Peter Horrobin on Revelation TV

Peter Horrobin, author of Living the Life, Healing through Deliverance and Forgiveness - God's Master Key was recently featured on REVELATION TV. It is an outstanding interview and well worth watching:

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View Peter's books on the Sovereign World website.

Focussed spiritual vision needed in a commercial world

I write the following having read this blog post today:

IBS-STL An Opportunity?

It is a challenge in the Christian trade at the moment. I think it is a symptom of trying to stay viable, and some are trying to work on a basis of volume. Some guys are publishing anything if it improves their bottom line. Whilst it may help the bottom line, it actually doesn't help the Christian ministry we are trying to contribute to. Poor teaching marketed over quality teaching is a real problem, in my view, at the moment. It is all a question of godly vision, and now is a time to reappraise this in the midst of real hardship not just for STL but the entire UK Christian trade. Why are we here, what is the purpose? If we are publishing "run of the mill" titles because it keeps afloat our inflated size, then we need to downsize and maintain quality. God's truth is not a commodity to be played with, bound and controlled. Our present Christian retail situation is not just a "trade" issue. It is a hugely spiritual one. More accountability from the Churches, who ought to be promoting more of our resources for the edification of their flocks, from Publisher's who need to be directed by spiritual vision, not only commercial vision and from bookshops who need more discernment as spiritual gatekeepers to the material they let in and sell out. There is some great material out there. My hope is that CBC becomes an event focussed on these values, and we can find answers to some of the hard questions we face to enable our Christian vision to be commercially viable. In some ways it starts with the Church, and how they are connecting their congregations with "meat" not "milk". Churchgoers need to embrace a hunger for spiritual knowledge. We are here to fill that hunger... and what a responsibility that is for publishers, distributors and booksellers.

New Titles: Sarah (Sarah Shaw) and God is Still Speaking (Brian Mills)

Hot off the press, we are excited to receive two new titles into our warehouse this morning: Sarah by Sarah Shaw and God is Still Speaking by Brian Mills. Check our website for more details!

Buy the books and discuss on our SWL Social Network site!

STL UK for sale

Following the recent statement by Keith Danby announcing the sale of STL UK, Sovereign World have no option but to close with immediate effect the trading account held with them. Sovereign World books are now available in the UK from either Sovereign World direct or New Wine Ministries. Sovereign World is equipped to serve the needs of the trade or the direct consumer, having its own warehouse facility and Royal Mail/DHL shipping. During this critical trading season we will be able to supply bookshops efficiently and on good terms. Please call 01524 753805 to place your order. Our new 2010 catalogue will appear with your next issue of Christian Marketplace magazine to help keep you informed of our titles and provides contact details. (which incidentally still includes STL as the catalogues went to press before this announcement.)

I am of course very saddened by this latest development at STL, who have served the Christian trade extremely well. We wait to see the response to the sale of the company. Whilst there is still hope for its operation to continue under new ownership I am concerned for its future. I am sure many of you will join in our prayers for STL and most especially for the many good people who work there under uncertain circumstances. For those of us involved in the Christian retail trade in the UK, it is of course of great significance to us. It looks almost certain we will be left without the main hub of Christian retailing in this country, leaving many bookshops with a serious situation of how to resupply once inventory runs dry in the STL warehouses. There is also the issue of book profiling, something STL helped many bookshops with in highlighting corestock and recommended titles.

For publishers, especially smaller ones like ourselves, it means we lose a very important sales route to bookshops. We saw STL sales of our product half in October 2008 when STL first showed signs of weakness following the recession and the issues with its hugely complex implementation of its new data system SAP. Whilst it hit our growth hard, we have had time to look at our alternatives and review our spiritual goals.

