Friday, March 27, 2009
(Nashville, Tenn.) Today Thomas Nelson’s Chief Executive Officer Michael Hyatt announced changes to his executive leadership team. The changes were made to more tightly align sales, marketing, and publishing, while placing product development directly under his oversight.
Mark Schoenwald immediately assumes the duties of President and Chief Operating Officer. All of the company’s publishing, marketing, and sales will be consolidated under him. Schoenwald, who has served as Nelson’s Chief Sales Officer since 2004, will continue to report to Hyatt. READ MORE »
Thursday, March 26, 2009
10 provocative questions create a blueprint for the path to success, purpose, and potential
(Nashville, Tenn.) What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s the age-old question asked of countless children. And while aspirations of becoming firefighters, ballerinas, or astronauts often change as children mature, even more of those dreams seem to sadly fade away into nothing at all—giving way to the toils and humdrum of everyday life. New York Times best selling author and leadership expert John Maxwell offers readers a one-of-a–kind tool for determining if their dreams are actually within reach.
In his latest book, Put Your Dream to the Test, 10 Questions to Help You See it and Seize It (Thomas Nelson Publishers, ISBN:978-0-7852-1412-0, March 2009, $25.99), Maxwell challenges readers to take up the relentless pursuit of their dream by offering concrete, realistic strategies for achieving success and realizing one’s dreams. Setting this book apart from all other career guides is a quick, focused quiz to assist readers in ascertaining the likelihood they will be successful in achieving their specific goals. READ MORE »
Thursday, March 26, 2009
The American Patriot’s Bible Offers Inspiration During Recession Depression
(Nashville, Tenn.) In the midst of the recession, a new Bible project is offering hope to rekindle the American spirit. The American Patriot’s Bible (May 2009, Thomas Nelson) takes readers on a powerful journey revealing how faith has seen American citizens through troubled times, as well as impacted the overall formation of this great nation. Joining with the sacred New King James version (NKJV) text are stories of American heroes, quotations from and articles about many of America’s greatest thinkers, historic photographs, and beautiful illustrations that present the rich heritage and tremendous future of the United States of America.
“America stands without equal as a beacon of hope and freedom in a hurting world. Our Founding Fathers delivered to us a system of government that has enjoyed unprecedented success: we are now the world’s longest ongoing constitutional republic. Well over two hundred years under one form of government is an accomplishment unknown among contemporary nations,” notes Dr. Richard G. Lee who serves as the general editor for the project, as well as founding pastor of First Redeemer Church (Atlanta, GA), and speaker for the There’s Hope America ministry. READ MORE »
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Random House, Simon & Schuster Among Brands Distributing Works on Scribd
SAN FRANCISCO – March 18, 2009 – Scribd, Inc., the world’s largest social publishing website, today announced that it has partnered with major publishers to bring books and other professional works to its community of more than 50 million readers. Random House, Simon & Schuster, Workman Publishing Co., Berrett-Koehler, Thomas Nelson and Manning Publications are among the companies uploading and sharing entire novels, sneak preview chapters and exclusive excerpts from best-selling authors and book series, for free on Scribd.com.
“These partnerships help cement Scribd’s position as the online destination for readers while giving publishers a completely fresh platform to reach a new audience of millions,” said Trip Adler, CEO and co-founder of Scribd. “Now, in addition to original writings and documents contributed by our users – short stories, research reports, even recipes and sheet music – readers can discover premium works by best-selling authors on Scribd.”
Media brands already using Scribd to embed documents on their own websites include The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, NPR, Fox Business News, and many others. More than 50,000 new documents are uploaded daily using Scribd’s iPaper reader, a technology that makes it easy to upload, share and embed original writings and documents in their “printed” layouts, regardless of file format. Scribd documents are indexed by all major search engines, making them easily discoverable by more than 1 billion Internet users worldwide.
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Friday, March 13, 2009
(Nashville, Tenn) Thomas Nelson, Inc. is pleased to announce that four of its titles have been selected as finalists in ForeWord Magazine’s 2008 Book of the Year Awards. The awards were established to bring increased attention to librarians and booksellers of the literary and graphic achievements of independent publishers and their authors. This program was designed to discover distinctive books across a number of genres.
The unique awards process brings readers, librarians, and booksellers together to select their top categories as well as choose the winning titles. Their decisions are based on editorial excellence, professional production, originality of the narrative, author credentials relative to the book, and the value the book adds to its genre. The winners will be announced at a special program during BookExpo America being held at the Javits Center in New York City on May 29th.
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