CBA (formerly known as the Christian Booksellers Association), [1] subtitled "The Association for Christian Retail since 1950", is a trade association that was established in 1950. [2]
The association was first organized by 219 Christian bookstores and, by 2011, had grown to include 1700 stores. [3] The number of member stores expanded considerably in the 1990s with the rise of online shopping. [4] Bill Anderson is president of the association [5] and Curtis Riskey is executive director. [6] By 2014, CBA had discontinued its winter trade fair in response to the closing of many of the association's member stores. [7]
CBA has guidelines for books sold by its member stores to prohibit offensive content including profanity, alcohol consumption, and references to luck. [8] When a significant minority of customers at CBA's member stores take offense to a book, CBA pressures all member stores to stop selling books by that book's publisher. [9] CBA purchases films from Pure Flix Entertainment. [10]
CBA (formerly known as the Christian Booksellers Association), [1] subtitled "The Association for Christian Retail since 1950", is a trade association that was established in 1950. [2]
The association was first organized by 219 Christian bookstores and, by 2011, had grown to include 1700 stores. [3] The number of member stores expanded considerably in the 1990s with the rise of online shopping. [4] Bill Anderson is president of the association [5] and Curtis Riskey is executive director. [6] By 2014, CBA had discontinued its winter trade fair in response to the closing of many of the association's member stores. [7]
CBA has guidelines for books sold by its member stores to prohibit offensive content including profanity, alcohol consumption, and references to luck. [8] When a significant minority of customers at CBA's member stores take offense to a book, CBA pressures all member stores to stop selling books by that book's publisher. [9] CBA purchases films from Pure Flix Entertainment. [10]