Focusing on Faith
He says the 2006 numbers, which have not yet been released, could show further slowing. Still, anecdotal evidence he’s picked up from retailers suggests that religious publishing continues to be the book industry’s bright star.
“The overall market is still robust,” agrees Don Stephenson, director of
publications for Baker Publishing
Group. “There aren’t quite as many blockbuster religious or inspirational titles out there in the general market
compared to a couple of years ago, yet certain titles, like Revell’s [an imprint of Baker] ‘90 Minutes in Heaven,’ are still selling very strongly, and in that book’s case, still continuing to post more than 20 weeks on The New York Times nonfiction paperback list more than two years after it was first published.”
- Companies:
- Amg Publishers
- Baker Publishing
- BeliefNet.com
- Bethany House Publishers
- Bowker
- Bowker Books
- Deeper Faith Resources
- Evangelical Christian Publishers Association
- FaithWords
- Hachette Book Group
- HarperCollins
- Islamic Society of America
- Jewish Lights and Skylight Paths Publishing
- Llewellyn
- Multnomah Publishers
- Oxford University Press
- Random House Inc.
- Simba Information
- The Book Industry Study Group
- The New York Times
- Time Inc.
- USA Today
- Warner Faith
- Waterbrook Press
- YouTube
- Zondervan