Christian retailer and best-selling author and editor Jim Reimann died Dec. 18 following a recent diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, a neurological condition. He was 63.

Reimann founded and owned The Christian Armory in Atlanta, named by CBA the 1988-1989 Store of the Year, and was chairman of the CBA board for two years. He was also COO of Family Christian Stores and facilitated the six-year expansion from 148 to 362 stores in 39 states.

Titles for 2014 from the relatively young Zondervan Gift division feature classics and major new releases.

“The line of books releasing in 2014 tell the story—with classics like Footprints and Streams in the Desert being released with modern, on–trend covers and interiors,” said Rebecca Warren, senior editor of Zondervan Gift who formerly worked with Penguin Books UK. “Major releases include the highly anticipated Praying Circles Around the Lives of Your Children by Mark Batterson and Oh, the Things You’ll Need, an ideal gift for the graduate.”

Abbey Press is launching a new microwave cake mug line, “My Cup Runneth Over,” available Jan. 15.

Each of the six 8-ounce stoneware mugs has a recipe printed on the outside for mixing and baking a personal-sized mug cake in the microwave in just a few minutes. Recipes are included for chocolate, coffee, banana, celebration, cinnamon roll and Irish coffee cakes.

P. Graham Dunn is inviting Christian retailers to its 14th Annual P. Graham Dunn Dealer Conference. Admission is free to the March 18-19 event on P. Graham Dunn’s Dalton, Ohio, campus.

The conference will include a sneak peak at P. Graham Dunn’s summer product release; the best discounts the company offers all year; a huge cash-and-carry sale featuring discounts on overstock product, factory seconds and discontinued product; informative, retail-focused seminars; and many giveaways of P. Graham Dunn product, fixtures, gift cards and more.

To register for the Dealer Conference, call 800-828-5260.

StowTown Records is encouraging customers to patronize their local Christian retailer in a new campaign for Doug Anderson’s newest release, Drive (Provident Distribution). As an expression of appreciation to their retail partners, neither StowTown Records nor Doug Anderson Music will have this project available direct from their online stores for the first two weeks of the release. Instead, they will be encouraging fans to visit their local Christian store to purchase the album.

Fans also will be able to reserve their copy beginning Dec. 30, through the Munce store-finder, which will be available on both the label’s website and Anderson’s website. Customers who order in advance and pick up at their local Munce-affiliated Christian retailer will receive an autographed copy of the CD.

Christianity Today (CT) has announced significant changes to the magazine’s annual book awards—and named this year’s winners.

The 25th edition of Christianity Today's Annual Book Awards has added two new awards, an awards seal and a new twist on the presentation. The awards started in 1989 as selected by a reader's choice poll.

Barbour Publishing has announced the promotion of Kelly McIntosh to vice president of editorial.

McIntosh is a veteran of Barbour’s editorial department, previously serving as editorial director. With this promotion, she will continue to oversee the editorial department, but also will be working closely with the executive team.