In The Faith of Barack Obama, New York Times bestselling author Stephen Mansfield takes readers inside the mind, heart, and soul of presidential hopeful Barack Obama—as a person of faith, as a man, as an American, and possibly as our future commander in chief. READ MORE »

(Nashville, Tenn.) Thomas Nelson, Inc. announced today that Daisy Hutton will lead Thomas Nelson’s global licensing team as the Vice President of International Licensing beginning on September 1st. Hutton, who has worked at Harvard Business Press for the last 5 years, has more than 10 years of licensing and international rights experience. She will be responsible for building and executing Nelson’s international licensing strategy.

“Our international licensing team has averaged 21% growth each of the last four years,” said Tod Shuttleworth, Senior Vice President and Group Publisher of Nelson’s Specialty and Global Publishing Division. “And we are seeing dynamic growth throughout our international divisions. Daisy’s extensive international experience will be an important addition to our team as we plan on the continued growth of Thomas Nelson’s global publishing.” READ MORE »

(Nashville, TN) Grupo Nelson, the Spanish division of Thomas Nelson, announced today that it will no longer participate in the Spanish Christian Book Fairs known as Expolit (Miami, FL) and Expo Cristiana (Mexico).“We have been discussing this move for quite some time,” said Vice President & Publisher, Larry A. Downs. “New market trends are forcing us to re-evaluate the expenditure of every marketing dollar; consequently, we have determined that, for Grupo Nelson, these trade shows provide very little return on a very significant investment.” READ MORE »

Star-Studded The Word Of Promise™ Wins Top Gold Honors In Audio

(Nashville, Tenn.) Thomas Nelson, Inc. is pleased to announce that The Word of Promise™ New Testament Audio Bible has been honored with three Gold Millennium Awards. The project received the top prize in the spring 2008 competition’s audio categories for “Direction,” “Sound,” and “Best Use of Music.” The Millennium Awards recognize outstanding creativity, skill, craft, and talent in audio, television/film/video/commercials, print, advertising, Web design, and radio. The Millennium Awards competition received over 1,204 entries that were judged by award-winning professionals in the communications industry on creativity, design, innovation, presentation, and technical merit. READ MORE »

(Nashville, Tenn.) Thomas Nelson, Inc. was awarded nine of Christian Retailing’s 2008 Retailer’s Choice Awards. The awards were announced on Monday, July 14th at the International Christian Retail Show in Orlando, Florida. Thomas Nelson received more than twice the wins of any other publishing house and walked away with almost a third of the cumulative awards.

“There are two things about Retailer’s Choice Awards that make them among the highest honors in this industry,” said Michael S. Hyatt, President and CEO of Thomas Nelson. “First, the awards are selected by Christian retailers, who work on the front lines to help Christians strengthen their spiritual journey. Second, the awards are judged on a product’s ability to inspire, encourage, and affirm Godly living. I am so proud of the entire Thomas Nelson team.” READ MORE »