EXHIBIT 23

                     REPORT AND CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT
                     REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM



The Board of Directors
Thomas Nelson, Inc.:

The audits referred to in our report dated June 10, 2005, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of Thomas Nelson, Inc. and subsidiaries
included the related financial statement schedule as of March 31, 2005, 2004
and 2003, and for each of the years then ended, included in the annual report
on Form 10-K.  This financial statement schedule is the responsibility of the
Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this
financial statement schedule based on our audits.  In our opinion, such
financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic
consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly in all
material respects the information set forth therein.

We consent to the use of our reports with respect to the consolidated financial
statements and the related financial statement schedule, management's
assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting
and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included
herein and to the reference in this Form 10-K, into the Company's previously
filed Registration Statements (No.'s 333-114491, 333-04503, 033-60615,
033-64695 and 033-40829).


/s/ KPMG LLP

Nashville, Tennessee
June 10, 2005