September 2, 2025 Edition
Industry News
The Good Book Company transfers 100% ownership to its employees
From September 2025, The Good Book Company will become fully employee-owned, giving staff a collective voice in the company’s direction and ensuring that the ministry’s mission, values, and commitment to high-quality Christian resources will be preserved for generations to come.
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The Christy Award® program to host online fall events
ECPA has announced the fall celebrations for The Christy Award program, announcing the finalists and then the winners of the industry’s top award for Christian fiction. Award finalists in each category will be revealed in a free webcast on September 19th at 10 am (central), with the winners announced at The Christy Award Winners Gala webcast on November 7 at 7 pm (central), featuring award winning authors and special keynotes. Registration is open for both events.
SPCK Group appoints Rochelle Owusu-Antwi as Marketing Campaigns Manager
SPCK Group has appointed Rochelle Owusu-Antwi as Marketing Campaigns Manager, with a focus on titles for Inter-Varsity Press UK, SPCK’s evangelical publishing wing. SPCK Group is the UK’s third-oldest publishing house, active since 1698, and the largest Christian publisher in the country.
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IPG adds Hachette India and Giunti Editore to its sales & distribution programs
Independent Publishers Group (IPG) is pleased to announce the addition of India based publisher to its sales and distribution programs coming this fall.
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ECPA PubU Online Track Spotlight
Sessions announced for new track for sales professionals
ECPA PubU Online track leader Dave Almack, who is the Director of Sales, Marketing and Acquisitions for P&R Publishing, has developed the sales track for professionals who want to increase sales for their company, develop new sales channels and learn about innovative new tactics in an ever-changing landscape. Sessions will be held Nov 3-7 at 2 pm (central) and will include a networking session, plus four webinars with experts speaking about:
- Innovating for Growth: Finding New Customers, Channels and Markets
- Bookstore Breakthroughs: Growth in the Trade Distribution Channel
- Creating a Culture of Sales: Developing a Sales Mindset across your organization
- From Booth to Bottom Line: Events that Build Relationships and Revenue
Learn more about all the sessions & tracks available for one low price at ECPAPubU.org Early bird registration ends September 26 and Emerging Leader nominations are due September 19.
Milestones
John Mark Comer’s “Practicing the Way” exceeds 500,000 copies sold
WaterBrook’s “Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become Like Him. Do as He Did” by best-selling, award-winning author John Mark Comer has sold more than 500,000 copies across all formats, a milestone that reflects the book’s wide impact on readers seeking deeper spiritual formation. Since its release in January 2024, “Practicing the Way” has spent 25 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list.
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ECPA presents Platinum and Gold Milestone Sales Awards
Congratulations to the authors and publishers who recently received the ECPA Milestone Sales Award for achieving Platinum (1 million) and Gold (500,000 sold) in sales:
- PLATINUM: Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem (IVP Books UK / Zondervan Academic)
- PLATINUM: Every Man’s Bible, Tyndale House Publishers with notes by Stephen Arterburn and Dean Merrill
- GOLD: Practicing the Way by John Mark Comer (PRH Christian)
Call for submissions underway for Christian Book Award® program
The Christian Book Awards, recognizing the highest quality in Christian books and Bibles from ECPA member publishers, is now open for submissions for its 2026 program until September 30. The awards will honor the “best of the year” in twelve categories, published October 2024 to October 2025, including the 2026 Christian Book of the Year®.
Learn more at ChristianBookAwards.com.
Product News
Worthy Books releases “Understanding Your Attachment Style” by Marc Cameron
Licensed marriage and family therapist Marc Cameron thoroughly explains each attachment style in his new book releasing September 2nd from Worthy Books, “Understanding Your Attachment Style.” He delivers practical steps for forming a secure attachment style to improve your inner worlds and relationships.
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John and Kathy Burke pair near-death experiences and Scripture in Tyndale devotional
New York Times bestselling author John Burke, along with co-author and wife Kathy Burke, have penned “Imagine the God of Heaven Devotional, 60 Reflections on the Heart of God from the Bible & Near-Death Experiences” (Tyndale Elevate, October 2025) to encourage believers with 60 daily readings.
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Whitaker House releases Mike Nappa’s “It Doesn’t Have to Be This Hard” October 28
“It Doesn’t Have to Be This Hard: How We Are Transformed by the Holy Spirit” (Whitaker House, October 28, 2025) is the newest book by best-selling author and award-winning theologian, Mike Nappa. This is the fascinating culmination of Nappa’s deep-dive study into all 246 direct references to the Holy Spirit in the New Testament.
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Other News
- Tentative Agreement Reached in Anthropic Copyright Lawsuit
- AAP’s Annual StatShot: US Revenues $32.5 Billion in 2024
- Publishing Industry Sales Saw Modest Gains in 2024
- Jonathan Karp to Step Down as S&S CEO to Head New Imprint, Simon Six
- PRH Upsizes U.S. Distribution
- PRH Profits Fell 12% in First Half of 2025
- Jane Friedman on How Publishing Has Changed Since 2025
- Collective and Co-op Publishers Find Strength in Numbers
- Traditional Publishers Find Success in Nontraditional Ways
- knk webinar on September 9: Practical AI for Publishing Growth and Automation
- Bookwire hosts All About AI online conference on September 9
- Firebrand: How to Make Your Books AI-Discoverable: A Publisher's Guide to 'GEO'
