'KJV Standard Commentary' tops ECPA list |
Written by Eric Tiansay |
Thursday, 02 September 2010 03:27 PM America/New_York |
With a new church season starting, Standard Publishing's KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2010-2011 makes its annual strong showing in the best-seller lists from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA). The softcover edition heads the list of top 50 titles for September, while the large print softcover edition is in fourth spot. The rest of the top 10 is: 2. Jesus Calling by Sarah Young (Thomas Nelson); 3. Crazy Love by Francis Chan (David C. Cook); 5. Forgotten God by Francis Chan (David C. Cook); 6. Take Four by Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 7. Can America Survive? by John Hagee (Howard Books); 8. The Love Dare by Fireproof movie-making brothers Stephen and Alex Kendrick (B&H Books); 9. Radical by David Platt (Multnomah Publishers); and 10. The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing). The top 10 Bibles for September are: 1. Text Bible, NKJV (Thomas Nelson); 2. NIV Adventure Bible, hardcover (Zondervan); 3. ESV Outreach New Testament (Crossway); 4. NIV Outreach Bible (Biblica/Authentic Media); 5. King James Gift and Award Bible, black leatherflex (Thomas Nelson); 6. Share the Good News Outreach Bible, ESV (Crossway); 7. NIV Thinline Bible, black bonded leather (Zondervan); 8. God's Princess Bible, ICB (Thomas Nelson); 9. NIV Adventure Bible, clip closure, Italian Duo-Tone leather, pink and green (Zondervan); and 10. NIV Gift Bible, Italian Duo-Tone, pink and chocolate (Zondervan). The ECPA lists--for the four-week cycle ending Aug. 21--are drawn from Christian retail stores across the country, through its PubTrack Christian data system. Book lists are based on trade discounted titles selling in at least 20% of reporting stores. Tracts and booklets are excluded.
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