Guideposts Book - Press Release

New Booth Showcases GuidepostsBooks, Ideals Publications, Guideposts magazines

NEW YORK, NY--Guideposts will unveil its new trade show booth during the 2006 International Christian Retail Show on Monday, July 10, 2006. The new booth will showcase Guideposts’ entire family of consumer products, including its popular magazines, books published by GuidepostsBooks and books published by Ideals Publications and its imprints—Ideal’s Children’s Books, Candy Cane Press, GPKids, and Williamson Books. Founded more than 60 years ago by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale and his wife Ruth Stafford Peale, Guideposts is one of the most recognized inspirational organizations worldwide. Guideposts magazine, the organization’s flagship publication which reaches 8 million readers monthly, has delivered inspirational first-person stories for more than six decades.

“The Guideposts brand has steadily grown in respect and recognition over the last sixty years,” says Richard Stenhouse, Vice President, Guideposts Book Publishing Group. “We want to help Christian retailers access our brand, and this new booth is a step in that direction. We invite retailers to drop by and browse our magazines, preview our fall books and meet our authors during the Denver show.”

The spacious Guideposts booth (#3521) is designed to feature its family of magazines (Guideposts, Angels, Positive Thinking, and Sweet 16) as well as each of its book publishing imprints, GuidepostsBooks and Ideals Publications. GuidepostsBooks, during its inaugural season this fall, publishes titles in four categories: first-person narratives, inspiring fiction, helpful how-to books and thematic story collections. Ideals Publications and its imprints publish children’s board and picture books, children’s interactive books, educational books, and a line of full-color and illustrated gift books for adults. Sales representatives at the ICRS booth will be prepared to assist retailers with orders of all Guideposts products.

Retailers who visit the Guideposts booth during ICRS will have the opportunity to:

GuidepostsBooks publishes faith-based, inspirational books helping people in all walks of life achieve maximum personal and spiritual potential. GuidepostsBooks is the trade book imprint of Guideposts, one of the most beloved and widely-distributed publishers of inspirational books and magazines. Although Guideposts has published books for more than 40 years, GuidepostsBooks, launched in 2006, marks the first foray for Guideposts into general trade publishing under its own name. GuidepostsBooks editorial and marketing staff is based in New York City. Sales and distribution is handled by Ideals Publications, the retail arm of Guideposts, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Guideposts, a non-profit organization headquartered in Carmel, New York, was co-founded in 1945 by Ruth Stafford Peale and her late husband Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, one of the foremost motivational speakers of the twentieth century. His landmark book, “The Power of Positive Thinking,” has sold over 20 million copies in 42 languages worldwide. Guideposts is a trusted and forward-looking force for positive change empowered by a deep and determined desire to help others by providing life-changing information, products, and services for all in need. Guideposts is America’s pre-eminent publisher of inspirational books and magazines with annual book sales of over 6 million copies and a combined paid magazine circulation of over 4.3 million. Ideals Publications, based in Nashville, Tennessee, is the retail book sales and distribution outlet of Guideposts; including Guideposts Books, Candy Cane Press, Williamson Books, and Ideals Press.

For review copies of Firstight, contact GuidepostsBooks:
Angela Farrell, 212.251.8147, afarrell@guideposts.org