| Free screener copy for Christian retailers |
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| Written by Eric Tiansay | |
| Thursday, 17 December 2009 02:26 PM America/New_York | |
 The makers of a movie about faith and forgiveness have launched a Web site designed for Christian retailers, where they can request a free screener copy of the film before making the decision to buy the thriller for their stores.
Winner of Best Actor and Best Feature awards during 2009 Script 2 Screen Film Festival, Find Me was recently released on DVD by Trost Moving Pictures (TMP) and distributed by Anchor Distributors. The movie tells the story of two college students, who take part in the sport of geocaching and get caught up in a deadly game involving the kidnapping of a senator's son. Retailers can visit TMP's Web site to watch trailers and request a free screener copy of Find Me. "We know retailers are faced with a mountain of new products vying for space in their stores," said Joe Jestus, director of marketing for TMP. "In this economy, no one wants to be stuck with products that don't sell or, more importantly, don't hold to the high standards of what their customers expect. To that end, we wanted to give retailers an opportunity to experience the powerful message of forgiveness in Find Me before having to spend a dime. This new site is our way of showing retailers that we are in this together." An independent studio based in Tulsa, Okla., TMP is currently in production on its second film, A Christmas Snow, set to be released during the 2010 Christmas season. |
Who Do I Talk To? (Thomas Nelson) by Neta Jackson was recently named among the top Christian fiction titles of 2009 by Library Journal in its annual Best Books list.
Billed as the "world's largest missions bookstore," a temporary 30,000-square-foot store will be part of Urbana 09, the tri-annual gathering of students hosted by InterVarsity Press (IVP), which will be held Dec. 27-31 at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis.
Evangelist and author Oral Roberts, who rose from tent revivals to found a multimillion-dollar organization and an Oklahoma university bearing his name, died earlier this week. The founder of Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association and Oral Roberts University (ORU) was 91.
Publishers and retailers were given some insights into how the downturn in the economy has impacted book buyers, yesterday.
Continuing a yearlong trend, sales of religious books decreased 8.5% in October, while overall book sales increased by 10.2% to $725.8 million and were up by 4.1% for the year, according to the Association of American Publishers (AAP).
CBA's headquarters could be sold off, as the retail trade association reorganizes itself under new leadership.
Suppliers are invited to nominate their best releases of the year in the 2010 Retailers Choice Awards, starting today.
