Mary Beth Chapman debuts on ECPA list Print
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 04 October 2010 02:33 PM America/New_York
Mary Beth Chapman's Choosing to See: A Journey of Struggle and Hope (Revell/Baker Publishing Group) has cracked the top 10, falling in at No. 6 on the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association's (ECPA) monthly sales chart.

The title penned--published Sept. 9--with Ellen Vaughn reached No. 6 on the October list, which accounts for the four-week cycle ending Sept. 18.

The rest of the top 10 is: 1. KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2010-2011, softcover edition (Standard Publishing); 2. Crazy Love by Francis Chan (David C. Cook); 3. Jesus Calling by Sarah Young (Thomas Nelson); 4. KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2010-2011, large print softcover edition (Standard Publishing); 5. The Thorn by Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 7. The Me I Want to Be by John Ortberg (Zondervan); 8. Outlive Your Life by Max Lucado (Thomas Nelson); 9. Radical by David Platt (Multnomah Publishers); and 10. Forgotten God by Francis Chan (David C. Cook).

The top 10 Bibles for October are: 1. ESV Outreach New Testament (Crossway); 2. Text Bible, NKJV (Thomas Nelson); 3. NIV Adventure Bible, hardcover (Zondervan); 4. Witness Bible, NIV, softcover (Zondervan); 5. NIV Outreach Bible (Biblica/Authentic Media); 6. Gift and Award Bible, KJV, black leatherflex (Thomas Nelson); 7. Gift and Award Bible, KJV, red leatherflex (Thomas Nelson); 8. NIV Thinline Bible, burgundy bonded leather (Zondervan); 9. NLT Hands-on Bible, hardcover (Tyndale House Publishers); and 10. NIV Adventure Bible, softcover (Zondervan).

The ECPA lists are drawn from Christian retail stores across the country, through its PubTrack Christian data system. Book lists are based on trade discounted titles selling in at least 20% of reporting stores. Tracts and booklets are excluded.