moody Publishers’ Senior Development Editor Amanda Cleary Eastep and Managing Editor Connor Sterchi, sessions include:
- Visuals to Help Your Authors Improve Their Manuscripts
with Karen Bouchard - Training Content Creators to Match Your Brand
with Marianne Hering - Platform: It’s Not Just About the Numbers with Al Hsu
- Becoming the Confident and Considerate Editor You Were Meant to Be with Susan Tjaden
REGISTER
All those who register will receive access to ALL PubU tracks, sessions, forums, and recordings.
Milestones
Lebanese Publisher Dar Manhal Al Hayat receives MAI Global Publishing Award
Media Associates International is pleased to announce Dar Manhal Al Hayat publishing house in Lebanon as the recipient of the 2021 Robert B. Reekie Global Publisher Award. Named after MAI founding President Robert B. Reekie, this annual award recognizes the ministry excellence of a Christian publisher serving in a challenging context to provide valuable spiritual resources for its readers.
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Ligonier Ministries to send 100,000 Reformation Study Bibles to Christians in Africa by 2028
Ligonier Ministries is expanding its campaign to distribute free copies of the Reformation Study Bible to pastors, teachers, and students in ten African countries. Having originally planned to deliver 36,000 study Bibles by 2028, this outreach has considerably outpaced its initial target, with a total of 30,000 expected to be distributed by the end of October 2021.
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Product News
Multnomah releases movie tie-in edition for “Redeeming Love,” soon to be a major motion picture
In advance of the major motion picture release on January 21, Multnomah is publishing a movie tie-in edition of REDEEMING LOVE (on sale 11/23/21) featuring official movie key art on the cover for dedicated fans and first-time readers alike to engage in the beloved story in a new way. The highly anticipated film was written by Francine Rivers and director D.J. Caruso and will be distributed by Universal Pictures.
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Zondervan releases Bibles in new Passagio Setting
Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, is proud to announce the launch of Passaggio Setting Bibles, a new Bible layout that combines single-column and double-column settings in one Bible format.
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Sheila Walsh new picture book helps parents address children’s questions about God
Having sold more than 5.5 million copies of books, bestselling author and TV host Sheila Walsh now is releasing a new children’s picture book, “Is God Still Awake? A Small Girl with a Big Question About God,” available wherever books are sold Tuesday, Nov. 2.
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From Covid-19 battle to hope-filled ministry, Kevin Wallace pens “After This” with Charisma House
Kevin Wallace knows what seasonal storms look like. In his newest book, “After This: God Can Turn Any Season Into a Time of Blessing” (Charisma House), the lead pastor of Redemption to the Nations Church and founder of Ruach Global Network shares spiritual insights illustrated by his own story and offers Christians an encouraging compass pointing to the coming blessing and breakthrough after difficult seasons in life.
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INDUSTRY
PUBLISHING
- Print Book Sales Post Another Small Gain
- NPD: Book Sales Prognosis: Good 2021, Uncertain 2022
- Court Denies Amazon, Publishers' Bid to Delay Discovery in Price-Fixing Case
- PRH Once Again Extends Temporary E-book, Digital Audio Terms for Libraries
- 'Tell Me Another Story' Documentary Highlights Diversity in Children's Literature
- Publishing Takes On Climate Change
- HarperCollins Targets 2022 To Be Carbon-Neutral in Operational Emissions
- Frankfurt Book Fair Reports 73,500 Attendees From 105 Countries
- PRH CEO Markus Dohle analyzes his abiding optimism for publishing
- Translators Fight for Credit on Their Own Book Covers
- The Global 50: The Ranking of the Publishing Industry 2021
- Major Indie Bookseller Initiative Poised to 'Reimagine' Bookstores
