tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213977381458736343.post7635493628339053929..comments2024-01-06T10:36:03.652-05:00Comments on The Word Guild: Ottawa's Salem Storehouse creating communityGlynishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15621548333351709607noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213977381458736343.post-31035207780952296072008-06-25T09:26:00.000-04:002008-06-25T09:26:00.000-04:00Oh, this is exciting. Here in the Untited States C...Oh, this is exciting. Here in the Untited States Christian bookstores are run by the CBA/ECPA or rather the Christian Booksellers Association and Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. An author writing from a Christian worldview(and not the CBA/ECPA Christian worldview) had little to know chance of getting in one of these bookstores. Sadly, CBA/ECPA never makes the distinction that their Christian bookstores are specific to their market leaving everyone else to believe if the work isn't in their stores, in isn't Christian. The truth that the book are simply not written within their restrictive writing guidelines to protect their readers of conservative evangelicals never comes out.<BR/><BR/>My debut novel has garnished readers from the CBA market with fantatstic reviews from even their authors. Yet, because I don't write for that market and don't have an affiliated publisher to ensure I write within their guidelines, I won't end up in one of their many stores. Since I understand they only carry CBA books, that's fine with me. But others just think, because of what they call themeselves, Christian, that my book simply must not be Christian enough. <BR/><BR/>Yes, it's time for a change! :)Author Sue Denthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15610585940904518767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213977381458736343.post-40497839923816250122007-02-22T21:17:00.000-05:002007-02-22T21:17:00.000-05:00I've long felt that Christian bookstores need to d...I've long felt that Christian bookstores need to do a lot more than just be the conduit for getting books and tapes and so forth to customers. I know Doug has been trying different things over the years, and I'm really encouraged to hear he is going to keep on doing more things for people. I think the bookstores who become ministry points will be the ones that flourish. <BR/><BR/>N. J.N. J. Lindquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16869669605112956713noreply@blogger.com