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Great new book to tie in with the KJV 400th Year Celebration

New book from Roper Penberthy

The Most Famous Book In The World – A Celebration of the King James Bible

Another excellent title to mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible. This time a range of contributors chose their favourite Bible passage and explain what it means to them.
Among the contributors are: Archbishop Rowan Williams, Archbishop John Sentamu, Jeff Lucas, J. John, Jonathan Aitken, Ann Widdecombe, Rebecca St. James and Sir Tom Farmer.

A great book to give to a Christian or non-Christian friend, or to have as an interesting ‘dip’ on your own bookshelves.
Reviews have so far appeared in ‘Ideas’, ‘The Baptist Times’ and adverts have appeared in 'Families First’ and ‘The New Statesman’ . Other media activity will include an interview on UCB with Ann Widdecombe on Monday 9th May and feature on BBC Radio Manchester on 29th May.

Sir Tom Farmer ‘I really enjoyed reading it’

GP Taylor ‘A fantastic little book’

STL Distribution is changing name!

The Distribution division of the Ritchie Group will become Trust Media Distribution on 9th May.

After a year of consolidation and stabilisation, the Distribution division is now poised for significant growth and a new brand identity will underpin and add momentum to this planned expansion. Having consulted with both suppliers and customers, we believe that now is the appropriate time to launch our new brand.

The name Trust Media Distribution captures our vision for the future. It conveys a sense of confidence and ongoing trust that should be at the foundation of our relationship with customers and suppliers alike. The word Trust is generic and the addition of Media underscores the breadth of our planned product-offering as the business evolves.

The name also resonates with the activities of our parent company, The Lord’s Work Trust, a charitable trust that actively supports Christian projects and ministries around the world.

With many active trade accounts, Trust Media’s service offer includes SAME-DAY-DESPATCH, a dedicated Call Centre Team with live access to bibliographic information on our stock file plus live electronic search facilities via our internet site and SyneRgi retail software.

We will continue to serve you in the following ways:

Same Day Despatch Service
· 2.30 Phone/email
· 4pm electronic (web / SyneRgi)

Helpful Customer Service
0800 28 27 28
8am–6pm: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday; 9am–6pm: Thursday ; 8.30–12 noon: Saturday

Easy ordering
www.TMDistribution.co.uk and SyneRgi

Sales & Promotions advice
Speak to your Area Sales Manager

Useful Information
www.TMDistribution.co.uk
Blog – www.tmdistribution.Blogspot.com
Twitter – http://twitter.com/#!/TrustMediaDist

Retail Partner Programme
Promotions, Stock Swap and improved terms

We would like to take this opportunity to let you know that as we transition to the new name your service will remain largely unaffected. However there will be changes to our company website address and emails (please note, previous email and web addresses will continue to work).

Our new website address will be www.TMDistribution.co.uk.

Our new emails will change from ..@stl.org to ..@TMDistribution.co.uk; for example serviceline@TMDistribution.co.uk

Our Blog is also changing to www.tmdistribution.Blogspot.com and our Twitter moves to http://twitter.com/#!/TrustMediaDist

Please note: no changes will be made to account numbers or log-in details. If you have any queries please contact our Customer Services Department on 0845 705 6568

2011 promises to be a year of continued progress for the distribution business and we look forward to continuing to serve you in your ministry as Trust Media Distribution.

We're at CRE next week – we look forward to seeing any retailers. Pop along to our Trust Media stand S16 and collect a free ESV Bible whilst stocks last. Penfold Card & Gift have special offers from their stand in the Brigadier Gerard Suite (suite 1.6, Eclipse pavilion) and Eikon Bible Art are at S95.


Trust Media Distribution continues to make Alpha Resources available!

Trust Media Distribution are pleased to continue wholesaling all Alpha Resources. These products are available through all ordering channels (phone/fax, website, SyneRgi and your Area Sales Manager) at your usual UK wholesale discounts. All orders will be despatched the same day if placed electronically before 4.00pm or before 2.30pm through other channels.

STL changes name, CRE, Seasonal offers, June Bulletin

STL Distribution is changing name to Trust Media Distribution on the 9th of May.


