I saw an author asking for votes on their book for CSPA (Christian Small Press Association) book of the year. I rushed over to see about joining this association as I'd forgotten about them and thought I might find some help here with promotions or what not. I went to their FAQ page and read this:
What do you define as the “Christian Marketplace”?
CSPA defines the Christian Marketplace as that marketplace that is served by CBA member retail stores – mainly individuals who hold to Catholic or Protestant beliefs and doctrines.
I wonder if they know that no small press can get their Christian books in a CBA member retail store because most all small press books are non-affiliated. They can't afford to pay nor do they meet or want to write within CBA and ECPA's strigent, restrictive guidelines put in place to protect their core market readers.
Amazing that this is how they define the Christian Marketplace. And CBA member stores only recently started allowing "some" Catholic publishers to become members.
Makes you wonder if there is any real help for small press Christian publishers. Based on this, I'd have to say no. How depressing!
Technically the Chistian marketplace is defined as those books approved for distribution to the Christian market by Spring Arbor. This includes way more books than just those produced by publishers who serve the closed market CBA and ECPA serve.
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