Whatever Happened to the CBA Bible Translation Bestseller List?
10/15/2007 23:51 Filed in: Faith & Reason
So what's happened to the CBA translation list formerly linked here (and a few other places at various times)?
It's been MIA for two (or is it three?) months now.
I've been watching the list on and off since 1986 when I got my first job in a Christian bookstore. Although it's been quite a while since my last bookstore gig, at various times, I worked at three different companies (including one national chain and two independents, all CBA members), and I used to regularly cut the chart out of the back of the CBA Journal and frame it next to the Bible section.
Of course, no one ever really thought the rankings were overly accurate. I've even had publishing insiders tell me how poorly configured it was. But I had also heard that an improved system was in the works. And now suddenly it's gone! Yet surprisingly, if you follow the link above, the CBA is still tracking other Bible sales. How come they can't track translations anymore?
What have you heard?
It's been MIA for two (or is it three?) months now.
I've been watching the list on and off since 1986 when I got my first job in a Christian bookstore. Although it's been quite a while since my last bookstore gig, at various times, I worked at three different companies (including one national chain and two independents, all CBA members), and I used to regularly cut the chart out of the back of the CBA Journal and frame it next to the Bible section.
Of course, no one ever really thought the rankings were overly accurate. I've even had publishing insiders tell me how poorly configured it was. But I had also heard that an improved system was in the works. And now suddenly it's gone! Yet surprisingly, if you follow the link above, the CBA is still tracking other Bible sales. How come they can't track translations anymore?
What have you heard?