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018 Tribe Building and Trends in Publishing

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Where is Christian publishing heading? To help answer these questions, today we are talking with Alice Crider the Editorial Director at David C Cook and an international speaker.

Alice welcome to the Christian Publishing Show.

Before we get started I want to tell you about how great your team at David C Cook is. As you know I am not just a literary agent, I’m also a podcaster and I run a podcast production company. David C Cook is one of my clients. I had a bad case of baby brain and I under invoiced David C Cook and not only did you accountant catch it, she let me know so I could invoice the correct amount. So not only a great character but great competence as well. Congratulations!

ok, So let’s get started:

Questions:

  • What are some of the trends you see in Christian Publishing right now? (Expect a lot of follow up questions here)
  • Can authors go from indie to traditional?
  • What kind of trends do you see with audiobooks?

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NewsCorp Tells HarperCollins to have Thomas Nelson Publishers sell The Satanic Bible Since Thomas Nelson is the world’s largest publisher of Bibles, its owners decided it would be a good idea to diversify the types of Bibles they produce. Publication date for The Satanic Bible is set for October 31, 2026. NewsCorp Director, Cashme Aut, said, “Our global community is just that. Global. …

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Write for Narcissists

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Every reader is a narcissist. Hold on, there. Don’t get all mad and sassy yet. Let me explain I often tell developing writers, “No one reads about other people; we read only about ourselves.” Go ahead and quote me, just be sure to give me credit and send me the royalties it produces. Seriously, I think it’s true. For example, I read several memoirs every year. And many of them are about writers …

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017 How to Find Agents and Editors with the Christian Writers Market Guide

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Have you ever been frustrated while looking for an agent or editor? In today’s episode, we are going to talk about where to find good editors and agents using the Christian Writers Market Guide. I am joined today by Steve Laube, the president and founder of The Steve Laube Agency and a veteran of the bookselling industry with nearly 40 years of experience. He and his agency have represented over …

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016 Time Management & How to Become More Creative as an Author

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Teaser: Creativity is a key ingredient for every successful book, but how do we become more creative, and what are we doing that may be inhibiting our creativity? Many people feel they have lost their creativity— is there a way to get it back? To help answer these questions, today we will be talking with Jenny Randle, the author of Courageous Creative: A 31-Day Interactive Devotional (affiliate …

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6 Juicy Tidbits of Writing and Publishing Wisdom

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In the course of a work day, literary agents dispense many juicy tidbits of writing and publishing advice to their clients (and even to many nonclients they meet or with whom they talk or email). Few, if any, dispense as much high-octane wisdom as Steve Laube, who insists that I say things like that. But every great once-in-a-while I get in a juicy tidbit of writing and publishing wisdom, and much …

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015 Behind the Publishing Curtain: Director of Operations

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Publishing is a mysterious process for a lot of writers, even authors who have been at this for a long time. So from time to time, we bring in publishing professionals to tell us about what they do. Today we are going behind the curtain on the role of Director of Operations. Joining us today is Bradley Isbell. He is the director of Operations for Iron Stream Media and you can catch him doing …

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