THE CAPRANICA (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Michael Hyatt, the CEO and President of Thomas Nelson Publishers describes what he’s learned after four years of blogging. I find his comments on technology and time/life management to be helpful. He’s definitely been an encouragement to me in his blogging. From Where I Sit: What I Have Learned in Four Years of Blogging
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
…and the scandals continue. Download | Play Download | Play First up is “Nexus of Politics & Terror-gate” where Thomas Nelson, an attorney representing a high-profile Saudi client, is forced to fly back and forth from the Middle East due to suspicion (OK, documented proof) that all his communications are being monitored by the Bush administration. Next, we have [...]
Truth Out (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
Philip Shenon of The New York Times reports: "Thomas Nelson, an Oregon lawyer, has lived in a state of perpetual jet lag for the last two years. Every few weeks, he boards a plane in Portland and flies to the Middle East to meet with a high-profile Saudi client who cannot enter the United States because he faces charges here of financing terrorism. Mr. Nelson says he does not dare to phone this...
Tom McMahon (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
US book publishers produced almost 300,000 titles last year. 300,000! Michael S. Hyatt, President & CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, is taking his company in a new direction. Here's an extended excerpt: It's time to stop the madness. We don't...
LisNews (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
Thomas Nelson has let go some 10% of its work force, about 60 people, and plans to publish just half of the number of titles it published last year--350 instead of 700--according to the Tennessean . The Tennessean added: "Publishers of Christian and general interest books are reducing their number of titles as sales are being more concentrated in fewer, best-selling books, industry observers...
Idol Chatter (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Five years ago Thomas Nelson Publishers took a chance on a relatively unknown author, Donald Miller, and published a slightly unorthodox memoir, "Blue Like Jazz." The word of mouth for the raw and reflective anecdotes in the book soon had...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 03/21/2008
Juan Carlos Arcila-Duque chokes up slightly when he recalls the Sanctuary House, featured in his new book, Latin Style (Thomas Nelson, $24.95).
General Information Directory (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
Developing the Leader Within You. Developing the Leader Within You by: John C. Maxwell publisher: Thomas Nelson , released: 04 October, 2005 price: $10.19 (new), $6.29 (used)
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Lord... Door... Rock... Redeemer... Way... Truth... Life... These are a few of the 45 names of God that Mary Foxwell Loeks illuminates in her classic collection of meditations. Loeks is credited with sparking a nationwide interest in the biblical names of God with her original 1986 release, "The Glorious Names of God." Thomas Nelson is re-releasing...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
... experts estimate that Shakespeare alludes to the Scripture some 1,300 times. (See video from Thomas Nelson Publishers at ) As the most important text in foundational literature in Western culture, some schools are starting to add Bible literacy to their curriculum. In fact, public high schools in more than 35 states already offer Bible literacy courses, according to the Bible Literacy...
General Information Directory (Free subscription) | 03/06/2008
Leadership 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know. Leadership 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know by: John C. Maxwell publisher: Thomas Nelson , released: 10 September, 2002 price: $9.99 (new), $2.10 (used)
Vox Popoli (Free subscription) | 03/03/2008
Publisher's Weekly comes up with a description of TIA that actually manages to be less accurate than that of the most hostile atheist non-reading reviewer: The atheists write with what Matt Baugher, v-p and publisher for spiritual growth and Christian thought at Thomas Nelson, calls "venom," stridently stating that religious belief is delusional and dangerous and the world would be better off...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 03/01/2008
By Lovell, Jayde Greens in the balance Jayde Lovell reviews Eco-Freaks: Environmentalism Is Hazardous to Your Health! by John Berlau (Thomas Nelson, 2006, 256 pages) Critiques of the environmental movement may have multiplied in recent years, but bookstores remain intent upon concealing them behind the 50 unsold copies of Al Gore's Earth in the Balance that grace the display shelves.
Idol Chatter (Free subscription) | 02/29/2008
I am continually fascinated by what is now an industry onto itself with Thomas Nelson's Biblezines. Biblezines are more or less what they sound like: bibles (usually the New Testament) packaged in a glossy magazine format filled with full color...
Anorak News (Free subscription) | 02/22/2008
David Bossie’s new book, Hillary: The Politics of Personal Destruction (Thomas Nelson, March 2008) lays out a compelling case, questioning whether Hillary tells the truth about herself, her past, and her agenda. Bossie, the former Chief Investigator for the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform and Oversight during the Bill Clinton presidency and [...]
