Just two years after launching its patriotic imprint, B&H Publishing Group will discontinue Fidelis Books.

B&H Publishing Group, a division of LifeWay Christian Resources, announced the move during a Jan. 28 divisional meeting. Launched in 2009, the imprint was led by retired Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North, now an author and FOX News Channel host.

John Thompson, B&H's vice president of marketing who was named vice president of acquisitions during the meeting, said that Fidelis was launched to produce quality books for patriotic consumers. "We successfully published titles by individuals who shape national opinion," he said. "Despite that success, we feel the need to offer greater focus on our base as a distinctively Christian publisher."

B&H officials declined to comment on details and the impact on staffing with discontinuing the imprint. Fidelis has three titles coming out this year, now to be published by B&H Books, including Dispatches From Bitter America by FOX News reporter Todd Starnes, The Great American Awakening by Sen. Jim DeMint and Kiloton Threat by retired Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin and Tom Morrisey.

Meanwhile, B&H announced that Mary Katharine Hunt, formerly director of LifeWay Kids in LifeWay's church resources division, will fill Thompson's former position as vice president of marketing.

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