LWP Statistics

Many authors often ask how their books are performing, or how certain genres perform at our company overall. Here is a brief breakdown:

Bestselling genre - Christian Help/Self-help
Slowest sellers - Children's books

Our best performing titles for this past quarter were:

• The Rape of Innocence: Taking Captivity Captive by Lacresha Hayes (approx. 2000 copies sold)
• Becoming: My Personal Memoirs by Lacresha Hayes (approx. 1800 copies sold)

Our best performing titles to date this quarter: (not final totals and barring no returns come in)

• The Rape of Innocence by Lacresha Hayes (approx. 680 copies sold)
• The Nazarene Commentary by Mark Heber Miller (approx. 500 copies sold)
• Life is a Game by Jim Copeland (approx. 600 copies sold)
• The Fire that Burns for the Last Days by Kevin O'Connor (approx. 200 copies sold)
• Becoming: My Personal Memoirs by Lacresha Hayes (approx. 100 copies sold)
• Stories from the Red Glass by LMH Christian (approx. 80 copies sold)
• Benjamin P. Blizzard by Karen Nivens (approx. 60 copies sold)

The title that performed best in pre-sales is:

• The Fire that Burns for the Last Days by Kevin O'Connor

Titles that have received the most media/reviews/online attention:

• The Rape of Innocence: Taking Captivity Captive by Lacresha Hayes
• Life is a Game by Jim Copeland
• The Adventures of Katie-Bear: Fun Days at School by V.K. Sansone
• Benjamin P. Blizzard: Welcome to Christmastown by Karen Nivens

Children's books move at the slowest pace, but present constant growth over a period of time. Returns in this category have been almost non-existent. Christian and self help sell quickest, but bring in the highest returns.

Message from the President: About our Authors

As the President of Living Waters Publishing Company, I have to say that I am quite proud of our team of authors. I am delighted that we have so many talented and faithful authors. Not only that, but many of our authors are already very knowledgeable about the publishing industry.

Over the next few months, you will get to meet some of these wonderful authors, learn more about their books and their feelings about the publishing industry. So, keep reading. Keep learning.

I'd like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and congratulate the following authors:

Joe Key, author of The Right Man
V.K. Sansone, author of The Adventures of Katie Bear series
Marisa Gary, author of Pure and Simple Devotions
Pastor Kevin O'Connor, author of The Fire that Burns for the Last Days
Kevin and Kristen Collier, authors of Natalie's Ark

From my heart to yours, you are now part of this family! Congratulations on your books and may you see much more success in the future!

Upcoming Releases You Don't Want to Miss

Spirit: The Inner Man by Mary K. Thomas

The Fire That Burns for the Last Days by Kevin O'Connor