Hachette Book Group has agreed to buy the assets of Worthy Publishing Group, the boutique Christian publisher, and will make it part of the company's Nashville publishing division, which includes the FaithWords and Center Street imprints.
Worthy includes adult imprints Worthy Books, Museum of the Bible, Ellie Clare Gifts, and Worthy Inspired, as well as its children's imprint WorthyKids/Ideals. Together, Worthy and Hachette Nashville will publish approximately 135 titles annually.
This fall, Worthy will publish former Gov. Mike Huckabee's new book, Rare, Medium or Done Well, as well as The Dead Sea Chronicles, a new fiction series from Jerry Jenkins, and John Hagee's Earth's Last Empire, the followup to Four Blood Moons. Other Worthy authors include David Jeremiah, Franklin Graham, Don Colbert, James Robison, Margaret Feinberg, and Les and Leslie Parrot.
Hachette Nashville publisher Rolf Zettersten said, "I have the utmost respect for the experience, instincts, and insights of [Worthy founding publisher and CEO] Byron Williamson and his team, and I know that adding Hachette Book Group's strength and expertise in sales, marketing, and support systems will allow us to grow their business even more aggressively."