Can’t attend a local author event? Miles from the nearest author signing? Eager to spend some of your Christmas budget on books that honor the God who sent His Son?

The Christian Review of Books in conjunction with CrossPurposes Bookstore
is excited to announce the first annual Christmas Book Signing Bash.

Beginning on the day after Thanksgiving and lasting ten days (26 November
- 7 December), this book signing will be an unprecedented online event. 75
of today’s favorite Christian Authors have come together to answer
questions, chat with their readers, and offer signed copies of their
books—all without leaving the comforts of home and hearth!

Readers can search by author, title, or genre at the Christian Review of
Books (www.ChristianReviewofBooks.com) and then follow the purchase links
to CrossPurposes Bookstore (www.CrossPurposesBooks.com) and buy autographed
copies of each book featured. The authors will sign the books and ship them
to the customers.

For a full list of participating authors, visit the CRoB.

Both THEY ALMOST ALWAYS COME HOME and A DOOR COUNTY CHRISTMAS are available through this unique online signing. Come say hello, a belated Happy Thanksgiving, or an early Merry Christmas!

Monday was National Authors Day. Joy! Celebrating authors! Those who have written the books that inspire me everyday. And celebrating the wonder that the Lord included in His plan that I would bear His gift and wear the name Author.

Whether the day is in the recent or distant past, here are some ways you can celebrate the authors who have had an impact on your life.

1. Hug a bookshelf and thank the Lord for the authors who wrote so you could read.

2. Go to the author’s publisher’s website and leave a comment about a favorite book.

3. Write a note (the handwritten kind) to three favorite authors…and let them know you’re praying for them.

4. Look at Christmas list. Cross off silly things. Substitute with books. Purchase immediately!

5. Enjoyed an author’s book? Buy one for a friend…and let the author know why you did.

6. Moved by something an author DID in addition to what he/she wrote? Say so.

7. Stop in at your local bookstore just to say, “My favorite authors are…” and thank the retailer for stocking their books.

8. Spend some time alone with the Author and Finisher of our faith.

9. Tell an author, “I’m someone who knows it’s a ‘real’ job. Thanks!”

10. Defy procrastination! Post a review in a prominent spot(s). Your fave author will be grateful you did!

11. Some author you know is fighting discouragement in writing, family, or career. Make a difference. Pray.