Larry Stone's Resume

LAWRENCE M. STONE
P.O. Box 121584
Nashville, TN 37212
615-364-9038
LarryRHP@aol.com

SUMMARY
Over 35 years experience in all aspects of book publishing with proven strengths in editorial, marketing, problem solving, and strategic planning. Built a successful book publishing division of one company and then launched an energetic and creative independent publishing company. Significant experience also in acquisition, foreign and domestic subsidiary rights sales, and intellectual property law. Unsolicited comments from agents include:
“You are one of the most creative publishers in the business.”
“Only Peter Workman has the talent and flair to publish books as you have done.”

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee 2000 to 2007
senior vice president
Successfully managed the Rutledge Hill Press division of Thomas Nelson.
Developed financial plans and exceeded sales goals
Opened new sales channels for Nelson when Rutledge Hill was acquired, leading to significant sales in those new channels.
Worked with sales and marketing to successfully execute marketing plans
Consulted with other Nelson divisions to build a successful general market Spanish publishing program. Sold domestic subsidiary rights for general market books.

Rutledge Hill Press, Nashville, Tennessee 1985 to 2000
president and CEO
Co-founded Rutledge Hill Press in 1982 and grew it to a $22 million company that was twice named as one of Nashville’s “Future Fifty” companies and called a “Nashville Treasure.”
Built management team for staff of 50
Built acclaimed programs of popular books on the Civil War, books on the history of quilts, cookbooks, gift books, regional books, and humor books.
Oversaw the creative development of award-winning covers
Sold domestic subsidiary rights and foreign rights in 33 languages.

Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee 1976 to 1985
editorial vice president
Built an industry-leading book division (Thomas Nelson previously had published primarily Bibles), growing it from $650,000 to $12.5 million by developing lines of trade books, reference books, audio tapes, romance novels, and academic books.
Worked with sales and marketing to successfully execute marketing plans
Managed an editorial staff of 15
Created business plans for profitable development of new business areas

NON-PROFIT EXPERIENCE
Rutledge Hill Press Foundation, Nashville, Tennessee 1992 to 1998
Created and managed a 501(c)(3) private foundation that supported projects in the areas of social and humanitarian efforts, education, evangelism, and missions.

Keystone International, Nashville, Tennessee 2003 to 2007
Created and managed a 501(c)(3) public charity to support Christian missionaries in Central America.

KidShape Foundation, Los Angeles, California 2007 to 2009
Executive director
Gave Foundation a new focus, increased the number of licensees, and developed financial stability by
Cleaning up all financial and legal records and filings.
Strategizing and executing marketing and promotion
Creating a new website

EDUCATION
New York University Graduate School of Business Administration
University of Iowa
Moody Bible Institute

ORGANIZATIONS
Member, USIA Book and Library Advisory Committee, 1982–l984
President, Publishers Association of the South, 1988
Board member of various civic and religious organizations such as InterFace Ministries,
Nashville; Operation Andrew Group, Nashville; West End Community Church, Nashville;
and Friends of Mountainside Library, Lake George, NY
Taught writing and publishing workshops in Africa, Caribbean, and U.S.

Books Written, Conceived, or Edited

BOOKS WRITTEN UNDER MY OWN NAME
The Story of the Bible (Fall 2010, Thomas Nelson)
Good Tidings of Great Joy (Spring, 2011, Robert Frederick, Ltd.)

