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FAITHWORDS NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHES

Media Contact:
Katie Connors, Online Marketing Manager
615-371- 7764, Katie.connors@hbgusa.com

Nashville, Tenn., November 2015 FaithWords, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, announces a new website design which incorporates specific pages for bestselling brand authors like Joyce Meyer, Joel Osteen, John C. Maxwell, T.D. Jakes, and Joseph Prince. The refreshed site also houses FirstWords, a new platform for bloggers interested in reviewing recently released faith based titles, and an updated media page, allowing members of the press to easily find and download entire press kits from a single location.

Books are categorized with specific pages for devotionals, fiction titles, and Spanish editions so that content is easily discoverable for site visitors. The website also highlights new or upcoming releases along with a popular backlist selection with retail links for consumers.

The homepage will continually refresh with breaking news, new video content, monthly e-book deals, apps, as well as a “FaithWords of the Day” quote based on the popularity of inspirational quotes shared to the FaithWords Facebook fan page with over 2.4 million fans. Free downloadables available include a reading group guide from Jim Krauss’s The Dog that Saved Stewart Coolidge, a sample page from the new adult coloring book Heroines of the Old Testament by Betsy Karounos, and a devotional excerpt from Joyce Meyer’s Closer to God Each Day.

About FaithWords:

FaithWords, a division of Hachette Book Group, is a top publisher of books and resources for the Christian inspirational market. Our bestselling authors include Joel OsteenJoyce MeyerJoseph PrinceJohn C. MaxwellT.D. Jakes, and Brian Houston. Many of our authors are pastors and Bible teachers, focusing on Christian living, spiritual growth, and devotionals. FaithWords also publishes engaging fiction from bestselling authors, including Karen KingsburyTed Dekker, and Lauraine Snelling. Our titles regularly appear on the New York Times and other national bestseller lists while inspiring millions of readers worldwide. Based near Nashville, Tennessee, FaithWords has sold over 60 million books since its founding 2001. More information can be found at FaithWords.com.

About Hachette Book Group:

Hachette Book Group is a leading trade publisher based in New York and a division of Hachette Livre, the third-largest trade and educational publisher in the world. HBG publishes under the divisions of Little, Brown and Company, Little Brown Books for Young Readers, Grand Central Publishing, Orbit, Hachette Nashville, Hachette Books, and Hachette Audio.