Includes links to recent articles, infographics, webinars, podcasts, books, and more related to topics on a wide range of subjects from trends in publishing, economic trends, marketing, production and manufacturing, digital delivery of content, trends in religion, and more.

If you aren’t receiving the newsletter and would like to be added to the list, please send an email to PCPA Executive Director Beth Lewis that includes your name, job title, company affiliation and business email address. If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter, there is an unsubscribe button at the bottom of each issue. However, we caution you not to unsubscribe since this is how all PCPA event registration information and other news is shared.

Offered for free to members every month except April, when we host our annual conference. These one-hour virtual events invite PCPA members to hear from experts on a wide variety of topics that can help you in your work. Sometimes the speakers come from among our Adjunct Member companies, sometimes from our Publishing Member companies and sometimes from outside experts. Learn more here.

Third Thursday webinars are generally recorded and may be seen on the PCPA Vimeo channel.

If you have a suggestion for a topic or speaker for the Third Thursday webinars, please contact PCPA Executive Director Beth Lewis.

A highlight for members each year. You will learn from dynamic keynote speakers, expert workshop leaders and one another via our popular Peer Groups. Information will be shared via our weekly newsletter as it becomes available. More information is available on our Events page.

Videos for most of the Annual Conference workshops and keynote speeches are available for viewing to those who paid for conference registration. For more information, please contact Executive Director Beth Lewis.

Another event that is anticipated and enjoyed each year by those who lead our Publishing Company Members. More information is available on our Events page.

PCPA Adjunct Members can enhance their relationships with PCPA Publishing Company Members by becoming PCPA Partners. These companies provide discounts to members on specific goods and services they offer. Click below to learn more about current PCPA Partners and their discount offers:

Apricot Services

Book Buddy Media

Flagler Law Group

Klopotek
NPD

Publishers Weekly
Supadü

Supadü
 

Peer groups provide a wide range of opportunities for members including:

• Peer support
• Industry resourcing
• Professional networking
• Benchmarking
• Collaboration
• And other things that we think of together!

From time to time a particular Peer Group will ask that we poll all or a subset of our members in order to learn something specific. For example, we have recently conducted polls on fundraising, sales trends in the time of COVID-19, etc.

If there is a topic on which you would like to create a brief survey of members, please contact PCPA Executive Director Beth Lewis to discuss the options.

Please be sure to “like” our Facebook page and check in frequently. News and links of interest are posted here in-between our weekly newsletters.

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PCPA member companies may have their company's open positions listed on our PCPA website job postings page, in our every-other-week eNews and on our PCPA Facebook page. This service is free for all PCPA members.

Job postings in the PCPA weekly eNews and on our PCPA Facebook page are also available to non-members for $100 per week with a four-week minimum (subject to review and approval of the job posting.) Please note that the PCPA eNewsletter is sent out on Thursdays so postings must be received by noon Pacific time on Tuesday to appear in that week's eNews.

Members: Just send the job title and a link to your job posting to PCPA Executive Director Beth Lewis.

Non-Members: Please contact PCPA Executive Director Beth Lewis for advertising specs and more information.

In addition to Job Postings in the PCPA network, we have a job postings partnership with the Association of Catholic Publishers (ACP)

If you are looking to hire experienced editors, designers, marketers, and other publishing professionals, consider posting your position description at the Association of Catholic Publishers’ (ACP) Career Center

You will find knowledgeable publishing professionals with very transferable skills for your Christian publishing needs.

PCPA partners with other associations in related industries and with some of our Adjunct Members to provide free or discounted access to their learning events. Recently, PCPA members have been graciously invited to attend conferences and webinars hosted by ECPA, EPA, and Publishing in Color.