Nashville, Tenn., March 24, 2017 – Since the publication of the first edition of The Woman’s Study Bible, over 1.5 million copies have been sold. Now The Woman’s Study Bible is available in a beautiful full-color redesign, inviting women to receive God’s truth for balance, hope, and transformation.

“The Woman’s Study Bible poignantly reveals the Word of God to women and includes special features designed to speak to a woman’s heart,” says Daniel Marrs, associate publisher, Thomas Nelson Bible Group. “Scripture-based insights appear throughout the Bible text, helping women understand how godly womanhood grows from an identity as a Christ-follower and as a child of the Kingdom.”

The Woman’s Study Bible reflects the contributions of over 80 women from a wide variety of ethnic, denominational, educational, and occupational backgrounds.

Features of The Women’s Study Bible include:

• Beautiful full-color design throughout
• Detailed biographical portraits of over 100 biblical women
• Thousands of extensive verse-by-verse study notes
• Over 300 in-text topical articles on relevant issues
• Insightful essays by women who are recognized experts in the fields of theology, biblical studies, archaeology, and philosophy
• Book introductions and outlines
• Hundreds of full-color in-text maps, charts, timelines, and family trees
• Quotes from godly women throughout history
• Set of full-page maps of the biblical world
• Topical index
• Concordance

The Woman’s Study Bible goes on sale March 28, 2017, and is available in five bindings:

• ISBN 9780718086749, Hardcover, Full-Color, 2,112 pages, $49.99
• ISBN 9780718086831, Cloth over Board, Pink Floral, Full-Color, 2,112 pages, $79.99
• ISBN 9780718086824, Cloth over Board, Pink Floral, Full-Color, Indexed, 2,112 pages, $89.99
• ISBN 9780718086770, Imitation Leather, Brown/Burgundy, Full-Color, 2,112 pages, $79.99
• ISBN 9780718086862, Imitation Leather, Brown/Burgundy, Full-Color, Indexed, 2,112 pages, $89.99

To request review or giveaway copies, contact Bethany Carlson at bethany.carlson@harpercollins.com.

About Thomas Nelson:
Thomas Nelson is a world leading publisher and provider of Christian content and has been providing readers with quality inspirational product for more than 200 years. As part of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Inc., the publishing group provides multiple formats of award-winning Bibles, books, gift books, cookbooks, curriculum and digital content, with distribution of its products in more than 100 countries. Thomas Nelson, is headquartered in Nashville, TN. For additional information visit www.thomasnelson.com.

Contact:  Trinity McFadden, Senior Manager of Publicity
trinity.mcfadden@harpercollins.com | 616-698-3514

Bethany Carlson, Marketing Manager
bethany.carlson@harpercollins.com

First Bibles Releasing to Showcase Thomas Nelson’s Comfort Print®

Nashville, Tenn., March 24, 2017 – Thomas Nelson is excited to announce the release of over 40 newly designed KJV Bibles, on sale March 28. With branded packaging, beautiful covers, and a custom, translation-specific font specifically designed to increase the comfort and clarity of the reading experience, the new line of Thomas Nelson KJV Bibles meets high standards of beauty, durability, and functionality. These KJV Bibles are the first to be released under the exclusive brand of Thomas Nelson Comfort Print® Bibles.

Continuing its legacy of King James Version stewardship since 1798, Thomas Nelson’s latest editions are crafted for ultimate readability and serious Scripture study. Thanks to new, easy-to-read Comfort Print® Bibles, readers are invited to linger, engage, and deeply explore God’s Word as their eyes flow smoothly along the lines of text.

“Whatever format or print size they choose, readers will find our new KJV Bibles, featuring the Thomas Nelson KJV Font, an absolute delight to read,” says Daniel Marrs, associate publisher, Thomas Nelson Bible Group. “All our new text Bibles use custom, translation-specific fonts for increased beauty and readability. The Comfort Print® reading experience is matched by an exciting selection of cover designs, with durable, lay-flat bindings. These great new features are showcased by the updated packaging. And we’re offering all of this at the same great prices.”

