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Book Birthdays: 2025 Edition

By Dan Balowon January 23, 2025
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Significant books are published every year. Here’s a personally curated list that I hope sparks some good memories and honors the work of the past:

Radical, by David Platt (2010) – 15 years

Bonhoeffer, by Eric Metaxas (2010) – 15 years

Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand (2010) – 15 years

End of the Spear, by Steve Saint (2005) – 20 years

Dinner with a Perfect Stranger, by David Gregory (2005) – 20 years

Every Man’s Battle, by Stephen Arterburn (2000) – 25 years

The Prayer of Jabez, by Bruce Wilkinson (2000) – 25 years

Unveiled, by Francine Rivers (2000) – 25 years

Left Behind, by Jerry Jenkins and Tim LaHaye (1995) – 30 years

The Jesus I Never Knew, by Philip Yancey (1995) – 30 years

The Bondage Breaker, by Neil T. Anderson (1990) – 35 years

The Ragamuffin Gospel, by Brennan Manning (1990) – 35 years

A Long Obedience in the Same Direction, by Eugene Peterson (1980) – 45 years

Walking on Water, by Madeline L’Engle (1980) – 45 years

Angels, by Billy Graham (1975) – 50 years

A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23, by W. Phillip Keller (1970) – 55 years

The Amplified Bible (1965) – 60 years

Surprised by Joy, by C.S. Lewis (1955) – 70 years

The Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien (1955) – 70 years

The Return of the King, J.R.R. Tolkien (1955) – 70 years

Hinds Feet on High Places, by Hannah Hurnard (1955) – 70 years

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis (1950) – 75 years

Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther, by Roland Bainton (1950) – 75 years

The Divine Conquest, A.W. Tozer (1950) – 75 years

The Problem with Pain, by C.S. Lewis (1940) – 85 years

The Attributes of God, by Arthur Pink (1930) – 95 years

The Everlasting Man, by G.K. Chesterton (1925) – 100 years

Heretics, by G.K. Chesterton (1905) – 120 years

 

And books before the 20th century:

Humility, by Andrew Murray (1895) – 130 years

Absolute Surrender, by Andrew Murray (1895) – 130 years

Soul Winner, by Charles Spurgeon (1895) – 130 years

With Christ in the School of Prayer, by Andrew Murray (1885) – 140 years

Ben-Hur, by Lew Wallace (1880) – 145 years

Pensées, by Blaise Pascal (1670) – 355 years

The Bruised Reed, by Richard Sibbes (1630) – 395 years

The Bondage of the Will, by Martin Luther (1525) – 500 years

On Christian Liberty, by Martin Luther (1520) – 505 years

Inferno, by Dante Alighieri (est. 1320) – 705 years

The Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri (est. 1320) – 705 years

 

 

 

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Category: Book Business, Publishing History

What I Am Looking For (Dan Balow)

By Dan Balowon January 9, 2025
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(Updated 1/9/2025) The longer I am around Christian publishing, the more I see history repeat itself. Steve Laube and I will often comment to each other about how many of the bestselling authors in the Christian book world are the same today as they were a generation ago. So, this work has a substantial element of “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” What am I looking for in book …

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Category: Agency, Book ProposalsTag: Agency, book proposals

Secrets of a Successful Author Aren’t Secret

By Dan Balowon December 12, 2024
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Because being a book author is more of a self-taught profession, those who are successful at it are often analyzed by aspiring authors to find out how they did it. Sometimes even asking, “What’s your secret?” If an author responds honestly, they will reveal that their pathway to success is not secret, nor does it contain shortcuts or easy-to-follow checklists. I remember watching a documentary …

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Category: Book Business, Common Questoins, Get Published, The Writing Life

Teamwork Makes the Publishing Work

By Dan Balowon November 21, 2024
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One hundred years ago today, Christopher Tolkien was born to Edith and John Ronald Reuel (JRR) Tolkien. He was the third of four children and the youngest son. Christopher was deeply involved in his father’s work, editing it and drawing the maps used in the Lord of the Rings (LOTR) books. At one point, his dad invited him to join the famous writer’s group The Inklings. Here’s an interesting …

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Category: Book Business, Publishing History, The Writing Life

Writing Out of Your Mind

By Dan Balowon November 6, 2024
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To be a successful working author, at some point in time you need to write about things that don’t already exist in your mind. Even Christian writers are not immune to this. If you write about something in the Bible and never learn the context or study the actual meaning of the text, you might be missing something important. Relying on memory or thinking, I know this stuff, can be dangerous. …

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Publishing Advice Is Like Political Polling

By Dan Balowon October 17, 2024
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Whenever you encounter information about any subject, the first step is to check the source. Unsurprisingly, a favorable political poll sometimes (often?) originates from a source with a vested interest in or closely aligned with the group most likely to benefit from the good news. There are relatively few unbiased, objective sources of polling research. For the same reason, the first question you …

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Category: Career, Get Published, Trends

Writing History Too Soon

By Dan Balowon October 2, 2024
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Over six and a half years ago, I wrote a blog for this space on the necessity for authors to be students of history. Awareness of past events is important to determine a current context, a healthy perspective, and a sense of how things change (or not). Sometimes, the long-term implications of an event are quite different than initially thought. Most of us can look back on life events with a …

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Category: Career, Personal, The Writing Life

Christian Books Are Not Special

By Dan Balowon September 12, 2024
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Two weeks ago, I outlined some thoughts on why Christian authors are special; but today, we will look at ways Christian books are not special at all. Since the mid-1990s when Internet commerce began eroding sales at Christian bookstores, the uniqueness of the Christian bookselling market has declined to the point where now, for the most part, Christian books play on the same field as every other …

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Christian Authors Are Special

By Dan Balowon August 28, 2024
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Since the author’s worldview and perspective are significant elements of a book’s content, whatever that worldview happens to be, books written by Christians are not like those written by those who are not. The core message of a book written by a Christ-follower is special. Their acknowledgment of Genesis chapters 1 and 3, and their belief that God sustains the world and has a plan for …

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Category: Career, Christian, Encouragement, Inspiration

Marketing God

By Dan Balowon August 8, 2024
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Since beginning my career as a marketer, I’ve seen many things come and go, strategies that worked in one situation but not in another, and seemingly great ideas that never worked at all. Marketing is an inexact profession, consisting of trial and error. Keep track of what you do. Continue those things that work; stop doing things that don’t. Rinse. Repeat. John Wanamaker, founder of the …

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Category: Encouragement, Inspiration, Theology
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