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Christian Bookselling

Three pieces recently about Christian publishing:
>> Halo to Christian profits in the Telegraph (24 Sept.): Although sales in the UK of Christian books have almost doubled in 10 years, from £60m [$122 million] 10 years ago to £110m [$224 million] now, chain bookstores, like Waterstone’s, “don’t take the category seriously or stock a wide [...]

2007 10 03 publishing
readers advisory
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Best Overlooked Fiction

Sixty-one American critics and writers (NYT Books) and fifty British writers (Observer) tell us which 85 fiction titles (and a few memoirs) are brilliant and underrated. The American titles are recent, the British are all over the place chronologically.
Andrew O’Hagan’s pick is By the Lake by John McGahern, which I have wanted to read and [...]

2007 09 05 booklists
fiction
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