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What Does the Christian Book Market Need?
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<blockquote data-quote="GandalfTheWise" data-source="post: 71455696" data-attributes="member: 308685"><p>I agree with the OP. The world needs storytellers who are Christians who tell great compelling timeless stories that reflect Christian principles. Many of Jesus' stories (aka parables) did not explicitly teach doctrinal things but rather principles. To me, much of contemporary Christian literature seems to be trying to pack doctrinal statements, altar calls, or apologetics into a story (sort of like putting medicine in sugar to make it taste better), or just tacking a couple of Christian events into an otherwise secular story (let's market this story that wouldn't have made it in the secular market for Christians). Yes, this is exaggeration with some degree of sarcasm on my part, but only to some extent.</p><p></p><p>The internet has created an opportunity (unique in human history) easy distribution of independent works away from the yoke of estimated publishing profits. I anticipate we'll see a rise of independent artists, musicians, and storytellers that will share their talents with the world and reveal their understanding of Christianity in unique ways. It's already started to some extent, but I'm wondering if we're barely starting to scratch the surface of the possibilities. I think that many of the greatest works of our time will likely come from independent sources rather than those running through traditional channels.</p><p></p><p><strong>The biggest need I see in the Christian world is a way of cataloging the works of independent artists, musicians, and writers (who are Christians) as well as non-fiction devotional and teaching works for all of us to easily search and find. There are a lot of self-published works out there that are every bit as good as those that make it through the profit/doctrinal filters of the publishing companies.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GandalfTheWise, post: 71455696, member: 308685"] I agree with the OP. The world needs storytellers who are Christians who tell great compelling timeless stories that reflect Christian principles. Many of Jesus' stories (aka parables) did not explicitly teach doctrinal things but rather principles. To me, much of contemporary Christian literature seems to be trying to pack doctrinal statements, altar calls, or apologetics into a story (sort of like putting medicine in sugar to make it taste better), or just tacking a couple of Christian events into an otherwise secular story (let's market this story that wouldn't have made it in the secular market for Christians). Yes, this is exaggeration with some degree of sarcasm on my part, but only to some extent. The internet has created an opportunity (unique in human history) easy distribution of independent works away from the yoke of estimated publishing profits. I anticipate we'll see a rise of independent artists, musicians, and storytellers that will share their talents with the world and reveal their understanding of Christianity in unique ways. It's already started to some extent, but I'm wondering if we're barely starting to scratch the surface of the possibilities. I think that many of the greatest works of our time will likely come from independent sources rather than those running through traditional channels. [B]The biggest need I see in the Christian world is a way of cataloging the works of independent artists, musicians, and writers (who are Christians) as well as non-fiction devotional and teaching works for all of us to easily search and find. There are a lot of self-published works out there that are every bit as good as those that make it through the profit/doctrinal filters of the publishing companies. [/B] [/QUOTE]
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