The newly designed KJV Bibles feature the custom Thomas Nelson KJV Font, designed by 2K/DENMARK, a company renowned for their decades of experience in Bible typesetting and design. Their founder, Klaus Krogh, was inspired in his creation of the KJV font by the font used in one of the earliest Thomas Nelson Bibles from the 1840s, which he discovered in Edinburgh, Scotland. 2K/DENMARK’s Bible typefaces “are designed to serve one purpose; to contain the message of the Word of God.” (Learn more about 2K/DENMARK at www.2kdenmark.com)

New Thomas Nelson KJV Bibles releasing are represented in the following categories:

• KJV Pew Bibles
• KJV Gift and Award Bibles
• KJV Thinline Standard Print Bibles
• KJV Deluxe Gift Bibles
• KJV Thinline Compact Bibles
• KJV Thinline Large Print Bibles

The new KJV Deluxe Gift Bibles are enhanced with rich, bright, quality paper and a sewn binding. The new KJV Thinline Bibles include classic “old-world” cloth over board cover options. This is also the first time Thomas Nelson has released large print editions in the popular Thinline category. The standard Leathersoft™ editions feature two ribbon markers, foil stamping, and edge stitching, for a premium look and feel. Other KJV Bibles will be released in the summer and fall of 2017, including large print Pew Bibles and a full line of brand new KJV Reference Bibles.

To learn more about the new Comfort Print® Bibles, the custom Thomas Nelson KJV Font, Thomas Nelson’s new KJV line-up, and future Comfort Print® Bibles releasing from Thomas Nelson, visit www.ComfortPrintBibles.com.

To request review or giveaway copies, contact John Andrade at john.andrade@harpercollins.com.

About Thomas Nelson:
Thomas Nelson is a world leading publisher and provider of Christian content and has been providing readers with quality inspirational product for more than 200 years. As part of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Inc., the publishing group provides multiple formats of award-winning Bibles, books, gift books, cookbooks, curriculum and digital content, with distribution of its products in more than 100 countries. Thomas Nelson, is headquartered in Nashville, TN. For additional information visit www.thomasnelson.com.

Contact: Trinity McFadden, Senior Manager of Publicity,
trinity.mcfadden@harpercollins.com | 616-698-3514
John Andrade, Marketing Manager, john.andrade@harpercollins.com

Gregory shares her personal journey of faith, recovery, and her return to Boston in new memoir

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 24, 2017— On April 15, 2013, Rebekah Gregory and her five-year-old son were waiting at the finish line of the Boston Marathon when the blasts of the terrorists’ homemade bombs went off only three feet away. Though Gregory’s legs took the brunt of the blast, protecting her son from certain death, she feels that in a way, her entire life has been a series of smaller blasts, preparing her for that monumental, unthinkable day. In her new memoir, Taking My Life Back: My Story of Faith, Determination, and Surviving the Boston Marathon Bombing (Revell, April 2017), Gregory brings readers along her personal journey through abuse, mistakes and pain, and into the arms of Jesus.

The book launches on April 3 with a 6-city book tour and major national media attention that includes: TODAY, FOX & Friends, Inside Edition, Hallmark’s Home & Family, The 700 Club, PARADE, Wall Street Journal Lunch Break, Fox News Radio, FIRST for Women, Guideposts cover story, Simple Grace, Homelife, Life: Beautiful, Janet Parshall, and much more. Gregory will be signing books and appearing on media outlets in NYC, LA, Boston, Dallas, Houston & Louisville.

Written with New York Times bestselling author Anthony Flacco, Gregory vividly recounts her horrifying experience on the day of the Boston Marathon bombing, her desperate desire to locate her son despite the paralysis of her personal injuries, and her extensive and trying path to recovery which included 18 surgeries, 65 procedures and the eventual amputation of her left leg.

“Writing this book was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, but it’s real and honest—and I think that’s what we need in life,” said Rebekah Gregory. “I share deeply personal stories about things I hadn’t fully healed from yet, but the writing brought healing. I hope others will find encouragement and hope from the challenges I’ve experienced, and know they’re not alone.”

While she’s known as a survivor of the Boston Marathon bombing, Gregory wants readers to know that there’s more to her story and the faith that sustains her. A victim of domestic abuse, Gregory’s childhood was marked by violence, a strong impulse to please and pacify her father’s outbursts, and a formal, hollow relationship with God and the church. But through the love of Christ, her committed stepfather, the birth of her son Noah and a fateful car accident, Rebekah found the kind of faith that has transformed her into the wife, mother, and woman she is today.

Taking My Life Back is a stirring memoir that tells of Gregory’s spiritual and physical recoveries, including her triumphant return to Boston two years later to run part of the race, and explores the peace we experience when we learn to trust God with every part of our lives—the good, the bad, and even the terrifying.

