I wanted to ask a question that\u2019s bugged me for a long time about Catholic publishing: where the heck are the Catholic books in grocery stores? You see evangelical works popping up all the time\u2013there\u2019s a dedicated section for Christian\/spiritual\/Bibles\/whatever in most grocery stores\/Fred Myers\u2019\/what have you. Often, the books there are from publishers I never see anywhere else. What are they doing that we are not? What do they have that we do not? I can name off the top of my head a bunch of books that, given a snazzy cover and a cheap enough brand of paper, I could imagine populating grocery store shelves. I\u2019d say your This is My Body would be one of them\u2013accessible, eyecatching title. I\u2019d say Dave Armstrong\u2019s Biblical Evidence for Catholicism could do it\u2013unexpected title, likely to catch people\u2019s eye and prompt a response. Hahn\u2019s A Father Who Keeps His Promises and Rome Sweet Home, at least. Pope Benedict\u2019s interview books. Why the heck don\u2019t we see more of his stuff at Costco?<\/p>\n
I understand that the costs could be a real challenge to small publishers, but again\u2013the evangelicals are there. It can be done and is being done. If we were willing to pump out our stuff in really cheap paperback format, I see no reason why we couldn\u2019t establish a presence at Costco and Walmart\u2013where I\u2019d bet most Americans who buy books will ever shop for them.<\/p>\n
Anyway\u2013do you or your readers have any insights into why we just aren\u2019t present there?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Beats me. Any readers in the Catholic publishing industry who can enlighten him?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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