| 'Soul Surfer' has 'word of mouth' |
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| Written by Eric Tiansay | |
| Monday, 18 April 2011 03:12 PM America/New_York | |
 Soul Surfer—the inspirational life story of surfer Bethany Hamilton, the Christian teen who had her left arm bitten off by a tiger shark—again finished in fourth place in its second weekend, grossing an estimated $7.4 million from more than 2,000 theaters, the Los Angeles Times reported. |
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Christian music's largest annual tour, the Winter Jam 2011 Tour Spectacular, was the No. 1 tour in the world this year so far, according to Pollstar. The multi-artist event outpaced attendance for all other tours during the first quarter—including Bon Jovi, U2, X Factor Live, Lady Gaga, Brad Paisley and Justin Bieber, according to Pollstar's 2011 Worldwide "Top 100 Tours" chart for January-March. 
Kregel Publications' children's products are being highlighted in Christian Retailing's Virtual Christian Retailing Winter Show. 
LifeWay Christian Stores' promotions this week target the April 18 tax-filing deadline. 
The fourth annual Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year Awards have been announced. 
Zondervan and its Spanish-language division, Editorial Vida, will simultaneously publish a book by José Henríquez—one of the Chilean miners rescued last year who was regarded as "the pastor" of the group. 
The songwriter award nominees have been announced for next week's 42nd Annual Gospel Music Association (GMA) Dove Awards. 
William P. Young's best-selling novel, The Shack, comes to the stage next month in an experimental event exploring new ways of bringing books to life. 