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Terumi Echols will lead InterVarsity Press (IVP)

John Fea   |  August 18, 2021

Here is the press release: InterVarsity/USA has named Terumi Echols as president and publisher of InterVarsity Press (IVP). Echols succeeds Jeff Crosby who recently became president and chief executive officer of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), the trade association...

The story behind Jemar Tisby’s The Color of Compromise

John Fea   |  June 22, 2021

Christianity Today is running a fascinating piece by Dan Hummel on the history of Jemar Tisby‘s breakout best-seller The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism. Here is a taste: Then Tisby began to shop...

Beth Moore left the Southern Baptist Convention. What does this mean for evangelical publishing?

John Fea   |  March 17, 2021

It looks like Tyndale House will get Moore’s books. Here is Cathy Lynn Grossman at Publisher’s Weekly: The big winner among publishers in the field is Tyndale. Ron Beers, senior v-p for group publishing, announced today that Moore and her...

Melvin Banks, RIP

John Fea   |  February 16, 2021

Here is a taste of Daniel Silliman’s obituary of a major player in twentieth-century evangelicalism. I am guessing most white evangelicals have never heard of him: Melvin E. Banks, founder of the largest black Christian publishing house in the United...

Eric Metaxas is writing a memoir

John Fea   |  August 4, 2020

Court evangelical Eric Metaxas is writing a memoir and a book on atheists. I am sure he got a nice advance for both books. Court evangelicalism sells. Here is the press release from Salem Books: Washington, D.C.—Salem Books today announced...

InterVarsity Press Academic Joins the Association of University Presses as an Affiliate Member

John Fea   |  January 7, 2020

Congrats to Jon Boyd and the gang at IVP Academic.  Here is the press release: InterVarsity Press (IVP) is pleased to announce that IVP Academic has been approved as an affiliate member in the Association of University Presses.  As the...

Fun at Baker Book House in Grand Rapids

John Fea   |  December 14, 2015

I was in Grand Rapids, Michigan this weekend with my daughter and we could not resist a brief stop at the famed Baker Book House!  As some of you know, Baker published my Why Study History?: Reflecting on the Importance...

Jon Pott on Eerdmans Publishing Co.

John Fea   |  October 6, 2015

Christian Century is currently running an interview, conducted by writer Amy Frykholm, with Jon Pott, the recently retired editor-in-chief at Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. I will confess that I have received a rejection letter from Jon Pott on more than...

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Is it Thomas Nelson, Mercury Link, or Wallbuilders?

John Fea   |  December 31, 2012

More controversy over David Barton’s controversial The Jefferson Lies. Here is a taste of a recent post at God Discussion: The controversy over Texas evangelist David Barton’s book, The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You’ve Always Believed About Thomas Jefferson,...

Paul Harvey Weighs in on the Barton Controversy

John Fea   |  August 10, 2012

Over at Religious Dispatches, Paul Harvey describes the events leading up to Thomas Nelson’s decision to pull David Barton’s The Jefferson Lies. My favorite line in the piece is Harvey’s reference to Warren Throckmorton as an “irrepressible Barton-slayer” who, along...

Barton Will Be Going with Another Publisher For “The Jefferson Lies”

John Fea   |  August 10, 2012

I have received news from a reliable source that David Barton’s The Jefferson Lies will return to print sometime in the near future.  No news on the publisher or the timetable, but this book will not be going away anytime...

Breaking News: Thomas Nelson Publishers Pulls David Barton’s “The Jefferson Lies”

John Fea   |  August 9, 2012

It’s official.  It looks like Thomas Kidd of World magazine broke the story.  Here it is: The Thomas Nelson publishing company has decided to cease publication and distribution of David Barton’s controversial book, The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You’ve...

Cincinnati Pastors Boycott Thomas Nelson Publishers and David Barton’s “The Jefferson Lies”

John Fea   |  July 31, 2012

PRESS RELEASE Christian Leaders Urge Boycott of Thomas Nelson Publishers Over David Barton’s Book, The Jefferson Lies Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 11:00 am – 11:30 am Cincinnati area African-American, white, and Messianic-Jewish pastors and church leaders are meeting at...

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