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Just Wondering About Hardcover Bibles
Is there a reason why hardcover Bibles never have a ribbon marker? Is it the penalty for buying the “cheaper” option?
Just wondering….
The NRSV Standard Bible hardcover is the only one I have seen or owned that had a ribbon marker.
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ElShaddai Edwards
October 23, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Oxford’s NRSV Cross-Reference Bible has one or two markers in their hardback, but your point is well made – many of us prefer hardbacks and would love that extra touch.
Joe
October 24, 2008 at 8:06 am
I wonder how much it would add to the cost?
I guess that means you have to either use paper bookmarks or something like this.
Gary Zimmerli
October 24, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Joe, I think a lot of it is a matter of cost. I see it all the time in working on car windshields. I mean, how many millions of dollars does GM save by using three screws to hold that piece on instead of four? Or by using a vinyl moulding instead of a metal one? Maybe a ribbon only costs an few pennies, but it could add up to real money over a run of many thousand Bibles.
Couldn’t it?
I think a lot of it is just a matter of our being conditioned to it, too. People don’t know they could get a ribbon or two in a hardback Bible, so they don’t expect it.
But I think if the publishers were aware of how appreciated it would be by those of us who use hardbacks for serious study, a few of them might start making them that way.
Dave
October 24, 2008 at 11:31 pm
I’ve got one hardcover bible with a ribbon bookmark. It’s a One Year Bible (NIV) published by Tyndale. The bookmark is incredibly practical (necessary) since the books are mixed up in calendar order instead of in “proper” OT/NT order.