CBA, the Association for Christian Retail, is supporting proposed federal legislation that would require Internet-only businesses to collect and remit sales or use taxes to the states where purchasers reside. Currently, sales tax is only payable when buyer and seller reside in the same state.
The change in the law supported by the CBA appears to run counter to the U.S. Constitution and Supreme Court decisions.
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ChristianBookVideos.com has just posted their one thousandth Book Trailer for Christian books. Book Trailers, also known as book videos, are video advertisements for books, showing the reader what a book is about. A sample book trailer is shown here.
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NASHVILLE,TN– A respected team of executives with a well established record in the Christian book industry has launched Worthy Publishing, a division of Nashville-based Worthy Media, Inc., according to a news release issued by the company.
Byron Williamson, CEO and publisher, affirms “Worthy’s vision to partner with remarkable authors, investing our resources, creativity, and passion into their compelling ideas.” Williamson served as president of Word Publishing, the Thomas Nelson/Word Publishing Group, and founded Integrity Publishers.
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Grand Rapids, Mich.– Zondervan, owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch, and the world’s leading Bible publisher, reported its NIV Bible eBook, is the company’s fastest-selling eBook. It broke into the USA Today bestsellers list spanning all books, the company said in a news release.
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E-books have not had a lot of credibility. They have been around in one form or the other since the dawn of the Internet Age, but they have not gained wide acceptance until recently.
There are two huge indicators that e-books are now an acceptable, mainstream method of book publishing. The first is the report from Forrester Research that predicts that e-book sales will total $966 million in 2010. Sales were only $169 million in 2009, according to the research organization.
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