tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10583449.post114541184938101150..comments2023-09-23T04:56:51.617-07:00Comments on Forensics & Faith: Industry News--Part 2~ Brandilyn Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04771812607327238979noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10583449.post-45685224149644287792008-05-04T11:54:00.000-07:002008-05-04T11:54:00.000-07:00From an Indyweek.com article about Urban Books. Th...From an Indyweek.com article about Urban Books. <BR/><BR/><I>Their books, including Bowen's debut Church Folk, were not what some members of the conservative CBA envisioned as Christian literature. . . Nancy Guthrie, a spokeswoman for the Christian Booksellers Association, says only that CBA president-CEO Bill Anderson encourages its suppliers to publish books that are "culturally relevant and Biblically accurate."<BR/><BR/></I><BR/><BR/>Urban Books is an Independent Publisher, not CBA affiliated. They market to the general market writing as Christians. It's sad that no "Christian" bookstore will shelve their books. At least not with the same ease that they'll shelve niche market CBA and ECPA books.<BR/><BR/>Just something to consider.<BR/><BR/>Christian (not CBA or ECPA affiliated) vampire/werewolf Horror author Sue Dent. :)Author Sue Denthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15610585940904518767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10583449.post-1145583097756565472006-04-20T18:31:00.000-07:002006-04-20T18:31:00.000-07:00Oh, this is cool! I hope they come into Northern C...Oh, this is cool! I hope they come into Northern CA. Thanks for sharing this, Brandilyn!Dineen A. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08560463944362266736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10583449.post-1145500017437540022006-04-19T19:26:00.000-07:002006-04-19T19:26:00.000-07:00I would like to get a C28 in our local mall...The ...I would like to get a C28 in our local mall...The place is overrun with teens all the time...what a mission field!<BR/><BR/>Also Brandilyn, I was at my local Arrowhead Parable Christian Store today and Web of Lies is positioned face out, with a "Recommended" label below it!Bonnie S. Calhounhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11769607640246518804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10583449.post-1145474150069803382006-04-19T12:15:00.000-07:002006-04-19T12:15:00.000-07:00I wish I had a C28 nearby too.I wish I had a C28 nearby too.William G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05740219478641196382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10583449.post-1145472714398657852006-04-19T11:51:00.000-07:002006-04-19T11:51:00.000-07:00Brandilyn, Steeple Hill is also putting some of th...Brandilyn, Steeple Hill is also putting some of their trade books into mass market size. I'll be eager to see how they do. It will be nice to have a more affordable version, and hopefully they'll reach a more secular audience that way, as well.Deborah Raneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252126648118644451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10583449.post-1145461024838439572006-04-19T08:37:00.000-07:002006-04-19T08:37:00.000-07:00I'm used to trade size books, but it's the mass ma...I'm used to trade size books, but it's the mass market that you see in the hands of the people lounging by the pool in the summer. I will love seeing some Ted Dekker in the hands of local pool-loungers. <BR/><BR/>I hope Urban Christian and C28 make a huge splash. I hope they make it BIG. I hope I'll get a C28 in Texas. Yeah, baby!Dominohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05698502437170233088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10583449.post-1145454017618718452006-04-19T06:40:00.000-07:002006-04-19T06:40:00.000-07:00Cool to hear about Urban Christian, hope the line ...Cool to hear about Urban Christian, hope the line does well. :)<BR/><BR/>As for Westbow going mass market for some of their books. Well being a sci-fi/fantasy reader, mass market has always been my prefferred choice. The Trade size traditionally used by CBA has always felt too large and too expensive for my tastes.<BR/><BR/>The big question here is, how will the retailers react? They have been so used to only trade for so long, will they even consider the smaller mass market size? Will they stock them mixed in with the Trade books, so that the titles might get lost between the larger books? I think the customers will jump at the lower prices if they can get them though. :)<BR/><BR/>C28 sounds like a pretty cool place. I remember we had an alternative Christian music store for a while in a mall here in Colorado Springs. Felt sad when it went out of business. Hope C28 has great success and spreads all around the country. :)Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01319201996699675786noreply@blogger.com