Peter Lillback, president of Westminster Theological Seminary, was the beneficiary of one of last year's major publishing surprises. George Washington's Sacred Fire, a 1,208-page book Lillback self-published in 2006 after a conservative pastor pledged to purchase 19,000 copies, had sold an additional 4,000 copies in four years. But last May Glenn Beck told his listeners, "Go out and buy this book today. Get on Amazon and buy it today." Sacred Fire quickly rose to No. 1 on Amazon.com, and another 100,000 copies came off the printing press.
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