October 28, 2019 Edition

Industry News

Rolf Zettersten, Publisher of Hachette Nashville, to retire

Michael Pietsch, Hachette Book Group CEO, announced that Rolf Zettersten, Publisher of Hachette Nashville, has decided to retire this Fall. Rolf joined the company in July 2000 to establish a Christian publishing program, opening a Nashville office and launching an imprint that would eventually become FaithWords.

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Daisy Blackwell Hutton named as Publisher of Hachette Nashville

Daisy Blackwell Hutton will join Hachette Book Group (HBG) as Vice President and Publisher of the Hachette Nashville division. Hutton will join HBG on November 11 and will be a member of the company’s Executive Management Board.

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Top Shelf Book Cover Awards to be named next week at ECPA PubU

The industry’s best book designs will be announced next week on November 6, among 200 publishers including designers and art directors, during the ECPA PubU opening session with award-winning singer-songwriter and author Andrew Peterson, founder of the Nashville based arts community The Rabbit Room.  Peterson will deliver the keynote on “The Mystery of Making: Our Call to Creativity as Christian Publishers.”  The Top Shelf Book Cover Awards recognize the year’s best book and Bible designs and honor design excellence in the industry.  A record number of submissions were received by Christian publishers this year.

More information at TopShelfAward.org

Foundation Distributing Inc. and Anchor Word Alive Inc. combine

Pat Chown, Claire Prodger, and Bob Wood, owners of Foundation Distributing Inc. (FDI) are pleased to announce an agreement moving all distribution and operations to Anchor Distributors in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, effective December 1st.

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ECPA Milestone Sales Award program gets a redesign and new award level:  Bronze now recognizes 100,000 in sales

The ECPA Milestone Sales Award program has received a design update that includes logos for each sales award level, and seals that can be used on recipient book covers or promotions. The new Bronze Award level will now recognize sales that reach 100,000 for all titles published in 2010 or later.  The ECPA Milestone Sales Award Program recognizes the following sales levels:
• Bronze Award: for titles achieving 100,000 in sales
• Gold Award: for titles achieving 500,000 in sales
• Platinum Award: for titles achieving 1 million in sales
• Diamond Award: for titles achieving 10 million in sales

More information at ECPA.org

The Christy Award® winners to be announced next week in Nashville at Awards Gala

Thirty Christian novels were recently named as finalists in The Christy Award® program.  The winners in nine fiction categories, plus the Book of the Year, will be announced November 6 at The Christy Award Gala featuring award winning authors PATTI CALLAHAN, BECKY WADE, and JAMES RUBART – along with a special tribute to “inspirational fiction pioneer,” JANETTE OKE.  Tickets are still available and include a bundle price for the preceding afternoon Art of Writing conference with LYSA TERKEURST, ANNE BOGEL, JAMES RUBART, AMY GREEN, and more.

Register at ChristyAwards.org
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Media Announcements

Third Edition of Life Application Study Bible has launch event at Museum of the Bible

The location and timing of Tyndale’s launch event for one of history’s most popular Bibles, the Life Application Study Bible, Third Edition (Tyndale House/Zondervan, 2019)—simultaneously released in both the New Living Translation (NLT) and the New International Version (NIV) Bible translations—provided ready evidence of the importance of the Bible and the need for peace.

Read about (and watch) the event…

Jesus Calling podcast welcomes author Lisa Osteen Comes

The Jesus Calling podcast welcomes author Lisa Osteen Comes, who would have never predicted God was planning a life in ministry for her – especially after she went through a painful divorce as a young woman. God used Lisa’s love for the Bible and her heart for helping others to teach classes for those who have been through similar relationship struggles.   Comes’ book, “You Are Made for More! How to Become All You Were Created to Be” is available from FaithWords/Hachette.

More at JesusCalling.com/podcast

Bible Gateway interviews Nicole Unice, author of “Help! My Bible Is Alive!”

Do you have good intentions of reading the Bible but find it confusing, boring, and irrelevant? What do you do if your experience with the Bible gets in the way of building a personal relationship with God? What small steps could you take to sustain a vibrant spiritual life where the Word of God is alive and active for you? Bible Gateway interviewed Nicole Unice (@nicoleunice), author of “Help! My Bible Is Alive!: 30 Days of Learning to Love and Understand God’s Word” (NavPress, 2019).

Read this interview.

Product News

B&H Kids annnounces two more books from Slugs & Bugs creator Randall Goodgame

B&H Kids is excited to announce the next two Slugs & Bugs books, “The Society of Extraordinary Raccoon Society” and “The Society of Extraordinary Raccoon Society on Boasting,” from Dove Award-nominated singer-songwriter, family entertainer and Slugs & Bugs creator Randall Goodgame.

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