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Mark Gilroy Joins Worthy Publishing Team – Press Release

WORTHY PUBLISHING GROWS TEAM BY ADDING
MARK GILROY AS SVP, ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER
Mark Gilroy has joined senior management of Worthy Publishing in Brentwood, Tennessee.
The Worthy offices in Brentwood, Tennessee.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., February 1, 2013 – Worthy Publishing is pleased to announce that industry veteran Mark Gilroy has joined the executive team as a Senior Vice President, Associate Publisher. Gilroy will manage the rapidly growing Freeman-Smith imprint, working closely with founder Ron Smith, who will continue his creative work in product development and key account management.
Gilroy has had a successful career in all phases of publishing, working with top authors such as Max Lucado, Beth Moore, and Newt Gingrich, and on numerous bestseller projects. His most recent role in the corporate world was as publisher of the gift, specialty, and backlist books for Thomas Nelson.
“As we continue to build Worthy Publishing, we want to attract strong, energetic leaders and Mark Gilroy fits that bill,” said Byron Williamson, president and CEO of Worthy. “In my years of working with Mark at Integrity Publishers and Thomas Nelson, I know he has tremendous passion for books and great understanding of the marketplace. He and Ron will make a remarkable team.”
“I’ve enjoyed my recent work as an author, agent, and book packager,” Gilroy said, “but when Byron calls with a big idea you have to listen. I’m honored and excited to jump on board and work with the talented team at Worthy. I’m not sure how many individuals in publishing can match Byron’s track record for building great companies based on high-impact books.”
In addition to his work as a publisher, Gilroy has an extensive list of writing credits and in the past year has released two novels, Cuts Like a Knife and Every Breath You Take, which were met with critical acclaim in USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and other leading outlets. Gilroy has written with authors on many significant projects, includingWalmart Way, with Don Soderquist, Sam Walton’s longtime right-hand man.
 
Mark Gilroy joins Worthy Publishing team.
Worthy Publishing (www.worthypublishing.com), a privately held, independent voice in Christian and inspirational publishing, manages editorial, marketing, publicity, and distribution from its home office in Nashville, Tenn. Worthy Books focuses on a boutique list of new titles each year across a broad spectrum of genres, including fiction, current events, biography, devotionals, as well as spiritual and personal growth, and specialized Bibles. Worthy owns Ellie Claire, Gifts and Paper Expressions, as well as Freeman-Smith, a specialty book imprint.

 
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Publishing Services

Mark provides a wide range of publishing services for publishers, retailers, ministries, businesses, and individual authors to help create great content and products. Contact him directly if you want to discuss:

  • Packaging: Creating (writing, editing, designing, and manufacturing) a publisher quality product for your organization-ministry-business
  • Independent Publishing: Fine tuning your product and help you create a sales and marketing program.
  • Financial Analysis: Working with your data to evaluate product performance and mix, budgets, inventory levels and issues, and the full gamut of margins.
  • Ghost Writing: Wordsmything a top quality manuscript from the overflow of your thoughts and experiences.
  • Marketing: Creating plans and producing all the tools you need to promote and sell your products and services.
  • Video Trailers: Writing, filming, and mastering a world-class video to promote your book or service.

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Convictions and Civility – How to Have Strong Beliefs and Get Along With Others

Convictions and Civility combine to create Communication.

How do you engage in disagreement?

Convictions and civility.

I wish I could take credit for what I called the 5 Cs of Engagement with my kids as they grew up. I wanted them to hold firmly to their beliefs (convictions) but do so in such a way that they could communicate effectively and get along well with others (civility).

I picked up the concept – and have probably butchered it to some degree – from Martin Marty’s hard-to-find little book, By Way of Response, published in 1981.

In today’s political landscape I am reminded that the 5 Cs of Engagement aren’t just a lesson to try to impart to my kids, but a reminder of what I need to season my interaction with in a world where many people don’t believe the same way I do. [Read more…]