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In Zondervan bought a religious music company, Singspiration. The following year the company took over publication of Halley's Bible Handbook from a private concern, eventually selling over four million copies of the title.
Zondervan's bookstore operation had over the years expanded to a number of locations, and in the early s the first outlet was opened in a shopping mall. The success of this store led the company to open in other malls, eventually placing all new outlets in such locations. That same year cofounder Bernie Zondervan died, but brother Pat continued to lead the company.
Zondervan's publishing efforts included a somewhat broad range of material, not always books with a strictly conservative, religious bent. Titles such as The Act of Marriage by Tim and Beverly LaHaye from and Sexual Happiness in Marriage by Herbert Miles from were published alongside more typical fare such as biographies of missionaries, discussions of theological issues, Bible encyclopedias and concordances, and tracts on the evils of tobacco or communism.
Zondervan also occasionally published religious titles with mass appeal, such as Hal Lindsey's The Late Great Planet Earth from , which eventually sold some 10 million copies. In , Zondervan made an investment in the financially ailing International Bible Society's translation of the New International Version of the Bible, a move that would later repay itself many times over. The entire Bible was ready in , and it was a sensation, quickly rising on the best-seller lists to second place behind the King James Version.
Zondervan was suddenly vaulted to the front ranks of religious publishing houses. The NIV, as it was known, was a scrupulous translation from the original languages into contemporary English, and it appealed to many Christians of different branches of the faith.
Within a few years it had been adopted as the Bible of choice by a wide range of churches, from Baptists to Episcopalians. With the NIV also came the opportunity to create many derivative works such as concordances and study materials, all of which found a ready market. Following the success of the NIV Bible, the company began to acquire other businesses. In the John T. Benson company, a religious music publisher, was purchased, making Zondervan the second largest producer of religious recordings in the United States.
Revell Co. A specialty bindery, Tapley-Rutter Co. Zondervan's business, while based on the apparently steady and predictable religious book market, was actually more tenuous than appeared on the surface.
In there had been difficulties related to the bookstore chain, resulting in unexpected losses. These were ultimately attributed to poor inventory control and unanticipated expenses such as unrecoverable publishing advances, but the company's chief financial officer was dismissed, and Zondervan was sanctioned by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Just before the discovery of its financial problems, Zondervan had chosen James Buick as Chief Executive Officer, replacing Pat Zondervan's successor Peter Kladder, who had been with the company since Buick, previously an executive at bowling and marine equipment company Brunswick Corp.
Zondervan posted losses for the next several years following the bookkeeping debacle, and in a hostile takeover attempt was organized by British investor Christopher Moran. After some months of wheeling and dealing, including a visit from Moran to Pat Zondervan and an emergency prayer session held by employees, the company's board reached an agreement with its stockholders to seek a third-party buyer.
Not long afterwards, Moran began quietly selling off his shares. The stock price, which had been driven up by the takeover attempt, plummeted when Moran's sell-off was discovered. During the course of the takeover attempt, Zondervan had also sold off its Revell and Chosen Books subsidiaries, and had closed a Grand Rapids-based printing operation. Murdoch's other interests included the Fox film and television studios, and several tabloid-style news publications.
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