Enough of the Celebrity Books
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We’re excited to see Kate Meyer’s book now designed and soon to be ready for preorder! Won’t you go over to Kate’s site and give her a follow to stay in touch with launch plans and the on sale date coming in July?!
Here’s what her book is about:
The grieving process is part of being human, but far too often, Christian grievers are rushed into rejoicing that their loved one is in heaven. It is time for a better way to acknowledge that you can struggle with grief and still love God. Licensed professional counselor and ordained minister Kate Meyer walks you through the grieving process, and encourages grievers and shows them how to find hope. Learn more here.
OK, so it's a book by its publisher, David Morris. But we didn't want to practice on the REAL authors to come.
That said, this book is no lightweight entry:
Lost Faith and Wandering Souls acknowledges the religious identity crisis of our time and the full power of the psychological journey. By looking beneath the surface at deeper, lifelong dynamics, it shows a way to mourn our losses individually and socially so we can move to a healthier spirituality.
Lost Faith and Wondering Souls is now available wherever books are sold. Learn more here.
Enough of Celebrity Books
On a recent and rare shopping mall trip where I live in Michigan, I stuck my head into the attached chain bookstore. I often do this as a publishing person just to get an impression of the whole of the offerings to readers in religion and spirituality through a retail venue like this store.
The first pattern I noticed was a surprising number of books by the large publishing company that I used to work for. These books were not only present, but several of them were face out, a technique to spur sales. In the case of this store, these books were at least two years old, and I knew that even then they were slow sellers.
Was this bookstore trying to move slow selling inventory from a favorite local publisher? You’d think they would have returned them to the publisher instead of letting them sit in their inventory all this time. Or had the store given up on moving books in the religion category, and to a degree given up on books in general and were hoping to sell other kinds of products?
The most striking pattern, however, was the prevalence of new books by celebrities of one form or another. Right away it seemed like undisputable evidence of what is probably the most significant content change in the book business, and one that religious publishers seem particularly susceptible to.
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