Following We Cry Out were: 2. Love Revolution by Natalie Grant (Curb Records/Word); 3. NY2LA by Press Play (Dream Records/Universal Music Christian Group/EMI CMG); 4. My Paper Heart; 5. The Altar and the Door by Casting Crowns (Beach Street Records/Provident-Integrity Distribution); 6. Born Again by the Newsboys (Inpop Records/EMI CMG); 7. Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG); 8. Women of Faith Worship by Women of Faith Worship Team (Women of Faith/Thomas Nelson); 9. A Tribute to George Younce by Gaither Vocal Band (Gaither Music Group/EMI CMG); and 10. Pieces of a Real Heart by Sanctus Real (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG).

Kerusso has been named the official apparel partner for Like Dandelion Dust, a new movie based on the Center Street novel by New York Times best-selling author Karen Kingsbury.

Winner of more than 30 film festival awards--including a dozen Audience Choice Awards for Best Picture, and recipient of the Heartland Truly Moving Picture Award--the movie may be "the next Blind Side," according to USA Weekend.

California retailer Brian Hill is a keen advocate of digital marketing to help stores create a buzz among customers.

While helping reduce costs of hard mailings, using e-mail and social media allows him to be more nimble in coming up with promotions and helps foster the increasingly important sense of connection for which many consumers are looking.

Though sales of patriotic products for Veterans Day are likely to lag behind the Fourth of July season, an increasing number of imprints and focus on the genre show this niche market is growing.

"We think Christian publishers should be focusing on this," said John Fallahee, sales and marketing director for AMG Publishers, which formed its God & Country Press imprint in 2006. "We've got to cross over and bring the gospel to the nation. Publishing is still a great vehicle for that."

CPE Nashville 2010 is to be held Sept. 12-14 at the Embassy Suites Murfreesboro Hotel & Conference Center in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Released for the second year, the 2009 ECPA Consumer Demographics & Buying Behaviors Report offers the purchasing patterns and behavior of Christian book shoppers as well as the book-buying habits of consumers grouped into one of five Christian segments--Active, Professing, Liturgical Christians, Private and Cultural Christians--based on spiritual interests and behaviors.