September 30, 2024 Edition

PubU early bird rate extended one more week!

The ECPA PubU early bird rate has been extended until this Friday, October 4.  Already more than 140 industry professionals are registered for the popular industry event held in person on Nov. 13-14 in Chicago. Attendees receive access to 40+ sessions led by 60+ industry leaders in five publishing tracks, a Children’s Book Summit (or option to attend Art of Writing), recorded master classes, and more!  Register at ECPAPubU.org – for every 5 people registered, the 6^th is free.

Art of Writing welcomes Dove Award winner and Grammy nominee Cindy L. Morgan

The Art of Writing conference, held November 14 in Chicago after PubU and before the evening’s Christy Award Gala, welcomes Cindy L. Morgan to its session on What Is Christian Fiction? Writing for a Broader Audience. Morgan is a two-time Grammy nominee, 13-time Dove winner, and author, whose debut novel The Year of Jubilee is a Christy Award finalist. She joins award winning novelists Dani Pettrey and Robin W. Pearson as a panelist. The conference also features these sessions:

• A Live Radio Show with Chris Fabry: Processing Pain through Writing and Reading Christian Fiction with therapists turned novelists Amanda Cox and Kelly Flanagan
• Authors as Marketers: How to Build a Thriving Ecosystem with Tyndale Fiction Senior Marketing Manager Andrea Garcia
• The Balance of the Art of Writing and the Business of Publishing with Tyndale publisher Karen Watson and literary agents Cynthia Ruchti and Danielle Egan-Miller

Tickets on sale at TheChristyAward.com.

ECPA welcomes new members

The ECPA board of directors recently approved and welcomed three new companies into the association:

• Precept is a Christian publisher that specializes in developing Bible study resources that teach others how to study the Bible inductively.
• StoryMakers is a not-for-profit creative studio based in New York City, publishing for all ages to spark faith through the imagination.
• Oracle NetSuite offers a unified, cloud-based business management platform helping automate core processes and provide real-time visibility into operational and financial performance.

Bowker and Supadu announce new partnership

Bowker and Supadu announced a new partnership at the Publishing Innovation forum in Nashville. This partnership fully integrates Bowker’s Book2Look Biblet samplers into the Supadu product suite.

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IPG to host Spanish-language showcase

Independent Publishers Group will host a Spanish-Language Showcase on October 10, 2024 to offer a forum for IPG’s Spanish-language publishers to speak directly with buyers and booksellers throughout the trade community.

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PubU sessions announced for industry's marketing professionals

Jerri Helms (VP of Digital Marketing and Analytics at HCCP) and Whitney Alexander (Marketing Manager at B&H Publishing) have developed six sessions for the PubU Marketing Track to equip marketing professionals in Christian publishing.  They are:

• Navigating the Landscape of Faith and Digital Engagement with Justin Tarsiuk (Director of Partnerships at YouVersion and the Bible App)
• Email Best Practices & Compliance with Nicole Weisbrich, Senior Marketing Manager at HarperCollins Christian Publishing
• Content First Omnichannel Planning with senior marketing strategist Patty Radford Henderson, founder of Annum
• Understanding Author Perspectives to Reach Marketing Objectives with Maria Eriksen, VP of Marketing and PR, Tyndale House
• Discoverability and Marketing Tools and Tips to Expand Your Book Reach with Janice Schnell Butler and Davina Powell, leading content solutions and consumer marketing at Ingram Content Group
• Maximizing Social to Optimize Brand Engagement with the management team at Sprout Social

Held November 13-14 in Chicago, PubU features tracks in Editorial, Marketing, Publicity, Production & Operations, Design, and includes the Children’s Book Summit or option to attend the Art of Writing conference, along with access to numerous pre-recorded master classes.

Register at ECPAPubU.org
Early bird savings ends Friday. Register five and get the sixth person free.

ECPA presents Bronze Award

ECPA recently presented the Bronze Milestone Sales Award in recognition of more than 100,000 sold to:  Romans 1-7 For You by Timothy Keller, published by The Good Book Company.

Word Awards announces winners for best Canadian Christian writing

The Word Guild announced the 2024 Word Award winners, honoring the best of Canadian Christian writing in over 40 genres and categories.

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