Universal Designs has made it easier for retailers to stock and organize its product, including its core Pass It On cards and lines of bookmarks as well as auto decals.

Bobbi Baugh, president of the Central Florida-based company, said the product tower makes it simple for stores to continually reload Universal Designs’ product.

“We really knew that we needed some updating and refreshing of the look and the color schemes, so this is based on really popular black and granite patterns and very well-received,” Baugh said.

Ohio-based P. Graham Dunn has entered a new product category, introducing Amish-themed cards, postcards and calendars.

“It all has Amish-inspired images,” said Anthony Burdette, the company’s marketing manager. “Calendars can actually be customized to the store so you can get your store name added to the back of the calendar. The higher quantity you buy, the cheaper you can get the calendars.”

Responding to demand, Howard Books will have a first printing of more than 750,000 copies of Si Robertson's Si-cology 1: Tales & Wisdom from Duck Dynasty's Favorite Uncle.

The third title from Howard Books by cast members of A&E TV's popular reality show Duck Dynasty is also now scheduled to release Sept. 3, moving up from October.

Duck Dynasty features the Robertson family, who transformed their home-grown, duck-call business in Louisiana into a multimillion-dollar sporting empire, while staying grounded in faith and family values. The show has spawned a plethora of popular Duck Commander line of products, as well as best-selling books.

Released May 7, Duck Commander founder Phil Robertson's Happy, Happy, Happy debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction best-seller list, with more than 765,000 copies in the market with 17 print runs.

The first book, The Duck Commander Family, has 680,000 copies in print. Released in October 2012, it book was written by Willie Robertson, who serves as CEO of the companies Duck Commander and Buck Commander, and his wife, Korie—daughter of former Howard Books Publisher John Howard, who also now works at the company.

The three books "have taken the publishing world by storm," Howard officials said.

Howard Books will also release Miss Kay Robertson's Duck Commander Cookbook in November and a Duck Commander devotional on October. More Duck Commander books are scheduled to come in 2014.

Universal Music Group Nashville announced recently that Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas will hit stores Oct. 29. Capitol Christian Distribution will distribute the CD to the Christian retail channel.

Duck Commander products—including Uncle Si's tea cup; Faith, Family, Ducks T-shirts; souvenir cups; bracelets; and mugs—are best-sellers in Christian retail, according to New Day Christian Distributors.

Halting a trend, faith-based publishers reported a 0.6% decrease during the first quarter of 2013 in religious e-book sales compared to the January-March period last year, according to the latest figures available from the Association of American Publishers (AAP).

In the same date range, religious hardcover sales were down more than 7%, with sales of nearly $71 million. In contrast, religious paperback sales experienced a nearly 4% increase during the year's first quarter versus January-March 2012, with sales of $44.5 million.

Overall, book sales from religious publishers for the January-March period compared to the same time frame last year saw a more than 2% drop to nearly $150 million.

With nearly 1,200 publishers reporting, AAP's Monthly StatShot report included data from Crossway, Gospel Light, Moody Publishers, David C Cook, Thomas Nelson and Tyndale House Publishers, among others represented by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association.

Colt McCoy's The Real Win: A Man's Quest for Authentic Success (Multnomah Books) was ranked No. 2 on the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) General best-sellers list for the week ending June 28, according to Pubtrack Christian data. Written with Matt Carter, the hardcover book was released May 7.

The rest of the top 20 ECPA General best-sellers were: 1. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 3. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 4. Jesus Calling, Young, large print deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 5. Happy, Happy, Happy, Phil Robertson (Howard Books); 6. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 7. Jesus Calling, Young, women's edition (Thomas Nelson); 8. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 9. Jesus Calling, Young, deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 10. Experiencing God, Henry Blackaby and Claude King (B&H Publishing Group); 11. Jesus Today, Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 12. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing/Moody Publishers); 13. Love & Respect, Emerson Eggerichs (Thomas Nelson); 14. The Necessity of an Enemy, Ron Carpenter Jr. (WaterBrook Press); 15. 7 Men, Eric Metaxas (Thomas Nelson); 16. One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp (Zondervan); 17. Follow Me, David Platt (Tyndale House Publishers); 18. Trusting God, Jerry Bridges (NavPress); 19. Gods at War, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); and 20. The Duck Commander Family, Willie and Korie Robertson (Howard Books).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers were: 1. The Harbinger; 2. The Guardian, "Home to Hickory Hollow" No. 3, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 3. Truth-Stained Lies, "Moonlighter" No. 1, Terri Blackstock (Zondervan); 4. Band of Sisters, Cathy Gohlke (Tyndale); 5. Crossing Oceans, Gina Holmes (Tyndale); 6. The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis (HarperOne); 7. Borders of the Heart, Chris Fabry (Tyndale); 8. Full Disclosure, Dee Henderson (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 9. The Chance, Karen Kingsbury (Howard Books); and 10. An Open Heart, Harry Kraus (David C Cook).

