Mark Gilroy Communications Information

Mark Gilroy has created and acquired individual books and series that have landed on numerous bestsellers lists and sold millions of copies. He serves publishers, business organizations, ministries and non-profits, retail chains, and authors as a book packager, content manager, and consultant. Most recently he served in the corporate publishing world as publisher over the specialty, gift, and backlist publishing divisions of Thomas Nelson, the leading Christian publisher in the world and one of the six largest publishers in the U.S. Gilroy served in the same role as senior vice president with Integrity Publishers, which was acquired by Nelson in September 2006. In his first months with Integrity, he acquired a project from Newt Gingrich, Rediscovering God in America, which hit the NY Times bestseller lists in less than two weeks in the market and that continues to sell well almost three years later. Mark was also founder and president of Mark Gilroy Communications, Inc., a literary management group and the provider professional services for the publishing industry in the areas of editorial, marketing, and book packaging. Hallmark Cards purchased his first book, Crazy About You, which became an 18-book series with Barbour. Other customers included Random House, JCountryman/Nelson, Standard, Regal/Gospel Light, Whitestone, Harrison House, Waterbrook, Baker Books, Tyndale House, and more. He sold series directly to Costco, Walmart, BooksaMillion, Family Christian Stores, Choice Books, and other major retailers. Prior to starting his own company, he held the position of Executive Vice President and Publisher of both Albury Publishing Company, where he launched three new best-selling Jesus Freaks projects in 2001, and RiverOak Publishing, a trade publishing company he founded for the Eagle Communications International (ECI) family of publishers in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Gilroy came to Honor from Nazarene Publishing House in Kansas City, Missouri, where he was Director of WordAction Publishing Company, the curriculum division and the company's largest business unit. In the three years that he led the division, sales more than doubled. He held a variety of editorial, marketing, and management positions with NPH, starting with editor of senior high curriculum.