Peabody publisher buys online Christian book seller
Christianbook.com, a Peabody business that publishes Christian software and home curriculum products, has purchased DiscountChristian.com, an Internet retailer from California.
DiscountChristian.com sells a line of Christian software that includes Bible study programs and reference works from several publishers, including Logos, Quickserve, Biblesoft, Zondervan and others. DiscountChristian.com's home school curriculum features Alpha Omega Publications, Saxon Math, Shurley English and other publishers.
DiscountChristian.com will close its California offices. The merger of the two company's Web sites "will allow us to expand our customer base," said Ray Hendrickson, president of Christianbook.com.
Christianbook.com, which celebrates 30 years in business this year, is the third largest Internet site in the Christian marketplace. Its catalog arm, Christian Book Distributors, sends 60 mailings of unique catalogs to millions of customers each year.
