Thomas Nelson, Inc., announced that in October 2011, world-renowned preacher, evangelist, and author Billy Graham will release his first major trade book in more than five years: Nearing Home: Life, Faith, and Finishing Well.

In the book, Billy Graham shares his personal experience of growing older, but also teaches lessons on how to view our time here on Earth. He says that the Bible makes it clear that God has a specific reason for keeping us here. So what is His purpose for these years, and how can we align our lives with it?  How can we not only learn to cope with the fears and struggles and growing limitations we face but actually grow stronger inwardly in the midst of these difficulties?

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ivp_bookInterVaristyPress (IVP) has embraced e-Books in a big way. They now market 22 titles in the ePub format, 250 titles in GoogleBooks format, and over 600 titles in the Kindle format.

They also unrestricted file formats so that you can transfer titles to your personal devices and platforms easily. This makes it possible to distribute copies to students, small group members, church congregation, ministry donors, blog readers, employees or any other group.  This program is available directly at the IVP site.

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kjv_1611The King James Version (KJV) of the Bible has now been around for 400 years.  A  New York Times editorial observed, “It’s barely possible to overstate the significance of this Bible. Hundreds of millions have been sold. … To Christians all around the world, it is still the ancestral language of faith.”

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Bowker Books in Print has just issued its preliminary estimates for the total number of books published in the U.S. in 2010. The figures show significant tends in the publishing industry, including self-publishing, in the religion field as well as other genres.

Here are some highlights of the report.

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heaven_is_for_realSony Pictures has acquired screen rights to Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent. The book was published by Thomas Nelson and has climbed the NYT Bestseller list since last November.

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