“While we cannot predict what will happen to us or if a bomb will go off at a marathon we’re attending, I believe we can take comfort that God is in control.”

About the Author
Rebekah Gregory is a woman and mother whose life was forever changed due to the bombings at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. This act of terrorism may have claimed her leg, but it could not claim her spirit. She is now a powerful motivational speaker who encourages people all across the country with her message of faith and hope. She lives in Houston, Texas, with her son, daughter, and her college-sweetheart-turned-husband, Chris Varney.

Anthony Flacco is a New York Times and international bestselling author with six nonfiction books and four novels to his credit. He holds an MFA in screenwriting from the American Film Institute, was selected for the Walt Disney Studios Screenwriting Fellowship, and spent a year writing for Touchstone Pictures. His last book, Impossible Odds, is in development at Warner Bros. with Clint Eastwood directing. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Media Contact: Shanon Stowe
931-307-1988; shanon@iconmediagroup.com

WESTMONT, IL— WORLD Magazine included two IVP titles on its short lists of the Best Books of 2016, which includes books published between April and December 2016. WORLD also cited IVP best-selling classic Knowing God by J. I. Packer as one of the “better reading options than last year’s Christian bestsellers.”

In response to the list of the top fifty best-selling Christian books of 2016 released by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association in January, Jamie Dean, national editor for WORLD, asked pastors, authors, and leaders for books they’d like to see on a list of books most read by Christians. In a March 18 article Dean wrote, “Instead of demanding health and wealth, pastors Terry Johnson and John Piper both picked J. I. Packer’s Knowing God, with Packer’s reminder the Bible doesn’t teach God will ‘shield his loved ones from trouble when he knows that they need trouble to further their sanctification.’”

Knowing God, first published by IVP in 1973, has sold more than one million copies in the United States alone, and in 2006 Christianity Today voted it one of the top fifty books that have shaped evangelicals. Packer is regarded as one of the most influential evangelicals in North America, and in 2014 was also named Author of the Year by the Association of Logos Bookstores.

The Best Books of 2016 were also announced in the March 18 issue of WORLD. Marvin Olasky, editor in chief of WORLD News Group, wrote, “This year on the pages that follow five WORLD staff writers and five World Journalism Institute (WJI) graduates review thirty short-listed books from twenty-three publishers.“

Silence and Beauty: Hidden Faith Born of Suffering by internationally renowned artist Makoto Fujimura made the short list as one of the best books in the Understanding the World category. Inspired by Shusaku Endo’s novel Silence—one of the greatest works of twentieth-century Japanese literature—Fujimura grapples with the nature of art, the significance of pain, and his own cultural heritage. Mindy Belz, senior editor at WORLD, said, “Silence and Beauty is part memoir, part cultural treatise, and part expedition into Japan’s sixteenth-century hidden Christians—the subject of the Shusaku novel, which Fujimura summarizes in an appendix. He has much to offer twenty-first century Christians who ponder how faith can express itself in a hostile culture.”

Silence and Beauty was also awarded the 2016 Aldersgate Prize by the John Wesley Honors College at Indiana Wesleyan University and named the 2017 Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year in the category of counseling and relationships.

The other IVP title to make the WORLD short list as one of the best books in the Science, Math, and Worldviews category was Taking Pascal’s Wager: Faith, Evidence and the Abundant Life by Michael Rota. Laura Hendrickson, a graduate of WJI, described the book this way: “Rota defends the idea of seventeenth-century mathematician/philosopher Blaise Pascal that faith in Christ is reasonable because there’s much to be gained and little to lose. Rota addresses the criticism that such a commitment is self-serving, and then relies on decision theory and common apologetics arguments about the fine-tuning of the universe and the historicity of Christianity, as well as the simpler and possibly more satisfying argument that Christianity simply makes sense of humanity’s situation. He then moves from abstract arguments to concrete examples of the power of Christian commitment through the stories of the lives of faithful individuals.”

Taking Pascal’s Wager also received Christianity Today’s 2017 Book of the Year Award of Merit in the apologetics/evangelism category.

Visit ivpress.com for a complete list of honored IVP titles.

About InterVarsity Press
Founded in 1947 as an extension of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA, InterVarsity Press serves those in the university, the church and the world by publishing thoughtful Christian books that equip and encourage people to follow Jesus as Savior and Lord in all of life. For more information, visit ivpress.com.