BOOKS I’VE GHOST WRITTEN
Lizzie Bordon: The Legend, the Truth, the Final Chapter, Arnold Brown (1991, Rutledge Hill Press)
How to Help Your Child to Say No to Sexual Pressure, Josh McDowell (1987, Word)
Lead On, John Haggai (1986, Word)
Ireland, Gordon Wetmore (1980, Nelson)

SELECTED BOOKS I’VE CONCEIVED OR PERSONALLY EDITED
I Appreciate It, Andy Griffith (waiting publication date, Nelson)
When Television Was Young, Ed McMahon (2007, Nelson)
Come On, People, Bill Cosby and Alvin Poussaint (2007, Nelson)
Busy People’s Super Simple 30-Minute Menus, Dawn Hall (2007, Nelson)
Blondie: The Bumstead Family History, Dean Young and Melena Ryzik (2007, Nelson)
Declaration of Independence, Rod Gragg (2006, RHP)
Trump: The Best Real Estate Advice I Ever Received, Donald Trump (2006, RHP)
Here’s Your Sign, Bill Engvall (2005, RHP)
Here’s Johnny! Ed McMahon (2005, RHP)
Live Like You Were Dying, Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman (2005, RHP)
You Might Be A Redneck If . . . This is the Biggest Book You’ve Ever Read, Jeff Foxworthy (2004,
RHP)
Great Maps of the Civil War, William J. Miller (2004, RHP)
Wolfgang Puck Makes It Easy, Wolfgang Puck (2004, RHP)
KidShape, Naomi Neufeld with Pete Nelson (2004, RHP)
Life and Death in Civil War Prisons, J. Michael Martinez (2004, RHP)
Duty, Honor, Country: The Life and Legacy of Prescott Bush, Mickey Herskowitz (2003, RHP)
Geneology 101, Barbara Renick (2003, RHP)
The Women in Lincoln’s Life, H. Donald Winkler (2003, RHP)
All Business is Show Business, Scott McKain (2002, RHP)
I Hope You Dance, Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers (2001, RHP)
(Because of CD in the back, this is the only book ever to be RIAA certified platinum)
God Bless the USA, Lee Greenwood (2001, RHP)
Very Vegetarian, Jannequin Bennet (2001, RHP)
Mayberry Memories, Ken Beck and Jim Clark (2000, RHP)
The Confederate Spirit, Mort Kunstler and James I. Robertson (2000, RHP)
The Christmas Quilt, Thomas Davis, (2000, RHP)
Aunt Bee’s Mealtime in Mayberry, Ken Beck and Jim Clark (1999, RHP)
Mad about the Eighties, “The Usual Gang of Idiots” (1999, RHP)
Pilgrims: Sinners, Saints, and Prophets, Marty Stuart (1999, RHP)
Southern Quilts, Bets Ramsey and Merikay Waldvogel (1998, RHP)
Quilts and Women of the Mormon Migrations, Mary Cross (1997, RHP)
The World’s Dumbest Criminals, Butler, Ray, Howarth (1997, RHP)
Cooking with Days of Our Lives, Maureen Russell and Dotty Griffith (1997, RHP)
Wanted! Dumb or Alive, Daniel Butler and Alan Ray (1996, RHP)
Civil War Journal, Vols. I, II, III, William C. Davis, Brian C. Pohanka, and Don Trioni (1996, 1997, 1998
RHP)
A Communion of the Spirits: African-American Quilters, Preservers, and Their Stories, Roland
Freeman (1996, RHP)
Along the Edge of America, Peter Jenkins (1995, RHP)
Stories from the Old Squire’s Farm, C.A. Stephens (1995, RHP)
The Miss America Cookbook, Ann-Marie Bivans (1995, RHP)
Gone with the Kudzu, Doug Marlette (1995, RHP)
America’s Dumbest Criminals, Daniel Butler, Alan Ray, and Leland Gregory (1995, RHP)
Jackson & Lee, Mort Kunstler and James I. Robertson (1995, RHP)
The Untamed Coast, Peter Jenkins (1995, RHP)
Wit and Wisdom from the Peanut Butter Gang, H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (1994, RHP)
New York City Marathon Cookbook, Nancy Clark (1994, RHP)
Miss Mary Bobo’s Boarding House Cookbook, Pat Mitchamore (1994, RHP)
The Romance of Country Inns, Gail Greco (1993, RHP)
Big South Fork Country, Sen. Howard Baker and John Netherton (1993, RHP)
