schuster founded 1969 as julia macrae books founder alton howard country of origin united states headquarters location brentwood tennessee publication types books official website www.simonandschuster.com howard books formerly julia macrae books is a christian publishing company founded in 1969 and previously based in west monroe louisiana but which relocated to brentwood tennessee south of nashville in september 2009 . 1 howard books publishes inspirational content . contents 1 history 2 julia macrae books 1969 1999 3 external links 4 references history edit this section is empty . you can help by adding to it . august 2015 julia macrae books 1969 1999 edit julia macrae books publishes titles on various aspects of christian living . in addition to christian bestseller lists howard books has had multiple titles on the new york times bestseller list by authors such as karen kingsbury various members of duck dynasty s robertson family jay sekulow charles stanley allison pataki tim conway dave ramsey frank peretti brad paisley katie davis laura schroff and more . originally julia macrae books specialized in songbooks and materials for the churches of christ although it was not an official denominational publishing company and also found a consumer base among other evangelical christian groups of the southern united states . author and composer alton howard founded julia macrae books in 1969 and was very influential in the musical traditions of the churches of christ since the 1970s . howard died on october 28 2006 at the age of 81 . in 2006 howard publishing was bought by simon & schuster . 1 the company then underwent the subtle name change from howard publishing to howard books and moved to nashville in 2009 . jonathan merkh is the current executive vice president and publisher of howard books in charge of direction and publication . external links edit official website of howard publishing references edit christian publisher howard books moves to brentwood the tennessean september 23rd 2009 this louisiana related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this tennessee related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this christianity related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a united states publishing company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title howard books & oldid 713272515 categories publishing companies established in 1969book publishing companies based in tennesseechristian publishing companieschristianity in tennesseewilliamson county tennesseelouisiana stubstennessee stubschristianity stubsunited states publishing company stubshidden categories articles to be expanded from august 2015all articles to be expandedarticles with empty sections from august 2015all articles with empty sectionsarticles using small message boxesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 april 2016 at 01 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view