Releasing in October, Glo marries a digital edition of the Bible with thousands of articles, photos, animations, videos and maps. Interactive features allow users to customize reading plans and journal, with access available from any computer and on smart phones.

CBA's new initiatives were intended to help "put the 'special' back in specialty retailing," association President Bill Anderson said at yesterday's members' breakfast.

CBA unveiled two Christian retail channel exclusives yesterday at its members breakfast.

NavPress Sales Manager Eric Helus told of the personal challenges behind the publishers' decision to launch the Solo Pink project, which centers on a pink-accented Bible with The Message text, the Solo devotional Bible, for breast cancer sufferers, with a portion of profits from each $17.99 sale going to breast cancer research.

CrossBooks Publishing, the self-publishing division of Nashville-based B&H Publishing Group, made its International Christian Retail Show (ICRS) debut this week, marketing titles that already have published and presenting itself to authors.

Retailers coming to the International Christian Retail Show (ICRS) were greeted with a large lobby banner announcing Lakewood pastor and author Joel Osteen's newest release, It's Your Time (Free Press/Simon & Schuster), releasing in October.

Introducing new artists to the market was a focus of the Product Intelligence Tour on Music presented by EMI CMG's Les Coughran and retailer Gunnar Simonsen on Monday and Tuesday of the International Christian Retail Show (ICRS).