tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355038.post5730437372516541497..comments2023-06-13T04:03:16.897-04:00Comments on Glory Rumours: Shop Talk: Christian Books in CanadaBrad Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03094108506381199866noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355038.post-61728373991611081662008-08-22T09:36:00.000-04:002008-08-22T09:36:00.000-04:00Just finished reading "The Shack" and loved it. It...Just finished reading "The Shack" and loved it. It might have made the list because it is a far superior book to the others you mentioned. Really, the problem with Christian fiction is that most of it is so poorly written that I'm relieved it lives on in obscurity. The Shack, by contrast, is pure literature at its best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355038.post-78207086891996854292008-08-02T19:51:00.000-04:002008-08-02T19:51:00.000-04:00Not to mention that BookNet Canada has only been l...Not to mention that BookNet Canada has only been launched in 2006 and the Globe and Mail only recently is using some "formulation" of BNC and independents to come up with it's bestseller list which will be a better representation of what is selling in Canada since BNC includes Chapters/Indigo where the bulk is sold whereas Globe and Mail has not previously considered this -ie better chance to seeTunemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07253458691399439633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355038.post-9334761359810186362008-07-31T10:50:00.000-04:002008-07-31T10:50:00.000-04:00I saw a little about the book in the Powells Books...I saw a little about the book in the Powells Books newsletter, and it described it like this: "Mackenzie Allen Philips's youngest daughter, Missy, is abducted during a family vacation, and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later, in the midst of his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently James McNallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06784084808408393418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355038.post-57536474953249467742008-07-31T10:21:00.000-04:002008-07-31T10:21:00.000-04:00Good point James. The Shack or any of the other b...Good point James. The Shack or any of the other books I mentioned would not have become such huge sellers if "Others" weren't reading them as well. Which begs the question that every marketing person asks...Why? What makes someone pick up a book like The Shack or the Purpose Driven Life and not the plethora of other Christian books that are published every year? If I knew the answer I'd be Brad Saundershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03094108506381199866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355038.post-20817830105442341092008-07-30T12:01:00.000-04:002008-07-30T12:01:00.000-04:00Or maybe the "Others" just like the book, too. She...Or maybe the "Others" just like the book, too. Sheesh. :)James McNallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06784084808408393418noreply@blogger.com