Parent company’s plan calls for closing the Nashville facility

HarperCollins Christian Publishing has placed Thomas Nelson’s 277,000-square-foot distribution center in Nashville up for sale.

HarperCollins Christian Publishing Director of Corporate Communications Casey Harrell told Christian Retailing that no date had been set for the closing of the warehouse.

“As part of the announced strategic plan in November 2012, the company has begun marketing the availability of its distribution center,” Harrell said. “Last year, it was released that in order to better align with HarperCollins Publishers’ global print platform and supply chain agreement, we would be closing the facility during the winter of 2013. 

“This does not apply to the corporate offices as they will remain the headquarters for HarperCollins Christian Publishing, which includes Thomas Nelson,” Harrell added. “We remain committed to our plan of a winter closure. Currently, we have 102 employees that work in the warehouse.”

Last fall, HarperCollins Christian signed an agreement with printing company R.R. Donnelley—which handles the majority of HarperCollins books—to provide warehousing and distribution services for all of its titles nationwide, reported Nashville’s The Tennessean.

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