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Catholic, Episcopal Booksellers Upbeat
The Religious Booksellers Trade Exhibit held in St. Charles, Ill., June 1-4 is an old-fashioned booksellers show, where plenty of orders are taken, and in addition to the exhibit floor and author events, Episcopal and Catholic booksellers hold their annual meetings. This year, retailers in attendance were enthusiastic about the show and upbeat about business.
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Catholic, Liturgical Booksellers Meet
The Religious Booksellers Trade Exhibit holds its 19th annual meeting this week (June 1-4) in St. Charles, Ill., at the Pheasant Run Resort. The show brings together church and independent bookstores and publishers in the category as well as houses, big and small, that publish more broadly in religion and spirituality.
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Books Still Down, but Bibles Up... and Religion Publishers Are Busy Acquiring
Despite the time crunch felt by some, many religion publishers at BEA were enthusiastic about this year's midweek, condensed show, which brought busy booths and packed aisles. RBL's editor spoke with representatives from Quest Books, HarperOne, Loyola Press, Jewish Publication Society, FaithWords, and others for their reactions.
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Marilynne Robinson: Challenging a New Orthodoxy
Novelist Marilynne Robinson, who won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for "Gilead," reflects on the relationship between science and religion in a new nonfiction work, "Absence of Mind: The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self" (Yale Univ., May). She was inducted in May into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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Editor's Note
The conventional wisdom has always been that in hard times readers seek guidance and solace in books on religion and spirituality, boosting sales....
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Religion in Review May 2010
Original RBL Reviews include titles from Marilynne Robinson, Michael Spencer, Karen Young, and Philip Pullman; with a sneak peek at religion book reviews coming in PW’s June 14 issue, including "Crown of Aleppo: The Mystery of the Oldest Hebrew Bible Codex" by Hayim Tawil and Bernard Schneider and a first look at the stars: "Fishers of Men: The Gospel of an Ayahuasca Vision Quest" by Adam Elenbaas...
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Gone to the Dogs: New Books Plumb the Spirituality of Animals
As anyone who has lost a beloved pet knows, the experience is like losing a part -- the better part -- of one's self. Animals, many people feel instinctively, are more than their soft fur and big eyes. Building on that impulse, three new books set out to prove that animals are spiritual beings with lessons to impart.
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May 2010 Catholic Bestsellers
Top 10 sellers in adult hardcover and paperback, and children's and YA titles.
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Special Report: Comics and Graphic Novel Publishing
Indie stores lag on graphic novels, Tokyopop's format leads manga into the bookstore market, DC and Marvel look for big sales and more...
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Publishing for Justice and Peace: PW Talks with Robert Ellsberg
At Orbis, publishing arm of the Catholic Maryknoll Society, addressing justice and peace is the primary mission. Its publisher and editor-in-chief walks us through that pursuit.
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Beyond the Book: Justin Giboney's 'Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around'
Lawyer and co-founder of the AND Campaign argues in his new book, 'Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around,' that the Black church has a tradition of social action that sits above the partisanship that infects much of today's politics. (Sponsored)
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Beyond the Book: Kevin Chapman's 'Mastering Our Emotions'
Shame. Anger. Anxiety. How can we see these seemingly negative feelings as a holy gift? In Mastering Our Emotions (InterVarsity Press, Jan. 2025), psychologist and Christian Kevin Chapman explains, with pastoral wisdom and therapeutic skill, how we can master our emotions... instead of being mastered by them. (Sponsored)
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Religion Book Deals: April 10, 2019
Kathi Lipp moves to Zondervan with a new book; HarperOne takes blogger and activist Amy Elizabeth Bishop's debut, and more.
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PW Talks with Cynthia Ruchti: Surviving with Grace
Cynthia Ruchti has endured her husband’s job loss, become a full-time caregiver, and seen someone she loves incarcerated. Now she writes about her experiences and those of people she knows whose lives also were changed by the damaging choices of others.
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Zondervan’s Vander Zicht, Retiring After 33 Years, Recalls a Changing Industry
In more than three decades at Zondervan, Sandra Vander Zicht helped nurture the careers of a multitude of best-selling authors and experienced significant changes in the publishing industry.
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