Roger Babson, famed statistician, said, “Every economic depression is foreshadowed by a religious decline.”
(Based
upon Amazon.com rankings, BarnesandNoble.com rankings, and BlackCBC.com
rankings.)
For
the Week of December 14, 2008
through December 20, 2008.
SPECIAL
NOTE: All
of the books that we rank, which is a list of over 300 Christian books
written by African-Americans, with the exception of one, are on
Amazon.com. About 30 of the Christian books written by
African-Americans are not on, or are not
ranked on
BarnesandNoble.com, indicating that it is not selling through
BarnesandNoble.com. In order to have a fair bestsellers list, we want
to encourage all authors and publishers to make sure their books are
sold through BarnesandNoble.com, as well as Amazon.com and BlackCBC.com.
One of the missions of
Black Christian News and Black Christian Book Company is to see many
people come to Christ for salvation and for their lives to be changed.
If you do not know the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior, please read
the following: “For God
so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life”
(John 3:16). “Believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved” (Acts
16:31).
Black Christian
News/BCBC Bestsellers List
The terms “independent publisher” or “small publisher” are often used
interchangeably, with “independent press” defined as publishers that
are not part of large conglomerates or multinational corporations.
Defined this way, these presses make up approximately half of the
market share of the book publishing industry. Many small
presses rely on specialization in genre: fiction, poetry, or
limited-edition books or magazines, but there are also thousands that
focus on niche non-fiction markets.
The Top
25 Black Christian Independent Publishers Bestsellers List
(Fiction)
All of the books listed above can be
bought at www.BlackCBC.com, www.Amazon.com, and www.BarnesandNoble.com.
Jason Castro, a runner-up in season 7 on ‘American Idol,’ gives his testimony in this video on the very cool I Am Second website. Castro tells how a Christian camp experience in high school — with a little help from the David Crowder Band — led him to “really dedicate my life to the teachings of Jesus.”
To the chapters of a life of a one-time prime minister and now freelance diplomat, add one more: Mr. Blair Goes to Yale.
President-elect Barack Obama has said that he will sign the Freedom of Choice Act shortly after assuming office. The act would strike down local and state laws related to limiting abortion, parental notification and such. According to some reports, he may even do this as one of his first (and therefore closely scrutinized) initiatives as president.
If anyone knows how Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich feels right now, I do. On Tuesday, the governor was arrested in a glare of publicity and charged with going on “a corruption crime spree,” as U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald described it — including alleged attempts to sell President-elect Barack Obama’s Senate seat.
President-elect Barack Obama said Monday a review by his own lawyer shows he had no direct contact with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich about the appointment of a Senate replacement, and transition aides did nothing inappropriate.
Illinois first lady Patti Blagojevich has sent a note to her neighbors apologizing for the media attention that has besieged her Chicago neighborhood. In the message sent over the weekend, Blagojevich acknowledged “the media barrage that has descended” on her neighborhood.
Newspapers are desperately seeking new business models that will help them survive dwindling readership and a deep advertising slump exacerbated by the recession.
You’ve been “superpoked” — and served. A court in Australia has approved the use of Facebook, a popular social networking Web site, to notify a couple that they lost their home after defaulting on a loan.
