‘The Harbinger’ marks sales achievement with two ECPA awards |
Written by Christine D. Johnson |
Tuesday, 07 May 2013 01:14 PM America/New_York |
Jonathan Cahn’s warning-to-America novel, The Harbinger, received two top sales awards from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) at the April 29 awards banquet in Nashville. Having sold more than 1 million copies, The Harbinger: The Ancient Mystery That Holds the Secret of America's Future (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group) received the Gold award for achieving sales of 500,000 units and the Platinum award for sales of 1 million units, both within a consecutive one-year period. ECPA has only presented both the Gold and Platinum awards within a consecutive 12-month period to four titles including the “Left Behind” series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins (Tyndale House Publishers), The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren (Zondervan) and Heaven Is for Real by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent (Thomas Nelson). Charisma House Book Group Executive Vice President Tessie DeVore said sales of The Harbinger are “indicative of the interest by readers from all walks of life who have been gripped by the uncanny scriptural parallels to what’s happened in current events.” “What makes this milestone even more gratifying is to know that people around the world are not only learning about these mysteries, but are also praying for America,” she said. Released Jan. 3, 2012, the book has gone to reprint more than 17 times and is the first New York Times best-seller for Cahn, a former atheist who now leads one of the country’s largest Messianic congregations. |