Pick-me-ups!

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Below are some musings from our editor as they occur to him:

Some an hundredfold

I recently had reason to lament the attrition rate of independent bookshops (Yes, I know chains are not exempt...). Retail has always been tough but maybe there's encouragement in the Parable of the Sower interpreted with a booktrading spin.

Two parables for a publisher

Have you ever wondered what the crucial difference is between two rather similar ‘Parables of the Kingdom’ in Matthew chapter 13: I am thinking of the parable of the treasure hidden a the field and the merchant in search of fine pearls?

Anyone for biography

Just back from the International Christian Retail Show 2006 in Denver, I was amazed at how few Christian biographies were on the stands, except perhaps with the self-publishing imprints.