HarperCollins Christian Publishing has relocated the imprints Zondervan Books and Zondervan Thrive from Grand Rapids, Mich., to its corporate office in Nashville, Tenn., in order to "share best practices across the company's trade book publishing program." For the time being, Zondervan other imprints, including Zondervan Academic, Zondervan Reflective and Zonderkids, will remain in Grand Rapids.
Webster Younce, previously associate publisher and executive editor at Nelson Books, is now v-p and publisher of Zondervan Books and Zondervan Thrive, while Paul Fisher has become v-p of marketing, after serving as senior director of marketing for the Thomas Nelson and Zondervan fiction programs.
Mark Schoenwald, president and CEO of HarperCollins Christian Publishing and HarperCollins Focus, said: "Creating a more cohesive structure for our trade book publishing imprints allows for us to manage our nonfiction brands under Don Jacobson's leadership. We believe that having Zondervan Books and Zondervan Thrive leadership in Nashville will help the teams better manage author relationships and allow them to collaborate on larger corporate initiatives."
Zondervan was founded in 1931 in Grandville, Mich., and was purchased by HarperCollins in 1988.