Produced by evangelism and church resource organization Outreach and distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films, the movie drew $1.5 million from 441 theaters nationwide, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com. The Los Angeles Times said the movie had "a decent opening" despite its limited release. The film, which cost only $500,000 to produce, saw its strongest ticket sales in smaller markets, the newspaper observed.

Celebrating 10 years in 2010, the Retailers Choice Awards have been increasingly acknowledged as an important way of recognizing some of the most significant new life-changing products in the Christian retail industry.

Suppliers can also enter products from previous years in the Backlist category, and product promotions can be nominated in the Marketing/Promotion Campaign category. New suppliers are also invited to nominate their companies in the New Supplier category.

After the nomination period ends, retailer voting will begin in February in around 30 categories of gifts, books, Bibles, music and more.

The 2010 Retailers Choice Awards winners will be announced at Christian Retailing's The Gathering 2010 event, to be held April 21-23 at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Ky.

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Running through March 30, the show is hosted by Christian Retailing magazine, highlighting some of the key new and backlist products from leading suppliers. Specials from Thomas Nelson include up to a 60% discount, 90-day billing and free freight on qualified orders.

"I think Christian fiction offers hope because we're presenting the gospel," she said. "We're presenting truth in story form that I think that connects with people."

Released Jan. 19, the movie stars Anthony Tyler Quinn and Danielle Bisutti as Jeff and Heather Stroud-Baker, childhood best friends and high school sweethearts who get married at 22. But Jeff's world is rocked when Heather disappears after giving birth, forcing him to raise their son alone. When Heather reappears 10 years later, Jeff must grapple with forgiveness and reconciliation.

Stuart--who participated in a Webinar last night with Intermedia Publishing Group Publisher Terry Whalin--said that self-publishing helps provide more opportunities for authors, but it also presents challenges such as finding distribution and bypassing the editing process. "The main thing is how are you going to distribute that book?" Stuart commented.

Spring Arbor Wire, a user-friendly PC and Mac-compatible application built on Adobe AIR, provides Spring Arbor's Christian product expertise and stock information directly to customers' desktops, company officials said.