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Nominations open for Retailers Choice Awards Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 03 January 2011 09:06 AM America/New_York
Suppliers have begun nominating their best releases of the year in the 2011 Retailers Choice Awards. Companies wishing to enter have until Jan. 17 to take advantage of the Early-Bird discount in the competition's record 45 categories.
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Latest Catholic best-sellers Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 03 January 2011 02:24 PM America/New_York
Matthew Kelly's Rediscovering Catholicism continues atop the Hardcover best-sellers list for January, while the Parish Guide/Implementation of Roman Missal (USCCB Publishing) takes the No. 1 on the Paperback list.
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'Jesus Calling' atop CBA list Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 03 January 2011 02:42 PM America/New_York
Jesus Calling by Sarah Young (Thomas Nelson) tops CBA's Top 50 best-sellers list. Christian Living books along with Karen Kingsbury's latest novel rounded out the top 10 on the January list.
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Blizzard impacts holiday sales Print Email
Written by Eric Tiansay   
Monday, 03 January 2011 02:46 PM America/New_York
A blizzard in the Northeast postponed about $1 billion in holiday retail sales by keeping shoppers out of stores in the days after Christmas, according to mall-traffic tracker ShopperTrak.
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Updated NIV debuts in e-format Print Email
Written by Christine D. Johnson   
Thursday, 30 December 2010 01:29 PM America/New_York

Though it is not due in stores until March 2011, the updated New International Version (NIV) has been made available for purchase in digital form.

Zondervan launched the e-book edition Dec. 21, the first time a new translation has been offered in digital format before print publication. It is available at Amazon.com for $9.99, with Zondervan pledging to donate a New Testament for an evangelistic effort in India for every e-sale.

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Christianbook.com buys homeschooling competitor Print Email
Written by Christine D. Johnson   
Thursday, 30 December 2010 01:28 PM America/New_York

Christianbook.com, the leading online Christian bookseller, has bought out a competing homeschool supplies business.

The Peabody, Mass.-based company acquired Pennywiselearning.com from founders Randy and Kristen Pratt, homeschooling parents of nine who are going into full-time, local church ministry. Details of the transaction were not disclosed.

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