British Bible goes green
U.K. publisher Collins’ New Revised Standard Version Green Bible, to be released in October, will be printed on sustainable Forest Stewardship Council paper and is being promoted as “a priceless message that doesn’t cost the earth.” The (London) Bookseller

Chasing the youth market
Zondervan is moving into the “booming” young adult book market with a new line of fiction aimed at readers ages 13 to 16, to be released this month. The Grand Rapids Press

Blessings store takeover
Former hotel manager Norma Calver has opened Gemstones Christian Book Store in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in the former Blessings Christian Marketplace location. The Moose Jaw (Saskatchewan) Times-Herald

Youth Bible’s ‘creative spaces’
LIVE, the new youth-oriented New Living Translation Bible produced by Group Publishing and Tyndale House Publishers, “takes the scribble-notes-in-your-Bible urge to a new level,” with “creative spaces” where young readers can “respond to Scriptures” by writing or drawing things. The (Loveland, Colo.) Reporter-Herald

Friendship message is exported
Prompted by the kind things said about his mother by her friends at her funeral, Steve Wingfield’s The Friendship Book (Thomas Nelson), is to be published in Korean for an Asian readership to whom relationships are important. The (Harrisonburg, Pa.) Daily-Record

Back to school writer
Youth fiction author Bryan Davis planned to return to Newton High School in Newton, Iowa with his new book, Echoes From The Edge (Zondervan), to thank students who helped him research the novel during a visit to the campus. The Des Moines Register

Dottie Rambo tribute
Gospel music legend Dottie Rambo, who died in a tour bus crash aged 74, was remembered as someone who “wrote songs with verses that would make Shakespeare smile.” The Lexington Herald-Leader

‘Organic’ Christian fiction:
As her third novel, Act Two (David C. Cook), releases author Kimberly Stuart says she is “a Christian who writes, rather than a writer of Christian fiction. It's not an issue of dragging Christianity in. It's an organic part of the story. If it fits, it does. If not, it feels forced and preachy." The Des Moines Register

Reprieve for Toronto store
Once earmarked for closure, the Anglican Book Centre in Toronto now looks like a viable operation for the future, according to its new manager, the Lutheran publisher and retailer Augsburg Fortress.The (Toronto, Ont.) Anglican Journal

Oliver North book signing
Lt. Colonel Oliver North, USMC (Ret.) signs his latest book, American Heroes In The Fight Against Radical Islam (B&H Publishing) at the Lifeway Christian Store in Bowling Green, Ky. WYKN (Bowling Green, Ky.) News