As bleak a time as it seems, and as much as I feel for those falling victim to the current circumstances, we must look ahead. Sovereign World is not just a book publishing company. We are an organization led by a spiritual vision, to become a spearhead and to draw the lines from which we can all march forward to proclaim in unity Christ's sovereignty and His power to change lives. If you want to know more, or get involved in sharing with our vision, please see our new Christian social network site. Sovereign World has put it together, but it isn't about Sovereign World. It's emphasis is on Christian thinking aligned with the type of books we produce. If you like what we publish then you will be right at home there. Anyone can join. To find out more please visit:

Sovereign World Christian Social Network

Bargain clearance titles now available

We are currently clearing some of our excess stock on selected titles and now is a great opportunity to get them at a bargain price, just before Christmas. These titles represent excellent teaching and you can have them at prices only rarely offered on Christian books. Once they are gone they are gone, so I highly recommend you have a look.

Clikc Here: Sovereign World Clearance Books

In Rebel Hands Review

New Website

Our new Sovereign World website is now up and running, so if you haven't had a peep, why not have a look. One our newest features is our affiliate scheme. You can earn money if someone you refer to our website buys a book. All you have to do is tell your friends via the email campaign tool using the special tools available from our website, once you have opened an account. If you want to know more about our affiliate program then click here!

God's Prophetic Agenda

If you haven't heard yet from Twitter (www.twitter.com/sovereignworld) then you will be interested to know that we now have God's Prophetic Agenda in our warehouse, available to order direct from Sovereign World, STL or New Wine Ministries! You can also pick up a copy or order from your nearest Ellel Ministries centre bookshop.

September New Titles now available!

Hot Off the Press! I am excited to tell you that two new titles are now available from Sovereign World:

In Rebel Hands by Trish Perkins

Foreword by H.R.H. Princess Michael of Kent

Why Pray for Israel? by Ken Burnett

Foreword by Lance Lambert

I would give you a link to our website, but it will soon be down for maintenance, as we switch over to our new website. We are looking forward to announcing its launch in the coming days.

In the meantime, you can purchase any title direct from Sovereign World by calling our orderline: 01524 753805

New Sovereign World website coming soon

Our new Sovereign World website is due to be launched this September. It comes in an attractive new interface with a host of new features both for the consumer and for our own back-end administration. The new site will be ideal for offering more regular promotions and we hope to deliver clearer navigation of our titles. We also have in the works a fantastic online affiliate scheme that offers anyone the opportunity to gain a sales commission from a sale of one of our books. Tell all your family, friends, colleagues and church members about Sovereign World books, and if they buy we can share with you a generous percentage of the sale! More information will be made available on launch day.

New Titles on front cover of Christian Marketplace Magazine

Sovereign World's new titles are featured on the front cover of this September's Christian Marketplace magazine.

Michael Eaton's Preaching Through the Bible

The hugely popular and respected Preaching through the Bible Series by Dr. Michael Eaton has now been made available for the first time as a whole series. The series is presently only available for purchase EXCLUSIVELY through the sovereign world website: www.sovereignworld.com

Take advantage of this amazing resource of books!

"I have said many times that Michael Eaton is the greatest theologian in the world today, remembering there is JI Packer and Wayne Gruden, both of whom are my friends whom I admire. But Michael is more learned. It is only a matter of time before he is discovered by the world."

— RT Kendall. International Bible Teacher. Florida

“Michael Eaton’s Preaching Through the Bible Series is a magnificent combination of faithfulness to the text of Scripture, fresh and live insight, and practical and helpful application to the reader. You will always benefit from reading Michael’s writings.”

— Terry Virgo (International Bible Teacher and Leader, Newfrontiers)

Preaching Through The Bible is a unique series of scholarly expositions intended for those who want a simplified, yet brilliantly illuminated, interpretation of the Bible. Written in concise form, this series represents one of the clearest and best presentations of the Bible text currently available anywhere. The author puts the theological and practical message of the Bible in a clear and down-to-earth way so that what is written can be easily understood by the reader.

