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What about the Christian Counselor’s New Testament and Proverbs?

Donn R Arms — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 16:08:01 +0000

Dr. Adams’ own translation of the Greek New Testament (CCNT) is a treasure. You can read his forward here where he explains his motivation and translation philosophy. Jay Adams was one of the foremost Greek scholars of his day having majored in classic languages at Johns Hopkins University.

We are not able to publish the CCNT using print-on-demand. It has a beautiful bonded leather cover and a sewn binding. Thus it had to be printed the old-fashioned way requiring a large investment upfront, and maintenance of the inventory. Our only avenue for selling it is through the Seminary bookstore.

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What do you mean when you say you have to reformat each book?

Donn R Arms — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 15:30:14 +0000

With Print-On-Demand technology we have to create new electronic files for each book. This is not easily done from hard copies. We have to scan each book from the original and re-edit and format. This is a significant investment we have to make with each title, but once it is done, we can easily upload revisions and create eBooks.

You will also note that most books we publish share a common cover template. This, again, is a money saver for us. Designing a new cover for each book would be expensive. Many publishers do the same. Zondervan’s titles share a common template as well.

We have divided Dr. Adams’ books into five categories and the covers are color-coded for each category:

Gray — Bible Study
Green — Christian Living
Blue — Counseling
Yellow — Preaching
Maroon — Theology

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Print-On-Demand, what’s that?

Donn R Arms — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 15:20:27 +0000

Print-On-Demand is wonderful new technology that allows us to publish books without having to invest capital in, and maintain, large inventories. Instead, books are printed as they are ordered and shipped directly to the customer. We also save by having others fill orders and ship for us. In the case of Amazon, the printer puts the book in an Amazon box and ships them directly from the plant. It is a bit more expensive way to publish each individual book, and we have to reformat each book in order to publish this way, but our savings outweigh the cost.

We still maintain a small inventory of books that we obtained from Timeless Texts, but as those books sell out, they will be moved to Print-On-Demand.

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Which books are published by others?

Donn R Arms — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 14:55:17 +0000

INS Publishing now publishes, or will publish, all of Dr. Adams’ books except for these:

Zondervan:

Competent to Counsel
Christian Counselor’s Manual
Theology of Counseling
The Christian Counselor’s Casebook
How to Help People Change
Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage in the Bible
Handbook on Church Discipline
Solving Marriage Problems
Preaching with Purpose
Shepherding God’s Flock

P&R Publishing:

Ready to Restore
How to Handle Trouble
How to Overcome Evil
Christian Living in the Home
The Meaning and Mode of Baptism (which a Baptist Seminary was happy to have someone else publish!)

Harvest House:

The Biblical View of Self-Esteem, Self-Love, & Self Image

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So will you now publish all of Jay Adams’ books?

Donn R Arms — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 14:27:49 +0000

No, while we are now the steward of all of Dr. Adams’ copyrights, the publishing relationships he had developed with several other publishers continue. Zondervan continues to publish the key, foundational books of Nouthetic Counseling as well as other important works. P&R Publishing also continues to publish several books as well. Those relationships will continue as long as those publishers choose to keep Dr. Adams’ books in print.

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How did INS Publishing begin?

Donn R Arms — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 14:24:14 +0000

As Jay Adams neared the end of his life he asked Donn Arms and the Institute for Nouthetic Studies to become the stewards of his books. Mid-America Baptist Seminary (through the Institute) entered into a relationship with Dr. Adams and his family in which the Institute was assigned all the copyrights to his books and tasked with putting and keeping Dr. Adams’ books in print.

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What is INS Publishing?

Donn R Arms — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 15:04:17 +0000

INS Publishing is the publishing ministry of the Institute for Nouthetic Studies and Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary. We are primarily tasked with bringing back into print the writings of Dr. Jay E. Adams. We believe that 100 years from now our descendants will be reading, studying, and discussing Jay Adams in the same we look back and study the works of Calvin, Spurgeon, Machen, and C. S. Lewis. We want to be sure Dr. Adams’ books are available to them.

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