Don’t forget to vote on November 6th!
Enjoy this clever bookstore ad from this election season.
Fun Fridays – Nov. 2, 2012
Steve
News You Can Use – October 30, 2012
Random House Merges with Penguin Putnam - To be called Penguin Random House. Bertelsmann (the parent company of Random House) will own 53%, and Pearson (the parent company of Penguin) 47%. This is major news if it goes through to create the Big Five (no longer the Big Six). It will have little impact on the Christian market since Penguin was highly selective in their Christian book acquisitions …
Fun Fridays – October 26, 2012
A client recently sent this exchange with his son:
My 6-year-old, Nathan, asked me today how it works that people pay me to write a book.
Me: "Well, actually I have an agent that helps me."
Nathan (shocked): "A secret agent?! Did he ever shoot somebody?!"
Me: "Not yet."
Thanks for the laugh Nathan! (and to his father Michael Svigel author of RetroChristianity.)
News You Can Use – October 23, 2012
Will the New Healthcare Rules Put Tyndale Out of Business? - Read this extraordinary interview with Mark Taylor the President of Tyndale House Publishers. Imagine having to make such a decision after the Obama administration declared that Tyndale, a privately-held publisher of Bibles and Christian books, is not a religious employer. Please vote on November 6th.
Nicolas Cage to Star in "Left …
Fun Fridays – October 19, 2012
We had two car batteries die in the same month. This video looks like a lot more fun!
"Can you give me a jump?"
News You Can Use – October 16, 2012
Is Apple Promoting Original Sin? - Orthodox activists in Russia are objecting to Apple's logo depicting a bite taken out of an apple. They say the image glorifies the sins of Adam and Eve. It is important to note that in the Orthodox tradition "a person experiences the faith in the Orthodox Church through its art and symbols."
The E-mail is Legitimate - I've had clients ask if the email they …
Fun Fridays – Oct. 12, 2012
Baptist Children’s Books
FakeJDGreear and ChurchCurmudgeon had a good time this Summer with their series, Baptist Children’s Books. Too much fun.
(HT: Trevin Wax)
Charlie Spurgeon and the Chocolate Factory
Green Eggs and NAMB (North American Mission Board)
Danny Akin and the Dinosaur
Goodnight Lottie Moon
Chick-Fil-Little: The Biblical Definition of Marriage is Falling
Harry Potter …
News You Can Use – Oct. 9, 2012
Waterbrook Launches Christian Fiction Reader Hub - Check out Novel Crossing a very exciting and dynamic new site for all readers of Christian fiction. To quote their mission statement, the site "is dedicated to bringing Christian fiction readers the latest news, book releases, author commentary and reviews from a range of writers including authors, professional reviewers, fiction book editors and …
News You Can Use – Oct. 2, 2012
Why is the new J.K.Rowling e-book priced at $17.99? - This brief article presents some succinct economic details to help you further understand how this industry works.
Penguin Sues Authors for Advances Paid - There are at least two sides to every story, but this appears to be a number of cases where a writer signed a contract, accepted a sizeable cash advance, and never delivered the …
Zondervan and Thomas Nelson Fiction Merge
by Steve Laube
You may have read about some of the reorganization that has begun after the sale of Thomas Nelson to Harper Collins, which already owned Zondervan. This past week there was a new development that touches the fiction publishing programs. Instead of two separate entities, there will be one fiction division moving forward. Zondervan’s editorial team of Sue Brower and Becky …