Media Contact: Krista Clayton | 630.734.4013 | kclayton@ivpress.com

Timely Political Thriller Lands on The New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post and Publisher’s Weekly Lists

CAROL STREAM, Ill., March 27, 2017 – Without Warning, the third, final and highly anticipated installment of Joel C. Rosenberg’s J.B. Collins series, has landed on numerous prominent bestsellers lists, including The New York Times, USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly and Washington Post, following its release on March 14, 2017 (Tyndale House Publishers, Hardcover, $26.99, ISBN 978-1-4964-0616-3).

The political thriller is currently the:

• No. 6 New York Times Hardcover Fiction title,
• No. 9 USA Today Fiction Prime book,
• No. 5 Publisher’s Weekly Hardcover Fiction title, and
• No. 9 Washington Post Hardcover Fiction book.

Without Warning follows J.B. Collins, a New York Times foreign correspondent, as he attempts to convince the President of the United States of the possible imminent catastrophic attack inside the American homeland if an all-out manhunt to capture or kill Abu Khalif, the leader of ISIS, is not conducted immediately.

The book shares a timely lesson in light of last week’s ISIS attack in London – if we misunderstand the nature and threat of evil, we risk being blindsided by it.

“While the story of Without Warning is purely fictional, it portrays the very real and grave threats that the forces loyal to – and inspired by – the Islamic State pose to the American people,” said Rosenberg. “The attack on our British ally was a stark reminder that such terror could strike inside the U.S. homeland without warning if our leaders do not aggressively improve defensive measures to protect the American people, and launch far more aggressive offensive measures to decisively defeat the Islamic State and other militant Islamist group.”

Rosenberg is a former political aide to U.S. and Israeli leaders and derives his story lines from his personal conversations with world leaders and intelligence operatives. A dual U.S. and Israeli citizen, he resided in Washington for 24 years and currently lives in Israel with his family.

He is no stranger to the bestsellers list. Author of 12 novels and five nonfiction books, with more than 3 million copies sold, he is known for story lines that feel ripped straight from tomorrow’s headlines. U.S. News & World Report once called him a “modern-day Nostradamus.” The New York Daily News said his books are “eerily prophetic.”

A wide range of leaders around the world have endorsed his books, including Lt. General (Ret.) William G. “Jerry” Boykin, the former commander of Delta Force; former presidential candidates Gov. Mike Huckabee and Sen. Rick Santorum; former Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon; former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Porter Goss; and former CIA operative in Iran and bestselling author Reza Kahlili.

Fiction fans and writers alike have also taken note of Rosenberg’s page-turning plots. The late Vince Flynn endorsed Rosenberg’s first novel, The Last Jihad. Additionally, radio and television host Rush Limbaugh said, “Rosenberg has become one of the most entertaining and thought-provoking novelists of our day. Regardless of your political views, you’ve got to read his stuff.”

NBC Today host Kathie Lee Gifford noted, “He writes the greatest thrillers set in the Middle East, with so much knowledge of that part of the world….Fabulous! I’ve read every book he’s ever written!” And TheBlaze Founder Glenn Beck recently tweeted, “One of my favorite writers. Clancy eat your heart out.”

The first two books in the J.B. Collins trilogy are The Third Target, released in January 2015, and The First Hostage, released in December 2015. Without Warning is available through major online retailers and in bookstores nationwide. For more information, visit JoelRosenberg.com.

Joel C. Rosenberg is a New York Times bestselling author of 12 novels and five nonfiction books, with more than 3 million copies sold. He has been interviewed on or written articles for hundreds of national media outlets and has been profiled by The New York Times, The Washington Times and The Jerusalem Post. He is also the founder of The Joshua Fund, a nonprofit educational and charitable organization to mobilize Christians to “bless Israel and her neighbors in the name of Jesus” with food, clothing, medical supplies and other humanitarian relief. A graduate of Syracuse University with a BFA in filmmaking, he is married and lives with his family in Israel.

Tyndale House Publishers, founded in 1962, is the world’s largest privately held Christian publisher of books, Bibles, and digital media. Tyndale has published many New York Times bestsellers. The largest portion of its profits goes to the nonprofit Tyndale House Foundation, which makes grants to help meet the physical and spiritual needs of people around the world. Tyndale was founded to publish “Living Letters,” which later comprised part of The Living Bible, a contemporary paraphrase of the Bible that became a global publishing phenomenon. Tyndale now publishes the Holy Bible, New Living Translation (NLT), the translation of choice for millions of people.

