Comments on: Just Wondering About Hardcover Bibles

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:31:21 +0000

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.

By: Gary Zimmerli

Gary Zimmerli — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:54:57 +0000

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.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:06:58 +0000

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.

By: ElShaddai Edwards

ElShaddai Edwards — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:15:36 +0000

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.