When Customers Say They Want the Oldest Bible
A 30 minute stop on my schedule was canceled on Friday morning, so I quickly dashed this off after being frustrated with people who, coming under the spell of YouTube promotions, were obsessed with...
View ArticleConcerns about The Ethiopian Bible Craze
This is a draft of something I’m putting in our store newsletter on Tuesday, April 14th. Over the course of the winter we began to see an unusual surge of requests concerning whether or not we carried...
View ArticleAnchor thinks they are Costco
This was originally published elsewhere, but it seemed like a good article to break the radio silence which has persisted here for a few months, not to mention being something I feel extremely strongly...
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Huntsville Store Mixes Maple Treats and Christian Books
Last week we dropped in at Fruit of the Vine, the Christian bookstore located within the shop at Maple Orchard Farms in Bracebridge, Ontario. The store has been 37 years in business and operates quite...
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The NIV Application Bible’s Best Kept Secret
In the pages after John 21 comes this Harmony of the Gospels, but not as you’ve seen it before. Last year we learned that Tyndale House, publishers of the popular Life Application Bible, were taking...
View ArticleIngram Suspending Defective Merchandise Credits
Have you tried to arrange for a credit or a partial credit from Ingram International lately? If your experience is like ours, you were met with silence. ‘We’ve taken the hit on damaged books long...
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New from Beth Allison Barr: History’s Perspective on a Current Issue
A Review of Becoming the Pastor’s Wife: How Marriage Replaced Ordination As a Woman’s Path to Ministry by Beth Allison Barr (Brazos Press; 2025) by Ruth Wilkinson Last year I met a young couple in...
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Ann Voskamp: A Textbook Case of Over-Publishing
Please bear in mind that this site is designed for bookstore owners, managers and staff, and other interested publishing-industry personnel. This is isn’t about Ann Voskamp. We share Canadian roots and...
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Ontario Author Examines Jesus and Elvis
I’m keeping a promise today that I made about a month ago to Huntsville author John McTavish to tell you about his book Jesus and Elvis. The book is published by Wipf and Stock and I don’t know if the...
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InterVarsity Press Shamelessly Increases Study Guide Prices Again
Full disclosure: I worked briefly for InterVarsity Press (IVP) in Canada on two occasions and in two separate locations, and I’ve always told people that of all the non-profit Christian organizations...
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Ontario Author on Finding Meaning and Joy in the Ordinary
Mike Mason With books published by Waterbrook/Multnomah, David C. Cook and Crossway, I was more than a little surprised to learn that Mike Mason was born in Peterborough and now — after 50 years in...
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Another Book Which Tells Our Story
Although we call it the “Christian Publishing industry” the history of Christian Retailing is strongly linked to the Christian music industry. Most of our stores had or still have a music department...
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Manitoba Author Redefines Biblical Fiction
Although she’s probably not the first to do so, Betty Sawatzky‘s book I Am the Prodigal, I Am the Eldest, veers from the common path of re-configuring a classic Biblical narrative and instead uses the...
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Hamilton Author Explores the Grieving Process
As the Pastor for 18 years at Mount Hamilton Baptist Church, Leanne Friesen had interacted with many who were dealing with loss. But when it hits home, these things tend to become personal. Her book,...
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Brant Hansen: Not a Pastor, Not a Theologian — His Unique Audience
Review: Life is Hard. God is Good. Let’s Dance. by Brant Hansen The elephant in the room is that I am at an age, and have tracked enough years in Christian life and service where I should be reading...
View ArticleSPCK is Bad News for North American Christian Readers
For several months now I’ve been working on a project — you could call it an obsession — regarding the way one particular publisher snaps up the Canadian or North American rights to particular UK...
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Online Retailer’s Comparative List Prices are Total Fiction
I realize that in our present world, advertising is as much an art as a science, but I worry about an industry which has become more relaxed about misrepresenting the “regular” price of an item, based...
View ArticleLetting my Customers Behind the Scenes
This will be going out in our store newsletter this week. I’ve never done something like this before, but I thought I’d share it with all of you here as well. How It’s Decided What to Carry and What to...
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Multi-Faith Leaders Respond to Social Justice Issues
It’s not every day that I get to spread the word about a Canadian author who also lives in our hometown, but that’s the case today. Author Karen Hamilton is the former General Secretary of the Canadian...
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New Heaven Title Offers a Less Dominant End Times Scenario
Review: What if Jesus was Serious about Heaven by Skye Jethani This is a copy of my general review of a new book. Since this blog is intended for bookstore owners and managers, you’ll notice in the...
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