— About the author

Dr. Michael Eaton is highly respected internationally as a theologian, author, preacher and teacher. He lives in Kenya, East Africa where he is one of the leaders of the Chrisco Fellowship.

Lance Lambert Speaking in the UK

Author of Jacob I Have Loved will be speaking at the following venues:

• On Sunday the 22nd March Lance is preaching during the morning service at John Angliss fellowship, South of Reading Christian Fellowship, Reading. 
• On Saturday 28th March Lance is speaking at an all day conference in Pip and Jay's church, Bristol at the 10.30am morning meeting. Lance will also speak at the afternoon meeting, 2.30pm and evening meeting at 7.30pm.
• On Sunday 29th March, Lance is preaching at the 10.30am service at Pip and Jay's church and again in the evening at Pip and Jay's at 6.30pm.
  

Sovereign World are soon to publish Lance's next book, The Eternal Purpose of God.

Day by Day with the Persecuted Church

We have recently revamped and reprinted the daily devotional book, Day by Day with the Persecuted Church. There are nuggets of gold in this book, helping the comfortable Christian discover the deeper things of Christ, enlightened to us through the experiences of our persecuted brothers and sisters. The book encourages us to know Jesus on a new level, but it also helps us identify with those Christian's around the world who have nothing, yet have everything. The book has been produced in co-operation with Open Doors International. I highly recommend you visit their website. You can buy the book here.

Forgiveness - God's Master Key AVAILABLE

Peter Horrobin's Forgiveness - God's Master Key is now available to order!

NEW! Sovereign World Self Publishing Imprint: Gleam Press

Publishing Your Book

Sovereign World is now offering a brand new service to authors in recognition that many authors have great material that needs to be put into book form but is not accepted, for whatever reason, by mainstream Christian publishers.

To respond to this need Sovereign World has set up a self publishing imprint called Gleam Press (Named after Proverbs 4:18). Gleam Press uses all the experience and resources available within Sovereign World, with a view to creating a personalized, high quality self publishing service to Christian authors.

There are other companies who sell self publishing services, but we believe this new Christian based self publishing service we are about to offer is easy, transparent in price, excellent value and of very high bespoke quality.

Gleam Press Standard Service offers authors a publishing service at an up front cost to the author. In other words, the author pays Gleam Press to create the book. Gleam Press can proof edit, copy edit, typeset, produce a cover design and print to give you a high quality book done to a standard almost identical to the one provided by Sovereign World. The difference being is that the author pays for the production service up front, the author purchases the books (just 1 copy to a 1000 books can be printed using high quality digital print-on-demand machines, or 1000+ books are printed on lithographic presses) and the author is responsible for their own marketing, sale and distribution. Gleam Press on a standard service does not presently sell or supply to the trade. This would be for the author to arrange. Therefore, this service requires no contractual agreement. Here is a general guideline of what's included:

• Manuscript evaluation: Within 5 working days of receipt we review each manuscript prior to accepting the work to check its suitability for publication. We will not produce a book that is deemed heretical, unbiblical, or undermines fundamental evangelical theology. The book must also be a MINIMUM of 30,000 words.
• Proof edit: Checking of basic spelling and grammar.
• Typesetting: Creating the pages of your book by laying out the text, using a font of your choice (we recommend Dante or Garamond). For fonts not already available on our system, the author must purchase these separately if required. We can offer you a choice of basic, high quality template designs for attractive chapter heads (Indexes, photographs and colour is not included in the price, but separate estimates can be provided).
• NOTE: We only produce books in a trade standard format: Demy (216mm x 138mm). This saves costs for you. If you want a different size format, then we can consider it, but at additional cost, which can be discussed.
• Printing: 1-1000 copies using print-on-demand. 1000+ copies printed using lithographic press. Author purchases these books at manufacturing cost plus shipping.
• Typeset pages and cover design files are presented to the author for them to print the book wherever they like. However, the files are produced to the specification of our approved printer.
• Author ISBN and generated barcode (which is placed on the book cover). The ISBN is purchased in the authors name. This identifies the author as publisher and owner of the book (not Gleam Press). An ISBN is used by booksellers for title, stock identification and is mandatory if you want to sell through commercial channels. At a discount of £110, we can remove this service - but no barcode will appear on the cover.
• A high quality JPEG image of the cover.
• Gleam Press will send legally requested free copies of your book to the British Library Depository on your behalf.

