David Platt's Follow Me (Tyndale House Publishers) was ranked No. 8 on the General best-sellers from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), tracking sales for the week ending Feb. 16, according to Pubtrack Christian data. The book was released Feb. 5.

The rest of the Top 20 General best-sellers were: 1. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 2. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing/Moody Publishers); 3. Pursued, Jud Wilhite (FaithWords); 4. Daily Wisdom for Women: 2013 Devotional Collection (Barbour Publishing); 5. The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven, Kevin and Alex Malarkey (Tyndale); 6. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 7. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 9. Jesus Calling, Young, women's edition (Thomas Nelson); 10. Jesus Calling, Young, large print deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 11. Jesus Today, Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 12. Jesus Calling, Young, deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 13. The 5 Love Languages of Children, Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell (Northfield Publishing); 14. Praying God's Word, Beth Moore (B&H Books); 15. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 16. The 5 Love Languages: Singles Edition, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing); 17. One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp (Zondervan); 18. Multiply, Francis Chan, Mark Beuving (David C Cook); 19. Battlefield of the Mind, Joyce Meyer (FaithWords); and 20. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers were: 1. The Harbinger; 2. Bees in the Butterfly Garden, "Gilded Legacy" No. 1, Maureen Lang (Tyndale); 3. Abducted, "Pacific Coast Justice" No. 2, Janice Cantore (Tyndale); 4. The Last Disciple, "The Last Disciple" No. 1, Hank Hanegraaff and Sigmund Brouwer (Tyndale); 5. Trauma Plan, "Grace Medical" No. 1, Candace Calvert (Tyndale); 6. The Fiddler, "Home to Hickory Hollow" No. 1, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 7. Chasing the Sun, "Land of the Lone Star," No. 1, Tracie Peterson (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 8. Flame of Resistance, Tracy Groot (Tyndale); 9. Shattered, Alaskan Courage" No. 2, Dani Pettrey (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); and 10. Cross Roads, William P. Young (FaithWords).

The top five Bibles were: 1. The Story, NIV, deluxe, hardcover, New International Version (Zondervan); 2. NLT God Sightings, softcover, New Living Translation (Tyndale); 3. NIV Celebrate Recovery Bible, softcover (Zondervan); 4. NIV Adventure Bible, hardcover (Zonderkidz); and 5. NIV Faithgirlz! Bible Revised Edition, Italian Duo-Tone, spring green/petal purple (Zonderkidz).

Pure Flix Entertainment (PFE), the largest producer and distributor of faith-based and family films, has announced its first-quarter DVD release schedule.

Next month, Pure Flix will release the right-to-life parable film Meant to Be, which stars Dean Cain (The Adventures of Lois & Clark), Erika Eleniak (Baywatch), Della Reese (Touched by an Angel) and Bradley Dorsey (A Greater Yes).

March 12 brings the thriller Revelation Road, starring former NFL linebacker Brian Bosworth, wrestler Steve "Sting" Borden, David A.R. White (Jerusalem Countdown) and Ray Wise (Robocop). And on April 16, Pure Flix will release the coming-of-age drama This is Our Time, starring Shawn-Caulin Young (Thor), Erin Bethea (Fireproof) and Erik Estrada (Chips).

Pure Flix Entertainment is also producing several original projects, including Silver Bells, starring Bruce Boxleitner (Tron, Scarecrow & Mrs. King) and Antonio Fargas (Everybody Hates Chris), and Finding Normal, which stars Candace Cameron Bure (Full House). Both movies will air later this year on GMC TV.

In December 2012, Christmas Angel, a Pure Flix-produced film, became the highest-rated GMC original movie, attracting 3 million viewers.

"We know that people love movies," said PFE founding partner David A.R. White. "Our vision at Pure Flix Entertainment is to impact lives for Christ through positive, encouraging and heart-impacting entertainment in a culture saturated with content often deemed inappropriate for families.

"Our film projects can be enjoyed with family and friends, or utilized as outreach tools for church and ministry organizations as an opportunity to invite people to church who might not usually attend a church service," he added.

With offices in Los Angeles and Scottsdale, Ariz., the company produces eight to 10 films per year, while distributing another 15 films annually. Click here for more information on Pure Flix releases. 