NOTE TO EDITORS: For a review copy or to arrange an interview with Joel C. Rosenberg, please contact Kristin Cole at 972.267.1111 or Kristin@alarryross.com.

Nashville, Tenn (March 24, 2017) –THE SHACK by William P. Young has claimed the #1 spot on the New York Times bestsellers lists for both paperback fiction and combined print and eBook fiction for the last four weeks consecutively. Originally published in 2007, this debut novel and long-time bestseller is enjoying a commanding resurgence in sales in conjunction with the recent release of a major motion picture based on the book.

A bonafide publishing phenomenon, THE SHACK is released by Hachette Nashville. It has topped 22 million copies sold worldwide, spent more than 50 weeks atop multiple bestseller lists, and has been translated into thirty-four languages.

Originally written by an Oregon salesman as a story for his children, THE SHACK became a runaway bestseller. It is the story of a man whose young daughter is abducted during a family vacation, and who four years later receives a note, apparently from God, inviting him back to the shack where his daughter’s blood had been discovered, The Shack reveals provocative and poignant views of God and his relationship to humanity.

THE SHACK movie released on March 3, 2017 by Lionsgate Films and debuted in the third spot at the box office. In it Octavia Spencer stars in the role of “Papa,” and is joined by actors Sam Worthington, Tim McGraw, and Radha Mitchell in leading roles.

About Hachette Nashville:
Hachette Nashville is a division of Hachette Book Group.  It is the home to two leading imprints: FaithWords, for the inspirational market, and Center Street, for conservative political and motivational books.  Hachette Nashville’s roster of bestselling authors includes Joel Osteen, Joyce Meyers, TD Jakes, John Maxwell, Newt Gingrich, and Gary Byrne.

About Hachette Book Group:
Hachette Book Group (HBG) is a leading US trade publisher and a division of the third largest trade and educational book publisher in the world, Hachette Livre. A global publishing company based in France, Hachette Livre is a subsidiary of the French media company, Lagardère. HBG is headquartered in New York, with offices in Boston, MA, Lebanon, IN, and Nashville, TN. HBG also owns Hachette Book Group Canada, Inc., a marketing and publicity company based in Toronto, ON.

HBG’s bestselling authors include Sherman Alexie, David Baldacci, Sandra Brown, Stephen Colbert, Chris Colfer, Michael Connelly, Jeffery Deaver, Nelson DeMille, Tina Fey, Malcolm Gladwell, Shannon Hale, Chelsea Handler, Elin Hilderbrand, Mark Hyman, T.D. Jakes, Harper Lee, John Maxwell, Brad Meltzer, Joyce Meyer, Stephenie Meyer, J.R. Moehringer, Joel Osteen, James Patterson, David Perlmutter, Randy Pausch, Jerry Pinkney, Keith Richards, J.K. Rowling, J.D. Salinger, David Sedaris, Lemony Snicket/Daniel Handler, Nicholas Sparks, Jon Stewart, Donna Tartt, Scott Turow, David Foster Wallace, Brent Weeks, Tom Wolfe, and Malala Yousafzai.

Media Contact: Katie Broaddus, (917) 538-1417, katie.broaddus@hbgusa.com

(Nashville, TN) March 27, 2017—Today, HarperCollins Christian Publishing (HCCP) announced Tim Marshall as its new senior marketing director for both Thomas Nelson and Zondervan Gift Books. Marshall will work under the direction of Michael Aulisio, vice president of marketing for Gift books, Tommy Nelson children’s books, and new media.

Prior to his arrival at HCCP, Marshall worked in the Christian music industry, serving as vice president of marketing at Provident Distribution and senior vice president of brand management and sales at Word Entertainment before becoming an independent marketing and brand consultant.

In his new role on the Gift Book team, Marshall will help foster strong author relationships, create marketing strategy for gift division titles, and aid in long-range planning initiatives for the group.

“With his breadth of marketing expertise, we are excited to welcome Tim to the team,” says Laura Minchew, senior vice president and publisher of Gift books, Tommy Nelson children’s books, and new media at HCCP. “Tim’s extensive experience developing creative marketing strategies will be a huge asset to our authors.”

Media Contact: Casey Harrell, Director, Corporate Communications
tel:    615-902-1109  web: casey.harrell@harpercollins.com