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Barbour Publishing increases commitment to Christian fiction Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 15 April 2013 10:01 AM America/New_York

Barbour Publishing has formed a dedicated in-house fiction team. Fiction is one of strongest categories for the Uhrichsville, Ohio-based company, known for its value-priced books.

The newly established team consists of Publisher and Vice President of Business Development Dan Balow; Editorial Director Kelly McIntosh; Senior Fiction Editor Rebecca Germany; and Annie Tipton—recently promoted from managing editor to fiction acquisitions editor. In Tipton's new role, she will be responsible for developing and implementing Barbour's fiction strategy and acquiring new titles.

"Fiction is very important to Barbour," Balow said. "In fact, it accounts for over a third of our annual sales. Creating this fiction team and promoting Annie Tipton to the role of acquisitions editor will give us the vision and resources to make one of Barbour's strengths even stronger. Rebecca Germany guided fiction to where we are today. This team will work together to make it even more successful."