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Evangelical Christian Publishers Association


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Mark Kuyper, President and CEO, ECPA
480-966-3998 ext. 210, mkuyper@ecpa.org

ECPA Recognizes Publishers’ Significant Sales Achievements

Impact of Christian books revealed in Awards given for Individual Title Sales exceeding 10 million, 1 million and 500k


11/04/2008, Chicago, IL -- The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) has recognized 30 books for outstanding sales achievement during its 2008 Publishing University (PUBu) held outside of Chicago in West Lombard, IL. Established in 1990 by ECPA, the Gold, Platinum and Diamond Book Awards recognize outstanding sales achievement of quality Christian literature. Each category recognizes a specific level of total sales (via all sales channels) to date:

• The Diamond Award: books selling more than 10 million copies;
• The Platinum Award: books selling more than one million copies; and
• The Gold Award: books selling more than 500,000 copies.

Two books received an ECPA Diamond Award for selling 10 million copies via all sales channels:

• KJV Gift and Award Bible, THOMAS NELSON
• Prayer of Jabez by Bruce Wilkinson, WATERBROOK MULTNOMAH PUBLISHING GROUP

“Selling 10 million copies of one book is a remarkable achievement for the author and publisher,” says ECPA President Mark Kuyper. “Since the rarest of books reach these numbers, I can say confidently that these titles have made a lasting impact on our culture and the world.”

Fourteen titles received the ECPA Platinum Award for selling more than 1,000,000 copies via all sales channels:

• Alpha Questions of Life by Nicky Gumbel, ALPHA INTERNATIONAL
• Jerusalem Countdown by John Hagee, FRONTLINE, a Division of Strang Communications
• The Shack by William P. Young, FAITHWORDS
• Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller, THOMAS NELSON
• God’s Promises for Your Every Need, THOMAS NELSON
• Grace for the Moment, Volume I, by Max Lucado, THOMAS NELSON
• The MacArthur Study Bible, John MacArthur, Editor, THOMAS NELSON
• NKJV Study Bible, THOMAS NELSON
• The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, THOMAS NELSON
• Where to Find It in the Bible by Ken Anderson, THOMAS NELSON
• Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker, TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS
• Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers, WATERBROOK MULTNOMAH PUBLISHING GROUP
• The Treasure Principle by Randy Alcorn, WATERBROOK MULTNOMAH PUBLISHING GROUP
• NIV Adventure Bible by Larry and Sue Richards, ZONDERKIDZ

Fourteen titles received the ECPA Gold Award for selling more than 500,000 copies via all sales channels:

• Approval Addiction by Joyce Meyer, FAITHWORDS
• The Confident Woman by Joyce Meyer, FAITHWORDS
• 3:16 The Numbers of Hope by Max Lucado, THOMAS NELSON
• Come Thirsty by Max Lucado, THOMAS NELSON
• Cure for the Common Life by Max Lucado, THOMAS NELSON
• Facing Your Giants by Max Lucado, THOMAS NELSON
• Get Out of That Pit by Beth Moore, THOMAS NELSON
• Hope for Each Day by Billy Graham, THOMAS NELSON
• How to Listen to God by Charles Stanley, THOMAS NELSON
• Inside My Heart by Robin McGraw, THOMAS NELSON
• The Journey by Billy Graham, THOMAS NELSON
• Love & Respect by Emerson Eggerichs, THOMAS NELSON
• Twelve Ordinary Men by John MacArthur, THOMAS NELSON
• Heaven by Randy Alcorn, TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS

There have been a total of three Diamond Book Award recipients to date. ECPA introduced the Diamond Award in 2005 when they awarded Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren (Zondervan) a double-Diamond for more than 20 million in sales. Since then, the title has achieved triple-Diamond status and is well on its way to a fourth Diamond. Over 300 books have received an ECPA Gold Book Award and 216 books have received an ECPA Platinum Book Award.

Sales award recipients are listed on the ECPA website (www.ecpa.org) and are also indicated on the ECPA bestseller lists at www.ecpa.org/bestseller/index.php. For more information, contact Mark Kuyper at 480-966-3998.

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