The Great Chicago Fire, Robert Cromie (1993, RHP)
Live and Learn and Pass It On, Vols. I, II, III, H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (1992, 1995, 1997, RHP)
A Life without Fear: A Guide to Preventing Sexual Assault, Laura Martin (1992, RHP)
Life’s Little Instruction Book, Vols. I, II, III, H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (1991, 1993, 1995, RHP)
(Vol I is only book to be # 1 on NYTimes in both hardcover and paperback at same time)
Tea-Time at the Inn, Gail Greco, (1991, RHP)
Rockin’ My Life Away: Listening to Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Guterman (1991, RHP)
P.S. I Love You, H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (1990, RHP)
A Treasury of Christmas Stories, Webb Garrison (1990, RHP)
Jack Daniel’s Hometown Celebration Cookbook, Lynne Tolley and Pat Mitchamore (1990, RHP)
A Father’s Book of Wisdom, H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (1989, RHP)
Martha White’s Southern Sampler (1989, RHP)
Jack Daniel’s Spirit of Tennessee Cookbook, Lynne Tolley and Pat Mitchamore (1988, RHP)
Life EverLaughter, Jerry Clower (1987, RHP)
Gracious Entertaining Southern Style, Daisy King (1987, RHP)
Nelson’s Illustrated Bible Dictionary, edited by Herbert Lockyer, Sr. (1986, Nelson)
Forever Music, Edith Schaeffer (1986, Nelson)
Cities Under the Gun, James Hoobler (1986, RHP)
Final Report of the Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography, introduction by Michael
McManus (1986, RHP)
The Original Tennessee Homecoming Cookbook, edited by Daisy King (1985, RHP)
The Natchez Trace: A Pictorial History, James Crutchfield (1985, RHP)
The Power of Being Debt Free, Robert H. Schuller and Paul Dunn (1985, Nelson)
Tough Minded Faith for Tender Hearted People, Robert H. Schuller (1984, Nelson)
Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation, Ronald Reagan (1984, Nelson)
Not I, But Christ, Corrie ten Boom (1984, Nelson)
The Miracles of our Lord, Charles Caldwell Ryrie (1984, Nelson)
The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, James Strong (1984, Nelson)
You Can Climb Higher, George Sweeting (1984, Nelson)
Idols for Destruction: Christian Faith and Its Confrontation with American Society, Herbert
Schlossberg (1983, Nelson)
Sentenced to Life, Malcolm Muggeridge and Alan Thornhill (1983, Nelson)
Tough Times Never Last, but Tough People Do, Robert H. Schuller (1983,Nelson)
The Mandrell Family Album, Louise Mandrell and Ace Collins (1983, Nelson)
Common Sense Christian Living, Edith Schaeffer (1983, Nelson)
The Genesis Connection, John Weister (1983, Nelson)
Too Close, Too Soon, Jim Talley and Bobbie Reed (1982, Nelson)
Clippings from My Notebook, Corrie ten Boom (1982, Nelson)
Country Music Legends in the Hall of Fame, Chet Hagan (1982, Nelson)
Guidepost’s Concordance to the Bible (1982, Nelson)
The Secret Kingdom, Pat Robertson with Bob Slosser (1982, Nelson)
The Tennesseans, Robin Hood, Barry Parker, Lamar Alexander (1981, Nelson)
Magician’s Bane, Charles Beamer (1980, Nelson)
The Bible Almanac, James I. Packer, Merrill C. Tenney, William White (1980, Nelson)
Malcolm Muggeridge: A Life, Ian Hunter (1980, Nelson)
Strong’s Concordance of the Bible: Popular Edition (1980, Nelson)
Easter Bunny, Are You for Real? Harold Myra (1979, Nelson)
Together: 25 Years with the Pat Boone Family, Pat Boone (1979, Nelson)
Santa, Are You for Real? Harold Myra (1978, Nelson)
A Twentieth Century Testimony, Malcolm Muggeridge (1978, Nelson)