OPTIONAL

• Copy Editing: This is where sentence structure, repetition, accuracy, consistency and flow are all reviewed and adjusted.
• 500 A5 flyers with basic details of the book to help you promote your new book!
• A selection of 3D rendered book cover graphics for you to use on your website, blog, newsletter, display stands, etc.

PRICES (Service costs are subject to change - please check for up to date prices):

Proof Editing: £2.00 per page
Typesetting: £2.00 per page
Cover Design: £300 (includes bespoke designed high quality cover, spine, and back and allows the author to submit a basic design brief, if required, to the designer)
Printing: For the first printing there is a one off set up cost of £50. Actual printings will be at manufacturing cost (no added charge from Gleam Press), depending on size of order. Please call for more information. As a guideline, a 160 page book is approximately £2.00 ea on a print on demand basis. You can sell a 160 page book at a normal retail price of £7.99.

Extras
Copy Editing: £2.50 per page
500 A5 designed Flyers: £170 (includes personalized ordering details)
3D Graphics of book: £50.00



Prices are subject to change, so please request latest price sheet before ordering.

We are currently looking at turning this service around for you within 30 days.

If you are interested in the services of Gleam Press and have more questions, then please write to info@gleampress.com and we will answer your questions. Should you want to be first in line and order the creation of a book without delay then please contact us first, sending your manuscript for a free basic evaluation.

If you wish to be added to the Gleam Press news list then please register your interest by sending a blank email to info@gleampress.com and in the subject line write: add me to Gleam Press news.

Paul Stanier
CEO Gleam Press, a publishing Imprint of Sovereign World Ltd.

Christian books on Israel - up to 70% off!

Everyone likes a bargain and so to I am ending this week by offering you some great value deals on all Sovereign World books on the subject of Israel - up to 70% off! Thought you would like to know. For instance, Chuck Cohen's brilliant book called Homecoming - Our Return to Biblical Roots is available exclusively on www.sovereignworld.com at £6.99 (normal RRP: £11.99). Offers are available for a limited time only.

With wars being waged over many areas of the globe, including more recently Gaza, now is a good time to discuss the subject of war. Christopher Brearley's excellent book, Does God Approve of War? concisely covers this topic. He presents many of the arguments surrounding this controversial question. Excellent information for leading a group discussion. Normal RRP is £5.99, but you can currently find it at our website for £4.99.

Sovereign Books in Mobipocket ebook format

Did you know that a selection of Sovereign World books are available in Mobipocket ebook format, as well as the new Amazon Kindle platform? You can download the free Mobipocket reader on a variety of computer and mobile devices and view Sovereign books on the go. Free sample pages from our range of Mobipocket ebooks can be downloaded onto the reader once you have installed it. Click here to see ebooks currently available.

Sovereign World stand at Ellel Ministries' ARISE CONFERENCE

Sovereign World will be represented with a stand at the Arise conference hosted by Ellel Ministries. The event runs from the 25th - 28th February 2009 at the Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool.

Speakers include:

·  Peter Horrobin (UK) 
·  George Otis Jr (USA) 
·  Alistair Petrie (Canada) 
·  Jim Graham (UK) 
·  J Lee Grady (USA) 
·  Michael Puffett (South Africa & UK) 
·  Jill Southern (UK) 
·  Peter Tsukahira (Israel) 
·  Paul Watson (Australia) 
·  Otto Bixler (USA & Hungary) 
·  David Cross (UK)

Sovereign World at CBC Sandown (Christian Booksellers Convention)

Sovereign World has booked a stand at CBC Sandown, an event that is now running alongside CRE (Christian Resources Exhibition). If you would like to come and meet us we will be at stand GV8-9, which is in Grandstand View (CBC's section of the CRE event). CBC will run from 12th - 15th May, 2009, Sandown park, Esher. Michelle Guiness will be a keynote speaker at the event. The CRE event runs from 13th - 16th May.

