Digital books 'now constitute' 20% of book market

Maintaining an upward trend, publishers' revenue from e-books has increased nearly 45% since 2011, and digital books "now constitute" 20% of the overall book market, according to BookStats Volume 3.

Incorporating net sales revenue and unit data from nearly 1,500 publishers as well as estimates and analysis of the publishing industry, BookStats Volum...

Parable's email service 're-engages' inactive customers

Parable Group has announced that its Email Append service has located more than 250,000 customer email addresses  and reactivated  inactive customers for participating stores. Additionally, reactivated shoppers spent three times the participating stores' investment to find the email addresses.

"It's much easier and more profitable to reactiv...

Robert Spooner Galerie co-founder ‘Senior’ dies at 77

Robert Spooner Sr. “went home to see Jesus” May 18, his family said. He was 77. 

Known as “Senior,” Spooner co-founded Robert Spooner Galerie with his wife, Betty, in 1981.

Baker Publishing Group tops SELAH Awards

Baker Books and Revell—divisions of Baker Publishing Group—won four SELAH Awards in total last night during the Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference.

Held May 19-23 at LifeWay's Ridgecrest Conference Center, located near Asheville, N.C., the conference culminated with an awards banquet, which was webcast live.

Dianne Neal Matthews' Designe...

Christian store chains offer Memorial weekend deals

Christian retail stores are offering deals for the weekend of Memorial Day, May 27.

LifeWay Christian Stores' Memorial Day Weekend Event sale, which runs May 24-27, offers 25% discount on entire purchase of sale and clearance items. Additionally, the chain is offering 50% off select Bibles and books such as Francis Chan's Multiply (David C Cook); $5 V...

New Christian book awards 'shines light on exemplary books'

A new Christian book awards program has been launched by Publishing services firm Jenkins Group in response to the growing popularity of faith-based books.

With the motto "Shining a Light on Exemplary Christian Books," the Illumination Christian Book Awards (ICBA) are designed to honor the year's best new titles "written and published with a Christi...

Oklahoma tornado impacts business, staff at Mardel

Mardel Christian & Education stores have been affected by a massive tornado Monday that hit Moore, Okla., forcing temporary closures and bringing injury to one staff member.

Rescuers dug through the debris of destroyed homes, schools and businesses today searching for survivors after the devastating tornado blasted through the Tornado Alley town...