The Love Dare: Book by Popular Demand
A Movie Plot Device is Already a Bestseller
www.LoveDareBook.com
Contact: Nancy Lovell, 214-536-2329, Nancy@Lovell-Fairchild.com; Monique Sondag, 214-536-4319, Monique@Lovell-Fairchild.com
NASHVILLE, Sept. 12 /Christian
Newswire/ -- Weeks before the movie Fireproof opens in
theaters, The Love Dare, a book that began as a plot device
in the film, has sold 300,000 copies into bookstores and is
in its third printing. Sony Pictures opens Fireproof in some
750 theaters this Sept. 26.
"It's a plot device, it's a book, it's a marriage saver,
it's a movement," says John Thompson, vice president of
marketing for the book's publisher, B&H Publishing Group.
"This is the fastest-selling book we've ever handled.
"In America, the average book sells about 5,000 copies,"
Thompson said. "The Love Dare, at $14.99 a copy in
paperback, could be the top-selling Christian book of 2008."
The paperback version hits stores in time for the movie's
theatrical premiere this month. The keepsake edition
coincides with the DVD release in spring 2009.
In the movie, after he and his wife have agreed to divorce,
firefighter Caleb Holt's father gives him a handwritten
book, a 40-day challenge to love his wife a. Caleb resents
the exercises but goes through the motions: Day One: Love is
Patient; Day Two: Love is Kind; Day Three: Love is
Thoughtful. While Caleb bites his tongue, sets out coffee,
and assesses his priorities, his wife, ignores each gesture.
By day 20 Caleb breaks; he can't love without God. And the
real love story begins.
In movie pre-screenings, audiences left asking, "How can I
get that book?"
Churches want The Love Dare for their marriage classes, and
counselors want it for couples. Timed for the movie's
release, churches, groups, and classes are ordering the book
in bulk.
The Love Dare and Fireproof come from the creators of Facing
the Giants, the 2006 movie that surprised the film industry
by showing in 1,010 theaters and earning $10.1 million at
the box office using an all-volunteer cast from Sherwood
Baptist Church where the Kendricks are associate pastors. To
date, the Facing the Giants DVD has sold 1.5 million copies
in 14 languages in 58 countries (on every continent!).
Fireproof and Facing the Giants are marketed and distributed
by Provident Films and Sony Pictures.
B&H Publishing Group, a division of LifeWay Christian
Resources, produces some of today's most sought-after books,
Bibles, church supplies, and multimedia products.
Learn more at
www.LoveDareBook.com.