Holy Bible Society News

Best-Selling ESV Study Bible Coming Soon to iPhone
Posted November 17, 2008
The ESV Study Bible, which debuted last month to stellar sales, is going digital. Crossway Books & Bibles is planning to make the 2,750-page Bible resource available on popular digital platforms like the iPhone and Blackberry. The digitalized study Bible will also be accessible through Mac, PC, Windows Mobile, Palm, Google Android, and Symbian.

Zondervan Acquires BibleGateway.com
Posted October 28, 2008
Zondervan, a world leader in Christian communications, has acquired BibleGateway.com, the leading online tool for reading and researching scripture, from Gospel Communications, Inc.

Audio Bible Wins 'Christian Book of the Year' Award
Posted July 16, 2008
For the first time in the 30-year history of the Christian Book Awards, a Bible and an audio product has won the highest honor. On Sunday, during the International Christian Retail Show (ICRS) in Orlando, Fla., the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) announced the six category winners of the annual awards as well as the “Christian Book of the Year,” which this year went to The Word of Promise New Testament Audio Bible.

Gay Man Files $70M Suit Against Bible Publishers Over 'Homosexual' Verses
Posted July 10, 2008
A homosexual man has filed a $70 million lawsuit against Bible publishers Zondervan and Thomas Nelson, alleging that their version of the Bible that refers to homosexuality as a sin violates his constitutional rights and has caused him emotional distress.

NIV Bible Tops List by Evangelical Leaders
Posted April 11, 2008
The New International Version of the Bible is by far the most preferred translation of the Scripture, according to a new survey of U.S. evangelical leaders. More than 65 percent of the participating leaders named the NIV as their preferred Bible in a survey conducted by the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) in light of the NIV’s 30th anniversary this year.

HBS Seeking Content Partners
We are seeking content partners to work with us in develivering high quality Christian resources to our visitors. Thus far, we have been able to make agreements with a number of bible publishers and owners of several other types of biblical content, but we are always seeking more content. If you would like to help us fulfill our mission of making biblical resources available everywhere via the internet, and you are a license-owner of biblical content, please contact us. We look forward to hearing from you.