An excerpt from the article, "Christian Fiction Fills an Inspirational void for Readers", written By Tamara Holmes, Special to BET.com...
Faith is particularly important to the Black community. In fact, 91 percent of Black adults surveyed reported that they had prayed in the past week compared to 81 percent of White adults, 86 percent of Hispanics and 46 percent of Asians, according to Barna Research Group, Ltd.
Publishing outfits such as Time Warner Book Group’s Walk Worthy Press and BET Books’ New Spirit line have sought to capture this burgeoning market.
“Daily routines, life challenges and tragedies often provoke spiritual questions of existence, purpose, and of a possible higher power in understanding the ways of the world,” says Linda Gill, vice president of BET Books. “These are the issues addressed in New Spirit titles.”
Click on title for full article which includes syndicated columnist and author,Stacy Hawkins Adams and Walk Worthy Press Publisher, Denise Stinson.
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