With the leadership change last fall, WaterBrook Multnomah has focused on honing their religious publishing mission and strategies, establishing the following missions and making the following changes for the company:
“WaterBrook’s mission is to create and publish content that both intensifies and satisfies readers’ elemental hunger for a deeper relationship with God; it seeks books for an evangelical Christian that draw on experiential learning, story, self-help, and inspiration to help readers flourish in their faith.”and publish content that both intensifies and satisfies readers’ elemental hunger for a deeper relationship with God; it seeks books for an evangelical Christian that draw on experiential learning, story, self-help, and inspiration to help readers flourish in their faith.”
“Multnomah is committed to advancing the mission of the church in proclaiming and living the Gospel around the world. It looks for life-changing, culture-defining messages from a conservative Christian perspective that challenge and inspire readers to their fullest potential.”
In keeping with this focus, Convergent Books, an imprint dedicated to general-market nonfiction titles from diverse Christian perspectives, has been returned to parent company Penguin Random House in New York under the editorial leadership of Executive Editor Dave Kopp.
“The Crown Publishing Group remains fully committed to its religion publishing program and we have worked to establish clear and distinct editorial missions for each of our Christian imprints,” said Senior VP & Publisher Christian Publishing Tina Constable.
“Our recent decision to relocate Convergent to New York and to provide it with its own dedicated editorial, marketing, and publishing support team was based on our recognition that there is a segment of the Christian reading public whose needs are not fully met by more traditional Christian publishing imprints. At the same time, separating Convergent’s operations from those of WaterBrook Multnomah has the additional benefit of enabling those Colorado Springs-based imprints to focus fully on their core areas of strength and expertise in order to be able to even better serve their respective audiences. The changes announced this week will, we believe, further strengthen our ability to focus on our mission of publishing books that meet the interests of a full spectrum of readers within the theologically diverse Christian community.”
In addition, Catholic-interest imprint, Image Books, will continue to maintain its backlist of Catholic books and publish all Image books under contract; however it will no longer acquire additional new titles. The Image Books publishing program will be discontinued as a frontlist imprint.
As a result of these decisions, the positions of Image associate editor and publicist will be eliminated after a transition period, as will the position of VP, associate publisher, WaterBrook Multnomah, Convergent, and Image Books.
“WaterBrook’s mission is to create and publish content that both intensifies and satisfies readers’ elemental hunger for a deeper relationship with God; it seeks books for an evangelical Christian that draw on experiential learning, story, self-help, and inspiration to help readers flourish in their faith.”and publish content that both intensifies and satisfies readers’ elemental hunger for a deeper relationship with God; it seeks books for an evangelical Christian that draw on experiential learning, story, self-help, and inspiration to help readers flourish in their faith.”
“Multnomah is committed to advancing the mission of the church in proclaiming and living the Gospel around the world. It looks for life-changing, culture-defining messages from a conservative Christian perspective that challenge and inspire readers to their fullest potential.”
In keeping with this focus, Convergent Books, an imprint dedicated to general-market nonfiction titles from diverse Christian perspectives, has been returned to parent company Penguin Random House in New York under the editorial leadership of Executive Editor Dave Kopp.
“The Crown Publishing Group remains fully committed to its religion publishing program and we have worked to establish clear and distinct editorial missions for each of our Christian imprints,” said Senior VP & Publisher Christian Publishing Tina Constable.
“Our recent decision to relocate Convergent to New York and to provide it with its own dedicated editorial, marketing, and publishing support team was based on our recognition that there is a segment of the Christian reading public whose needs are not fully met by more traditional Christian publishing imprints. At the same time, separating Convergent’s operations from those of WaterBrook Multnomah has the additional benefit of enabling those Colorado Springs-based imprints to focus fully on their core areas of strength and expertise in order to be able to even better serve their respective audiences. The changes announced this week will, we believe, further strengthen our ability to focus on our mission of publishing books that meet the interests of a full spectrum of readers within the theologically diverse Christian community.”
As a result of these decisions, the positions of Image associate editor and publicist will be eliminated after a transition period, as will the position of VP, associate publisher, WaterBrook Multnomah, Convergent, and Image Books.
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