The top five Bibles were: 1. The Story, NIV, deluxe, hardcover, New International Version (Zondervan); 2. NLT Hands-on Bible, softcover, New Living Translation (Tyndale); 3. NIV Adventure Bible, hardcover (Zonderkidz); 4. NIV Adventure Bible, blue, softcover (Zonderkidz); and 5. ESV Thinline Value Edition Bible, TruTone, chestnut, filigree design, English Standard Version (Crossway).

Crossway has seen "the Lord's extraordinary provision" after issuing an appeal for financial support in the wake of the company's flood damage in the spring.

"It has been humbling indeed to see the Lord's extraordinary provision through the outpouring of prayer, encouragement and financial support of the Lord's people around the world," Lane Dennis, president of Crossway, wrote to supporters on the company's website. "We have received well over 2,000 emails and letters of encouragement, including gifts of support from over 30 nations around the world.

"Churches, friends in the publishing industry and thousands of individuals—mostly from people whom I have never met before—graciously responded and faithfully prayed," Dennis added. "As I signed the thank-you letters and noted the gift receipts, I was often deeply moved—even at times to tears—by the extraordinary goodness of the Lord and his people."

In a May video, Dennis asked donors to help raise $360,000 by the end of the company's fiscal year, May 31, for priority projects.

Crossway's offices in Wheaton, Ill., incurred substantial flooding, forcing closures April 17-18. About 2 feet of water poured into the building's 32 first-floor offices, and repairs and rebuilding were expected to take four to six months.

Dennis noted that the financial assistance would pay for three areas: damage not covered by insurance; installation of new safeguards to flood-proof Crossway's building; and "key ministry projects."

"Although the initial repair estimates have nearly tripled, the Lord has clearly provided through your generous help," he said. "Remarkably, as recovery and flood-proofing costs increased, so did the amount of support—corresponding almost exactly to the new cost estimate."

Dennis added that several projects "will be sustained" this year, including translation costs for the ESV Chinese Study Bible, to be published in mainland China in 2014; distribution of an additional 20,000 Chinese-English Bibles in China for a total of 250,000; completion and global distribution of the ESV Gospel Transformation Bible; and development of the "Knowing the Bible" studies, to be offered free digitally worldwide.

Keep up with Crossway at www.crossway.org/blog.

Evangelist and author Ray Comfort's new movie, which he says, "completely debunks evolution within its first 16 minutes," will be released on DVD to stores Aug. 7.

Retailing for $4.99, Evolution vs. God will be made available to Christian retailers through Send The Light Distribution. A preview of the 38-minute documentary has been downloaded more than 6,000 times in one week.

"We had no idea that Evolution vs. God would get such a wonderful response, but it shows that this is an issue of great concern to a lot of people," said Comfort, producer of Evolution vs. God. "It was Sir Isaac Newton who said that atheism 'is so senseless.' How could anyone believe that nothing created everything? That's scientifically impossible."

The documentary looks at modern-day atheism through "interviews of several of Charles Darwin's leading modern disciples," filmmakers said.

The movie's Facebook page (www.facebook.com/evolutionvsgodcom) quotes Answers in Genesis: "If you believe in Darwinian evolution, prepare to have your faith painfully shattered."

Comfort's previous online movie about John Lennon, Genius—released last winter to coincide with the 32nd anniversary of the Dec. 8 death of the Beatles' singer—received more than 100,000 views in four days.

Comfort is founder and president of Living Waters ministry and producer of the award-winning pro-life documentary 180, which has been viewed by millions worldwide.

To watch a trailer of Evolution vs. God, visit www.evolutionvsgod.com.