S & S LAUNCHES KIDS RELIGION IMPRINT. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing announced "Little Simon Inspirations," a line of faith-based titles. Five titles release this month including two by Karen Hill, author and Max Lucado's administrative editor/assistant. Lucado endorsed the line and will contribute a special note to readers for each book. Four more titles will release in August.
APOLOGETICS MAY BE HOT TREND. At CBA's Independents Day, Thom Rainer, Billy Graham School of Missions dean and Church Central president, said Christian apologetics is a coming hot book genre. Cultural conflicts between religions, heightened by the war on terrorism, will drive churches to understand other faiths while defending and spreading Christianity. Rainer's recent research found many churches are forming apologetics departments to help Christians to understand what and why they believe.
CBA'S FEBRUARY CHRISTIAN MARKETPLACE LISTS ONLINE. The new February best-seller, category top-seller, and ISBN lists--based on December sales--are now online at http://www.cbaonline.org/TrackingLists/BSLHome.jsp.
WORD, NELSON PARTNER. Word Distribution's "Women of Their Word" promotion is highlighting Thomas Nelson's new The Word Becomes Flesh audio Bible for women. Consumers who buy featured music by women artists including Point of Grace, Nicole C. Mullen, and Natalie Grant receive a free CD sampler of the Bible and a $10-off coupon to buy it.
BRIO GIRLS" RELAUNCHES. Focus on the Family and Tyndale are relaunching Lissa Halls Johnson's "Brio Girls" series previously published by Focus and Bethany. The repackaged series releases in April; two new titles, "When Stars Fall," and "Bad Girl Days," release in June and will end the series.
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