The Voice Bible (Thomas Nelson) is being offered for free on BibleGateway.com. Celebrating its 20th year online, Bible Gateway kicked off the new year by adding The Voice to its list of Bible translations.

The Voice, released in late 2011 by Nelson and the result of a collaboration among scholars, pastors, authors, poets and musicians, features dialogue written in screenplay format.

"We fell in love with the concept of The Voice and its desire to reach the average reader," said Rachel Barach, general manager of Bible Gateway. "After noticing that overwhelming reviews were coming from scholars, pastors, ministry leaders and the everyday Bible readers, we knew it fit Bible Gateway's mission."

Chip Brown, senior vice president and publisher for HarperCollins Christian Publishing, parent company of Nelson, added: "Everybody I know that reads The Voice is passionate about how it brings the Scriptures alive for them. Readers on Bible Gateway have been asking for The Voice, and we are pleased to honor their request."

Bible Gateway launched The Voice daily Bible verse newsletter yesterday, Feb. 21, for e-mail subscribers. With more than 100 million unique visitors per year, Bible Gateway, offers more than 160 different translations in more than 70 different languages.

Click here to download a free copy of The Voice New Testament. 

Five Christianaudio topped the faith-based nominations in the 2013 Audies competition, announced recently by the Audio Publishers Association (APA).

In the Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction category, Christianaudio's His Love Endures Forever (Thomas Nelson) by Beth Wiseman and narrated by Kirsten Potter was nominated along with The Good Dream (St. Martin's Press) by Donna VanLiere, narrated by Donna VanLiere (Macmillan Audio); Touching the Sky (Bethany House Publishers/Baker Publishing Group) by Tracie Peterson, narrated by Renee Raudman (Brilliance Audio); The Tao of Pooh (Penguin Books) by Benjamin Hoff, narrated by Simon Vance (Tantor Media); and Coming Home (Zondervan) by Karen Kingsbury, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki and Gabrielle de Cuir (Zondervan).

The finalists in the Inspirational/Faith-Based Non-Fiction category were: Real Marriage (Thomas Nelson) by Mark and Grace Driscoll, narrated by William Dufris and Tavia Gilbert (ChristianAudio); Fearless (WaterBrook Press) by Eric Blehm, narrated by Paul Michael (ChristianAudio); Anna and the King of Siam (HarperCollins) by Margaret Landon, narrated by Anne Flosnik (ChristianAudio); Miracle for Jen (Tyndale House Publishers) by Linda Barrick and John Perry, narrated by Kirsten Potter (ChristianAudio); KJV Audio Bible, Pure Voice, narrated by Scott Brick, Edward Herrmann, John Rubinstein, LeVar Burton, Samantha Eggar, et al. (Zondervan).

Awarding excellence in nearly 30 categories of audio publishing, the APA's Audies will be announced May 30 at the New York Historical Society in New York City. Click here  for a complete list of finalists.

EMI CMG Distribution has announced an expanded relationship with CanZion Group LP. Effective immediately, CanZion will represent the distributor’s complete new release schedule and catalog, including all English titles, to CBA member stores serving the Latino community in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

“Previously CanZion primarily focused on our Spanish product, so this will be a great opportunity for all of our titles,” said Greg Bays, senior vice president of sales and marketing for EMI CMG Distribution. “We are looking forward to working together to serve the Latino CBA stores.”

GRAMMY-nominated artist Jeremy Camp celebrates another No. 1 Billboard Christian Album debut with Reckless, his seventh studio album. The BEC Recordings project shot to the top of the iTunes Christian & Gospel chart as well as in the Top 10 on the overall albums chart. This marks Camp's third No. 1 Billboard Christian Album debut. 

Rounding out the album’s street week, Camp appeared on Fox News LIVE discussing the album and recent book release I Still Believe (Tyndale House Publishers). Click here to view the interview and here to read his interview with Fox 411.

Young Colton Burpo’s account of heaven has reached a major milestone by staying on the New York Times Paperback Nonfiction list for more than two years. 

Written by Colton’s father, Todd Burpo, with Lynn Vincent, Heaven Is for Real (Thomas Nelson) has become a publishing phenomenon since its release in November 2010, reaching the New York Times best-seller list for 110 consecutive weeks. Nelson has printed 8 million copies of the book.