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Book Birthdays: 2024 Edition

By Dan Balowon February 1, 2024
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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.

Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, by Nabeel Qureshi (2014) – 10 years

New Morning Mercies, by Paul David Tripp (2014) – 10 years

Forgotten God, by Francis Chan (2009) – 15 years

The Hole in Our Gospel, by Richard Stearns (2009) – 15 years

90 Minutes in Heaven, by Don Piper with Cecil Murphey (2004) – 20 years

Glorious Appearing (Left Behind series #12), by Jerry Jenkins and Tim LaHaye (2004) – 20 years

Heaven, by Randy Alcorn (2004) – 20 years

Love and Respect, by Emerson Eggerichs (2004) – 20 years

Jesus Calling, by Sarah Young (2004) – 20 years

Apollyon & Assassins (Left Behind Series #5 and #6), by Jerry Jenkins and Tim LaHaye (1999) – 25 years

The Bible Jesus Read, by Phillip Yancey (1999) – 25 years

She Said Yes, by Misty Bernall (1999) – 25 years

An Echo in the Darkness, by Francine Rivers (1994) – 30 years

Systematic Theology, by Wayne Grudem (1994) – 30 years

At Home in Mitford, by Jan Karon (1994) – 30 years

Reasonable Faith, by William Lane Craig (1994) – 30 years

Piercing the Darkness, by Frank Peretti (1989) – 35 years

The Tale of Three Trees, by Angela Elwell Hunt (1989) – 35 years

Thru the Bible: Genesis to Revelation, by J. Vernon McGee (1984) – 40 years

Love Comes Softly, by Janette Oke (1979) – 45 years

Peace Child, by Don Richardson (1974) – 50 years

God’s Smuggler, by Brother Andrew (1964) – 60 years

The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, by JRR Tolkien (1954) – 70 years

Anna and the King of Siam, by Margaret Landon (1944) – 80 years

Life Together, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1939) – 85 years

The Life of Our Lord, by Charles Dickens (1934) – 90 years

The Omnibus of Crime, by Dorothy Sayers (1929) – 95 years

My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers (1924 in UK, 1934 in USA) – 100 years

Girl of the Limberlost, by Gene Stratton Porter (1909) – 115 years

 

And for really old books:

The Greatest Thing in the World, by Henry Drummond (1874) – 150 years

Abide in Christ, by Andrew Murray (1864) – 160 years

The Dark Night of the Soul, by John of the Cross (1584) – 440 years

The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine, by Eusebius (324) – 1700 years

 

 

 

 

 

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What Entered the Public Domain This Year?

By Steve Laubeon January 22, 2024
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I try to post something about this every year. This year is no exception. In the United States, under U.S. copyright law, works published in 1928 and earlier are now in public domain. One can publish them or use them without securing copyright permission. In case you are wondering about the specifics, the Copyright Term Extension Act (passed in 1998) gave works published from 1923 through 1977 a …

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Category: Book Business, Copyright Issues, Publishing History

Are You Sure You Want That Brand?

By Dan Balowon December 6, 2023
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Several years ago, I spoke with an aspiring Christian author who had several good book ideas on a wide range of projects for children to adults but, first, wanted to write about their lifelong struggle with a certain sin issue. Once it was published, they would move on with their life and be a beacon for biblical truth on all sorts of other projects. My initial reaction when they explained their …

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Category: Book Business, Career, Platform, The Writing Life

Your Passion Is Good … but Not Enough

By Bob Hostetleron December 5, 2023
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Decades ago (yes, I’m old, what of it?), I met with a dynamic African American writer in Columbus, Ohio. He was informed and fired up about how few African American boys and young men were readers. “They don’t read,” he said. “They don’t like to read. They don’t want to read. So, I want to write a book for them—” I stopped him. Politely, I hope. I said something like, “I love your passion, but you …

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Category: Book Business, Encouragement, Inspiration

R Is for Reversion of Rights

By Steve Laubeon November 27, 2023
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You’ve published your book with a publisher. But it has been some time since it was published, and it feels like the publisher is no longer interested in promoting your book. Or the book is “old” enough that the publisher isn’t going to spend new money to sell copies but is simply keeping it available. Or the print edition of the book is no longer available, but it is still …

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Category: Book Business, Contracts, Publishing A-Z

F Is for Foreign Rights

By Steve Laubeon November 13, 2023
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(A version of this post was published in Spring 2022. It has been revised for today.) Those of us in the United States tend to frame the publishing universe within our borders in the English language. We can forget that publishing is a global concern. You may have heard of Penguin Random House (owned by Bertelsmann, a German company) because their various imprints dominate the best-seller list. …

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Category: Book Business, Publishing A-ZTag: Book Business, Foreign rights

The Things I Say Most Often About Writing

By Bob Hostetleron November 2, 2023
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I talk a lot about writing. As a writer, yes, but also as a literary agent and speaker at writers conferences. And, yes, sometimes, as the guy at church potlucks who is inept at small talk and sometimes starts sentences with, “Ever wonder what the first person to use the word moist was thinking?” Okay, so now you know a little too much about me. But in my strange mind and varied roles, I do often …

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Category: Book Business, Book Proposals, Encouragement, Pitching, The Writing Life

P Is for Preemptive Offer

By Steve Laubeon October 16, 2023
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It can be exciting if more than one publisher is interested in your book. The publishers gather their calculators and prepare to make their offers on the book. Depending on how many publishers are involved in the bidding process (we’ve had as many as nine at once for a property), it can quickly become complicated. (I talked about the “auction” in a previous post.) Some will bid solely …

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A Is for Auction

By Steve Laubeon October 9, 2023
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When an agent has a client who is wanting to shop for the best deal available from publishers or if there is a particular project that is bound to garner significant interest from more than one publisher, the agent can hold what it called an auction. Or if a project attracts multiple offers from different publishers a “bidding war” can ensue. The word “auction” is tossed …

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Four Million Books Published Each Year?

By Steve Laubeon August 7, 2023
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I read a statistic that estimates there were four million new books published in 2022 (sourced from https://www.zippia.com/advice/us-book-industry-statistics/). This includes all self-published books (at least 50%) and traditionally published textbooks and books for the trade. This means there is a new book published every eight seconds or nearly 11,000 per day, every day of the year. With our …

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