CBA (formerly known as the Christian Booksellers Association),[1] subtitled "The Association for Christian Retail since 1950", is a trade association that was established in 1950.[2]
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| Formation | 1950 |
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| Purpose | Collaboration between Christian retailers, suppliers, authors, artists, ministries, and media |
| Headquarters | Colorado Springs, CO |
President | Curtis Riskey |
Formerly called | Christian Booksellers Association |
History
editThe association was first organized by 219 Christian bookstores and, by 2011, had grown to include 1700 stores.[3] The number of member stores expanded considerably in the 1990s with the rise of online shopping.[4] Bill Anderson is president of the association[5] and Curtis Riskey is executive director.[6] By 2014, CBA had discontinued its winter trade fair in response to the closing of many of the association's member stores.[7]
CBA has guidelines for books sold by its member stores to prohibit offensive content including profanity, alcohol consumption, and references to luck.[8] When a significant minority of customers at CBA's member stores take offense to a book, CBA pressures all member stores to stop selling books by that book's publisher.[9] CBA purchases films from Pure Flix Entertainment.[10]
References
edit- ^ Phan, Katherine T. (March 13, 2011). "New NIV Bible to Debut Amid Ongoing Concern". The Christian Post. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ^ Kunerth, Jeff (July 17, 2012). "Christian Retailers Use Fair-Trade Items to Balance Values with Capitalism". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ^ Choate-Nielsen, Amy (November 26, 2011). "Religious Books: Coming in from the Fringe". Deseret News. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ^ Gibson, David (August 2013). "Catholic Gift Stores See a (Papal) Bull Market". U.S. Catholic. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ^ Marrapodi, Eric (April 28, 2009). "Best-Selling Author Shaped by Cannibals, Christianity". CNN. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ^ Byle, Ann (May 9, 2011). "Christian Retail Show a Skip for Some, a Must for Others". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ^ McBride, Cliff (February 23, 2014). "Tampa Christian Supply Vows to Stay". The Tampa Tribune. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ^ Barger, T.K. (April 12, 2015). "Waterville Author Realizes Writing Dream, Gets Novel Published". The Blade. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ^ Trimmer, Michael (April 7, 2014). "How Can We Fix Christian Fiction?". Christian Today. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ^ Laurio, Ben (February 23, 2015). "Pure Flix Appoints New Chief Operating Officer". Charisma. Retrieved September 5, 2015.