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Are Priests Obsolete? PW Talks with Garry Wills
Historian Garry Wills' latest book, Why Priests? A Failed Tradition (Viking), came out with impeccable timing, on February 12—a day after Pope Benedict announced his resignation.
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Bell Signs New Book for Friendly Hometown Crowd
Rob Bell, whose 2011 book Love Wins (HarperOne) sparked epic controversy, signed copies of his new book, What We Talk About When We Talk About God (HarperOne), for a friendly hometown crowd in Grand Rapids, Mich., on March 10.
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Lucado Event in Nashville Launches New Book
Bestselling author Max Lucado introduced his new book, You’ll Get Through This (Sept.), at Nashville’s Loveless Barn on Mar. 4 at a launch event hosted by HarperCollins Christian Publishing.
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Thomas Nelson Revives Two Imprints
In 2007, Thomas Nelson eliminated all 20 of its imprints. Now it is bringing back two of them, acknowledging the value of the distinct brand identities they express.
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Religion Editor’s Note, February 2013
More Americans today claim no religious affiliation or faith. PW is covering the effects of the trend on books and publishing.
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Short Takes: Religion Publishing News Briefs, February 2013
A memoir is coming from Nickel Mines shooter's wife; awards and honors aplenty; new Web sites and distribution deals; bestselling debuts.
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March 2013 Christian Bestsellers: Adult, Children’s and Young Adult, Bibles
Your guide to the mega-sellers in Christian books.
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It Is Written: News in Bibles and Sacred Texts, February 2013
A gorgeous Esther Scroll facsimile; Bible stories for kids collected; a new translation begun.
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Reviews of New and Forthcoming Religion and Spirituality Books, February 2013
An NFL vet’s story of loss and faith; Kingsbury’s newest plumbs forgiveness.
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Leaving Extreme Religions Behind: PW Talks with Susan Tive and Cami Ostman
Women who left strict religious communities tell their stories of liberation and loss.
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Witness to the Fire: Charles Johnson
A key witness in the Mississippi Burning trial of 1964, Charles Johnson is one of the South's last remaining Civil Rights leaders.
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Extreme Makeover Haggadah: Books for Passover
A bold new version of the Passover story, and other books for kids and adults that illuminate the holiday or examine what it means to be Jewish.
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Developing-world Religion Scholars Take Home a Wealth of Books
The Theological Book Network and Wheaton (Ill.) College faculty and have donated 4,000 books to Christian theological schools in Africa, Latin America, and Asia.
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Publishers Scrambling to Get Benedict Books Back into Retail Channels
Sales of books by and about Pope Benedict XVI had a nice sales bump after his surprise resignation on February 11, but publishers are hoping that with shelves restocked sales numbers will grow.
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Debut Novelist Sells Television Pilot to CBS
Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, author of the debut novel Pastors’ Wives, has sold to CBS a television pilot inspired by her late father, a former Catholic priest.
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Religion Update February 2013: Marketing, Publicity Efforts Sprint to Keep Up with Rapid Change
The combination of readers’ changing habits and a depressed economy has made marketing and promoting physical and digital books increasingly challenging.
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Religion Update February 2013: Publishers Seek Old Favorites with New Twists
Publishers of Christian fiction aren’t trying to reinvent the wheel when it comes to new genres and topics.
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Religion Update February 2013: Digital Publishing Strategies Roll with the Punches
Christian fiction readers sure do love their e-books. Between Q1 and Q3 last year, they bought 31.7% of their titles in e-book form, according to Bowker Market Research. That puts Christian fiction among the industry’s most digitized segments. Across all publishing categories, only 21.6% of total book sales were e-books.
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Religion Update February 2013: Christian Fiction, Still Vital, Faces Challenges
Fiction continues to be a mainstay for Christian publishers as they tap into an audience eager to follow favorite authors, find new content, and welcome fresh voices, and publishers employ a number for strategies for their programs to achieve those goals.
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