We would like to take this opportunity to let you know that as we transition to the new name your service will remain largely unaffected. However there will be changes to our company website address and emails (please note, previous email and web addresses will continue to work).

Our new website address will be www.TMDistribution.co.uk.
Our new emails will change from ...stl.org to ...TMDistribution.co.uk for example serviceline@TMDistribution.co.uk Our Blog is also changing to tmdistribution.blogspot.com

Please note, no changes will be made to account numbers or log-in details. If you have any queries please contact our Customer Services Department on 0845 705 6568.

Come and see us at CRE and High Leigh!

We will be at the Christian Resources Exhibition in Esher on 10 – 13th May and look forward to seeing some of you there – come and visit us at stand S16!

We would love to take the opportunity to discuss with you the vision of Trust Media Distribution Retail Partner Programme (and it’s new enhancements) and Church Resource Training scheme.


You will also be aware that we have recently entered in to a partnership with Crossway to make available their range of books and Bibles. At CRE we will be giving away free copies of the full ESV Bible to both delegates and retailers alike, with the view of increasing the profile of the ESV translation to your customers! All retailers to receive a FREE ESV Bible will also be automatically entered into a prize draw to win £250 of Crossway products (at RRP).

We will also have an extensive range of new and existing Penfold Card and Gift lines to peruse in the ‘Brigadier Gerard’ suite. It will be well worth taking 30 minutes out of your day to come and see us, have a refreshing drink and have a good look at our new ranges.To arrange an appointment call Andrew Gray on 07710 070034. It can quite often be difficult to find the suites at CRE Esher; to help make this easier for you we will provide maps from the Trust Media Stand and also will happily take you up to the room to meet with an Area Sales Manager there.

Eikon – will also be at CRE, stand S94, why not take the opportunity to pop by and find out more about the product range and how it can benefit your customers?

Seasonal Offers

As well as the Spring promotions mentioned later in this email, we now have a selection of seasonal offers available at up to 45% discount. Click the links below for details:
Wedding titles

Wedding Bibles, devotional and gift books for wedding couples.
Christening, Confirmation and First Communion titles

Gift Bibles, prayer and gift books to mark these special occasions.
Father's Day titles

Books on fatherhood, devotionals and titles appealing to men.

June Bulletin

The June Bulletin is in stock now and you will receive your copy when you place your next order. Including Lee Strobel’s ‘The Ambition’ and the latest offerings from Karen Kingsbury, ‘Leaving’ and ‘Remember Tuesday Morning’.

Also including ‘The Bible – A Year Of Celebration’ promotion which features the new edition of the NIV Bibles.

Spring Offers

At our recent Spring Sales Conference we compiled some fantastic new promotions, available with 42% discount on all channels. These promotions can be found on the promotions section of the STL Distribution website, including the following:

Click here to view the full promotion and download an orderform. Larger discounts are available on higher volume orders. Speak to your Area Sales Manager for details. Offers end 24th June. Available while stocks last.

Improving availability at STL Distribution

In recent weeks we have been working hard on improving our stock availability. As part of this work, our main focus has been on the more popular selling titles – we call them category 1 & 2 (core stock and bestsellers) – which make up a significant proportion of the lines our customers require. Our goal is to fulfil over 90% of lines ordered from these categories and, with this in mind, we have seen a marked improvement in our availability and achieved that goal last week.



As you will be aware, it is a continual process to ensure we have the right titles in stock at the right time; we recognise that this is by no means perfect. Our core stock and bestsellers may be different to yours and there will be areas where we still have gaps. So please don’t hesitate to make us aware of where we need to strengthen our stock range by speaking with our Customer Services team or your Area Sales Manager; they will gladly receive your feedback and pass on to the supply chain team, who will bring stock in as appropriate.



This week we have received a number of large orders from NavPress, Tyndale, Charisma Media (Strang), AMG, Kregel, Gospel Folio, B&H, Gospel Light, Crossway Books, Moody, Hodder, Zondervan and Thomas Nelson. So we would ask that you give us a try by placing an order today and let us know how you get on!