(Nashville, Tenn.) Thomas Nelson, Inc. announced today the promotion of Gary Davidson to the position of Senior Vice President and Group Publisher of Thomas Nelson’s Bible Group. Davidson brings over twenty years of experience working with Christian products. He has worked for Thomas Nelson for thirteen years, leading Thomas Nelson’s Christian Retail Sales team for the last eight, and the Ministry Development and Church Direct team for the last two.

“I am confident that Gary is the right person to lead our Bible team,” said Mark Schoenwald, president and chief operating officer of Thomas Nelson. “Gary has a distinguished track record of building strong business units by casting vision, building cohesive teams, executing plans, and anticipating the needs of our customers.” READ MORE »

(Nashville, Tenn.) Thomas Nelson, Inc. has eight of the top ten hardcover Christian Marketplace Bestsellers according to the October 27th issue of Publisher’s Weekly. The list is shared monthly by the Evangelical Publishers Association (ECPA).

Max Lucado holds the number one spot on the hardcover list with his timely primer on living fearlessly, Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear and Sarah Young’s beautiful and inspirational devotional Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence holds number two. Also rounding out the top ten are David Jeremiah’s Living with Confidence in a Chaotic World and What in the World is Going On?, Donald Miller’s A Million in a Thousand Years, Andy Andrew’s The Noticer, Emerson Eggerich’s Love & Respect, and Ted Dekker’s Green. READ MORE »

(Nashville, Tenn.) Thomas Nelson, Inc. broke a new record last week with Ricardo Montaner’s Lo Que No Digo Cantando.  For the first time in its 200-year history, the publisher broke the top ten on the Amazon bestseller list for a non-English-language title. On Wednesday, October 21, Lo Que No Digo Cantando hit #4 on the “Books in Spanish” bestseller list on Amazon.

Ricardo Montaner is one of the most celebrated artists in the Spanish-speaking world thanks to his endless search for new styles and, at the same time, his firm roots in the romantic ballad tradition. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and raised in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Ricardo has traveled a road that has taken him to the most prestigious arenas in the continent, from Luna Park in Buenos Aires to Madison Square Garden in New York, from the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City to Teresa Carreño in Caracas. READ MORE »

Strategic Partnership Forms Thomas Nelson’s Entry into Self-Publishing

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 13, 2009) – Thomas Nelson, the world’s leading Christian publisher, announced Tuesday it is partnering with the world’s leading self-publishing company, Author Solutions, Inc. (ASI), to launch WestBow Press—a Christian self-publishing imprint. The alliance will allow authors to benefit from the market leadership of Thomas Nelson, while taking advantage of ASI’s technology and services that make publishing easy, affordable, and available to anyone.

Long regarded as an industry innovator, Nelson’s creation of WestBow Press provides new and emerging authors the opportunity to publish with the global leader in Christian publishing. Thomas Nelson will monitor WestBow Press titles for the purpose of entering into a traditional publishing contracts for those that perform well. READ MORE »

NASHVILLE, TENN–The Christian publishing industry lost a colleague and friend when Laura Kendall, long time editor for Word Publishing and Thomas Nelson, died this week in Nashville, Tennessee.  Laura had retired from Thomas Nelson in 2005, after two decades of editing books by bestselling Christian authors including Max Lucado, Billy Graham, Ruth Bell Graham, Anne Graham Lotz, Charles Swindoll, Barbara Johnson and Tony Campolo.  She was still providing freelance editorial services and consultation from her home in Nashville until last week.  Laura fought a brief battle with pneumonia and went to be with her Lord on September 2.  She is survived by two nieces and two nephews and many who counted Laura as a spiritual sister and devoted friend. READ MORE »