• Bible verses

    Ask the Editor: Verses Versus Verses

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    Books need to be a lot of things if anyone is going to buy and read them: engaging, informative and cohesive, amongst others. Choosing a Bible version is crucial to your book—just not in the way you think. Most authors choose a version based on whether it is in the public domain or because they want to build a message around the exact words in that version. However, those are not the right reasons. The King James translation is not the only one that can be used without written permission. The ESV may be quoted up to 1,000 verses without express written permission…

  • A Woman Author by Trade, A Woman Author At Heart - Xulon Press

    A Woman Author by Trade, A Woman Author At Heart

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    When it comes to encouragement, optimistic writers of faith are what move me most towards a positive mindset regarding life. Any book, including several from our beloved Xulon authors, that prompts more faith and trust in the Heavenly Father always push me, the voracious reader, to “gobble” up the literature and ingest its principles for future use in my life. However, it has become clear to me over the years of reading faith-based encouragement books that there is a definite difference between how women and men write tomes of encouragement. Men tend to write motivational books as more of an…

  • Xulon Press author Mark Batterson

    Mark Batterson’s publishing journey started with Xulon Press

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    A message from New York Times bestselling author, Mark Batterson: “The first book you publish is always the hardest and most important one. Why? Publishing transforms you from the would-be writer into the published author you were always meant to be. I honestly believe that most people have at least one book in them. The problem is that many people go to the grave with their book still in them. Why? Nine times out of ten, they never finish the book because they never start it. Ten years ago, I went from being a pastor, harboring a secret 13-year dream…

  • Sketched by Design, Xulon Press Author Lon Jordan

    Author of the Month: Lon Jordan

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    Our Xulon Press Successful Author Spotlight is honored to feature entrepreneur, rapper, inspirational/motivational speaker, TV writer/producer, actor, comedian and author Lon Jordan, who wrote the book “Sketched by Design: Discover Your Unique Design in the 21st Century Marketplace” [...]