Report Says Religious Publishing Down 10%
Report Says Religious Publishing Down 10%
So What Will We Do About This? The stakes are high—and getting higher. What is Christian publishing going to do to stay relevant, to keep selling, and, above all, to continue to get out God’s message in the various formats that will speak to those who most need it? We welcome your feedback. —Linda Taylor
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June 11th, 2009 at 7:41 am
I would have guessed higher than 10%. Part of the downturn is obviously due to the big financial picture, but parts of the picture are also may be due to greater involvement by non-CBA publishers (particularly major authors) as well as the self-published-and-direct-sales options that are growing.
August 8th, 2009 at 10:04 am
As a photographer married to a prophetic artist, our lives are about the visual portrayal of God’s Kingdom here now, to evangelize.
Unfortunately the Christian publishing business has not recognized the importance and power of the visual image and looked more at the costs of using color.
Our culture is now so involved with the visual image that for the CB publishers to not excel in this area or indeed lead, with the use of visual images for Christ’s Kingdom, inevitably it will keep loosing market share, in books, film and all media.