CBC: www.cbcltd.co.uk

CRE: www.creonline.co.uk

At present, CBC 2010 has, subject to change, been pencilled in to take place on the 17th October, 2010 at the Telford International Centre. 

Just sent Soul Ties: The Unseen Bond in Relationships by David Cross into it's 3rd reprint. This has become the most popular book in the Truth & Freedom series and is currently number 3 best online seller on our sovereign world site. David has written two other books in the series, God's Covering: A Place of Healing and his new title, Trapped by Control: How to Find Freedom.

God's Covering received the following review from a customer:

This is the best book I've read, discussing the subject of "Spiritual covering" and the consequences for daily life, under the light of the scriptures of the bible.

Through the Prayer section at the end of the book God delivered me from hurts of the past and guided me into a new freedom under his covering I hadn't experienced before.

I highly recommend this book for everybody looking for deliverance and healing of shame and condemnation and the restoration of Gods covering from sins or iniquities of the past,whether self-induced or through other persons. 

Gunter Rappl

Forgiveness - God's Master Key

For those who are in expectation of the arrival of Peter's book, Forgiveness - God's Master Key, this was unfortunately delayed before Christmas. It is currently at the printers and will be available from our warehouse at the end of January.

Living the Life by Peter Horrobin

One of my main goals as a publisher is to express how Christianity can resonate within the real world - not some pseudo, spiritual world that bears no relevance to the reality of a day's problems. Jesus came with the conviction that his message can not only radically change our destiny, but give us the practical tools to overcome life's daily issues.

With this in mind, I do believe Peter Horrobin's (co-compiler of Mission Praise) new material, Living the Life, will impact many. It is strong theology but expressed with practical truths. I am looking forward to seeing how his book will be received within the Church and most especially in homegroup environments. The paperback book comes with a free DVD, but the full DVD set of Peter's teaching is available with a separate study guide and is perfect for group study. It is a great discipling tool for all group leaders to invest in.

For booksellers, the entire set is available from STL, UK.

For the public, you can get it from our website or from any good Christian bookshop.

New! Sovereign World Christian Books Blog

Welcome to the first post on my Sovereign World Publishers Blog. Glad you dropped by. Given the growing demand for information about our Christian publishing company, Sovereign World, and the books we publish, I have decided to pull all this information into this Christian blog site. The aim is to convey information that not only tells you about the books Sovereign World produces, but gives you an inside perspective on the reasons why we publish certain books.

I also thought it would be of interest to readers if I share my own thoughts with you on developments in the Christian scene in general. Right from the start I will say that this will not mean theological discussion and argument. My personal interest is to see the Lordship of Jesus Christ prevail in the day-to-day reality of the often troubled circumstances and world we live in. We are all fallen people living in a very fallen world. Rather than get tangled in controversial theology, I see through my own personal walk a far greater relevance in examining the Gospel in the light of positive and down-to earth application for the real world. Jesus bathed complex theology with simple stories.

So, on this blog you won't find this publisher hopping from one heavenly cloud to another and talking about those experiences. Instead, you will see me at street level, looking at how we can make sense of the mess this world is in - and sometimes that we find ourselves in. Yes, theology is keenly needed, but it needs to be actively engaged with life application so that we can apply God's Word by His Spirit.

Sovereign World's strapline is, "Bringing together the Word & the Spirit". As I share about my role as publisher I hope that there will be something you can take with you that illuminates a new pathway to making sense of your world and your issues.