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.

The Millennium Award wins come on the heels of The Word of Promise™ New Testament Audio Bible receiving the coveted “Christian Book of the Year” by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association’s (ECPA) Christian Book Awards. The audio Bible has also received Award of Excellence Gold Communicator statuettes in the “Inspirational” and “Sound Design” production categories and a Silver Communicator statuette in the “Music” category from the Communicator Awards. Additionally, it has also taken home a Platinum Award in the “Radio” category in the 2007 MarCom Creative Awards, tied for first place in the Books/Bibles “Audio” category for Christian Retailing’s Retailers Choice Awards, and received finalist recognition from The Audies® and ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Awards.

The Word of Promise™ New Testament Audio Bible is a scripted dramatization of the New King James Version (NKJV) of the New Testament presented in a compelling, dramatic audio theater format. The project features the talents of actors such as Jim Caviezel (“The Passion of the Christ,”), Michael York (“Romeo & Juliet,” “Austin Powers”), Golden Globe winner Stacy Keach (“Prison Break,” “Hemingway”), Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Lou Gossett, Jr. (“An Officer and a Gentleman,” “Roots”), Ernie Hudson (“Ghostbusters,” “Miss Congeniality”), and Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei. Complete with production by AFTRA Award winner Carl Amari, an original music score by prolific Italian composer Stefano Mainetti (Abba Pater & The Shooter), and movie-quality sound effects produced, engineered, and mixed at Cerny American Creative in Chicago—an award-winning facility ranked in the Top 3 in the nation for sound design headed by acclaimed director JoBe Cerny.

The Word of Promise™ New Testament Audio Bible is currently available in a 20-CD set and an MP3 version of the audio Bible is scheduled to release September 30, 2008. A youth edition The Word of Promise™: Next Generation New Testament - Audio Bible is also slated for an October premiere, featuring the talents of Sean Astin (“Lord of the Rings”), Corbin Bleu (“High School Musical”), Jordin Sparks (“American Idol”), and Emily Osment (“Hannah Montana”). Audio samples are available by calling 1-866-WORD-CDS.

Thomas Nelson, Inc. is a leading provider of Bibles, products, and live events emphasizing Christian, inspirational, and family values themes. For more information on The Word of Promise™ New Testament Audio Bible, the companion The Word of Promise™ Inspiration for Today audio devotionals, and the upcoming line offerings 40 Days with The Word of Promise™ curriculum, The Word of Promise™ New Testament MP3 Audio Bible, The Word of Promise™ The Gift of Psalms, the scripted NKJV New Testament, and The Word of Promise™ Next Generation, as well as the company’s other titles, visit thomasnelson.com or nelsonbibles.com.

REVIEW COPIES AND INTERVIEWS ARE AVAILABLE.

PRODUCT DETAILS
The Word of Promise™ New Testament Audio Bible - ISBN: 9780718024246/ List Price: $49.99/ 20 unabridged CDs in a portable zipper case, plus a behind-the-scenes DVD. / Available Now / Thomas Nelson, Inc.
The Word of Promise™ New Testament MP3 Audio Bible - ISBN: 9781418534363 / $34.99 /
Pub Date: 9/30/08 / Thomas Nelson, Inc.
The Word of Promise™: Next Generation New Testament - Audio Bible - CD ISBN: 9781400313273 / $49.99 / MP3 ISBN: 9781400313303 / $34.99 / Pub Date: 11/4/08 / Thomas Nelson, Inc.
40 Days with The Word of Promise™ curriculum - DVD Kit ISBN: 9781418534189 / $39.99 Participant’s Guide ISBN: 9781418534196/ $9.99 / Pub Date: 8/5/08 Thomas Nelson, Inc.

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