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RBTE ‘13: Struggling to Go On
After rapid decline in recent years, the Religious Booksellers Trade Exhibit must be reinvented to survive.
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Religion at BEA ‘13: ‘Part of the Wider Publishing World’
At a smaller but lively BEA, religion publishers who remain or have returned had plenty to showcase. The convention saw lower but still healthy attendance in New York City May 29-31, and in recent years some religion publishers have abandoned the show in favor of smaller, more targeted conferences, conventions, and professional meetings.
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Reviews of New and Forthcoming Religion and Spirituality Books, May 2013
Former Episcopal Bishop John Spong again delights and provokes; two visionaries on a new stage in human evolution coming soon.
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Religion Editor’s Note, May 22, 2013
Now it begins: Trade show season is here for religion publishers and retailers.
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PW Talks with Guillermo Maldonado: Experiencing God in the Now
Miami pastor Guillermo Maldonado says we live in a time when young people are saying, “Show me God.”
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Short Takes: Religion Publishing News Briefs, May 2013
Staffing changes, awards and honors.
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Guiding Prayers: Rick Hamlin
Rick Hamlin has heard and written a lot about others’ prayer lives, and he believes as many kinds exist as there are people in the world.
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Publishers Are Hell-Bound This Spring
Spurred by the much-anticipated release of Dan Brown’s Inferno, several publishers across the faith spectrum are offering new books that send readers straight to hell.
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Shefa Gold: The Joy of Hebrew Chant
Rabbi Shefa Gold thought she had invented the practice of Hebrew chant, then learned she was revitalizing an all-but-lost practice.
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B&H Publishing Group Changes Fiction Strategy
B&H Publishing Group is “realigning” its fiction strategy, tying novels to its other brands and company initiatives.
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Religion Update Spring 2013: Category Apps Expand Audiences for Religion Books
In 2013, apps are expected to generate $25 billion in revenue, according to a March forecast from ABI Research, which tracks mobile application trends.
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Religion Update Spring 2013: Aging, Caregiving, and Grief
Some human experiences are inevitable, and they inevitably bring books.
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Religion Update Spring 2013: Mindfulness for All
Classic how-to books on meditation—practices that still the mind and bring insight and tranquility—have long been mainstays of Buddhist and mind-body-spirit (MBS) publishing.
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Religion Update Spring 2013: How to Talk to God
Praying—speaking to God in formal or informal ways—is a universal form of human communication.
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Religion Update Spring 2013: Publishing for Holidays a Business Challenge
Holiday seasons like Christmas/Hanukkah and Lent/Passover/Easter are short and crowded sales windows, but they offer generous payouts to religion publishers who know how and when to position their titles.
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Too Angry to Pray? Ian Punnett
Ian Punnett writes what he knows.
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Enjoying the Work of God: Patty Kirk
Patty Kirk's Christian equation used to look like this: Duty + Guilt = Spiritual Value.
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The Wisdom of Islam: Jamal Rahman
Imam Jamal Rahman describes the spiritual life as a quest to become "a more complete human being."
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Everyday Spirituality: Mary Hayes Grieco
Two decades ago, when she published The Kitchen Mystic, (Hazeldon, 1992), Mary Hayes Grieco got the feeling it was a book that would be with her for a long time.
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Helping the Living Help the Dying: David Swanson
For David Swanson, Everlasting Life (Baker Books, June) is the book he's always wanted to write. As senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Orlando, Fla., he's been in many situations involving dying and grieving people.
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