Search

A panel discussion among industry veterans about the trends in Christian fiction publishing is presented. Topics covered include the popularity of romantic suspense, according to Karen Watson of Tyndale; the status of the Amish fiction market, according to David Lewis of Baker Publishing Group and the trends in historical fiction, according to Shannon Marchese of Waterbrook Multnomah.

The article focuses on marketing Christian fiction in e-book format when sales of Christian fiction books have declined. Topics covered include the impact of mining the backlist and promoting the book aggressively through curated e-book sale-alert services, the move by Harlequin's Love Inspired of offering novels in themed collections and the outcome of deep discounting for gaining readers.