Young Colton Burpo’s account of heaven continues to draw readers, now topping the New York Times Paperback Nonfiction list for 53 weeks, non-consecutively. With 172 weeks in total on the New York Times’ Paperback Fiction list, William P. Young’s 2008 book, The Shack (Windblown Media/Hachette Book Group), achieved 52 weeks at No. 1.

Written by Colton’s father, Todd Burpo, with Lynn Vincent, Heaven Is for Real has been on the list for 62 weeks total and is the No. 1 on the current Feb. 5 list, tracking sales ending Jan. 21. Sales for the trade book, released in November 2010, have surpassed 6 million copies, publisher Thomas Nelson said, while The Shack has 10 million copies in print.

Two new Bibles initiatives were among the big product debuts at the Munce Group CPE (Christian Product Expo), which drew around 100 retailers to the Lancaster County Convention Center in Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 29-31.

Tyndale House Publishers—honored with a cake marking the start of its 50th anniversary year—unveiled its third Christian retail channel exclusive.

Bargain book guidelines and social media strategies were among the retail lessons offered at the Munce CPE (Christian Products Expo) in Lancaster, Pa., yesterday.

Around 100 store representatives heard David Almack, national director and publisher at CLC USA, with four CLC Bookcenters in the Philadelphia area and New Jersey, and Suzanne Kuhn, owner of author events company Suzy Q, with 20 years’ experience with a regional bookstore chain, share some of their experiences and ideas.

Christian retail stores helped make Courageous the best-selling DVD of all in the country in its first week of release.

The faith-based cop drama from church-based Sherwood Pictures, makers of the hit marriage drama Fireproof, topped the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart, for the week ending Jan. 22, ahead of the George Clooney political drama, The Ides of March.