Marketing Christian Books

Tuesday, January 18, 2005

Christian Conference Planner

NEW from SummitStar Press!
The Christian Conference Planner Toolkit CD-ROM and book
The Christian Conference Planner:Organizing Effective Events, Retreats, Seminars, and Workshops plus 60 Tips for Organizing Your Ministry



Thursday, December 09, 2004

Christian Book Clubs

This site is aimed at people who would want to JOIN the book clubs as customers. But at least it gives you a good list of what Christian Book Clubs are out there you could contact to find out about getting your book offered.

Christian Book Websites

You may find that these Christian sites are good places to advertise, list your books for sale or in some other way affiliate with:

BeliefNet.com

FaithfulReader.com

Christianity Today.com

ChristianWebsite.com

Christian Blogs

Blogs and the bloggers behind them just may be your secret weapon. If you are not up on blogging, get that way quick. In 2004 for the first time, bloggers were given media credentials to the Republican and Democratic national conventions.

Christian Blog Resources:

http://www.blogs4god.com/linker/index.php

http://www.martinrothonline.com/index.htm

http://lifewithchrist.org/

Christian Retail Association

CBA International
CBA is the international trade association of Christian retailers and product suppliers. It serves more than 2,500 U.S. member retail stores, and more than 1,000 stores in 40 countries with member chapters in 16 countries. These stores provide Bibles, Christian books, curriculum, apparel, music, videos, gifts, greeting cards, children’s resources, and other materials. CBA also serves nearly 700 member publishers, record companies, gift companies, and other resource suppliers.

Christian Book Distributors

Spring Arbor Distributors is the leading distributor of Christian books and other products to the industry represented by the Christian Booksellers Association (CBA) and other Christian outlets.