One of the biggest headlines in Christian Fiction this week has been Harper Collins acquisition of Thomas Nelson. What will that mean for it’s other Christian Publishing imprint Zondervan? What will this mean for Christian Publishing, since Harper Collins will corner almost half the Christian books Market Share? And most importantly, Is this writing on the wall for the industry… Will CBA become a dinosaur?
Fall is in the air and so is the urge to fall back into reading. This month I kick off my 2010 Read-In Challenge with Kim Cash Tate’s Faithful (Thomas Nelson/Women of Faith, 2010). Kim joins the fun with us at Christian Fiction Online Magazine this month to share her journey back onto our bookshelves as one of the few multicultural novelists with Thomas Nelson Publishers.
Kim, where have you been? Why the long break between books?
I guess it’s been a little while, huh? It’ll be two and a half years since Heavenly Places released. When I finished the manuscript for Faithful, I sent it to my publisher, Denise Stinson of Walk Worthy Press, and found out that she would be getting out of the publishing business. Thankfully, I’d just gotten an agent. It took a few months to land in a new publishing home, Thomas Nelson, but it was well worth the wait. God’s timing is perfect.
To read more of my interview with Kim and how her novel was selected to be a 2010 Women of Faith Book and in the Recommended Reads section of over 900 Target click the pick.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – July 1, 2008 – Ted Dekker, New York Times best selling author, has extended his commitment with long-time publishing partner Thomas Nelson, according to his manager, Dan Raines, President of Creative Trust. The non-exclusive arrangement will extend Thomas Nelson releases to early 2012 and will span multiple projects and genres.
Dekker, who recently signed a two book deal with Hachette Book Group USA to further expand his General Fiction audience, is widely known for his ability to pen gripping suspense novels across multiple genres.
According to Raines, the move is strategic for Dekker, who has sold more than three million books and continues to expand his audience with each release.
"Having two of the most influential publishers working cooperatively to grow one of today's most prolific writers benefits everyone, especially Ted Dekker readers,” Raines said.
Clearly, it's tough to balance depicting the rough stuff of adolescence in a realistic way without offending conservative sensibilities. Novelist Claudia Mair Burney understands this tension well. “Christian fiction seems to play it safe so often, but adolescence is inherently unsafe,” she explains. “If we can't show Christ as redeemer in the midst of people cutting themselves, starving themselves or having sex before they're ready, why would we write at all?” Burney's latest YA novel, The Exorsistah, comes out from Pocket on July 22 and will push some buttons: it's about a homeless teenage girl with a spiritual gift for discerning demons. “Exorcism is not child's play,” warns Burney.Way to go, Claudia!
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