NLT Update: August 2007
08/09/2007 21:27 Filed in: Faith & Reason
For those of you who have been holding out for a wide margin edition of the New Living Translation, there's a strong possibility that one may be in your future.
This past week I received correspondence from Kevin O'Brien, Director of Bibles and Bible Reference at Tyndale House Publishers. Although there is no timetable at the moment, the folks at Tyndale are evidently considering taking an existing edition of the New Living Translation and making a wide margin Bible out of it.
O'Brien's question to me, and one that I'm passing on to you is, "Is there is a specific edition of the NLT that you would prefer to see used for such a Bible?" Leave your thoughts in the comments. I'll make sure to pass them on.
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I also heard from Laura Bartlett, who is a marketing manager at Tyndale. Some of you may remember my review of the NLT Premium Slimline a few months back. Although overall, this was a nice text edition of the NLT with a readable font, but it was marred by text that was way too close to the inner margin. It's hard to read without pressing the Bible flat in the middle.
Well, Laura tells me that there's a new NLT Personal Size Large print coming out that includes a larger font (12 pt.) and an inside margin that is a tenth of an inch wider than the previous edition. This might not sound like much, but it's enough to make the Bible much more usable than the earlier edition I reviewed. The new NLT Personal Size Large is also a good bit thicker than the other edition (2128 pages vs. 1560 pages!).
Here are the ISBN's for the new edition:
ISBN-13: 978-1-4143-1405-1 Hardcover
ISBN-13: 978-1-4143-1401-3 Bonded Black
ISBN-13: 978-1-4143-1402-0 Bonded Burgundy
ISBN-13: 978-1-4143-1403-7 LeatherLike Black
ISBN-13: 978-1-4143-1404-4 LeatherLike Burgundy
ISBN-13: 978-1-4143-1871-4 LeatherLike Brown/Tan
To access a PDF sampler of the new NLT Personal Size Large Print Bible, click here.
Laura also mentioned the new Discover God Study Bible:
And then finally, Laura told me about an upcoming product that sounds extremely interesting. Unfortunately, it didn't make it into the Fall catalog, so I can't talk about it...yet.
This past week I received correspondence from Kevin O'Brien, Director of Bibles and Bible Reference at Tyndale House Publishers. Although there is no timetable at the moment, the folks at Tyndale are evidently considering taking an existing edition of the New Living Translation and making a wide margin Bible out of it.
O'Brien's question to me, and one that I'm passing on to you is, "Is there is a specific edition of the NLT that you would prefer to see used for such a Bible?" Leave your thoughts in the comments. I'll make sure to pass them on.
_________________________________________________________________
I also heard from Laura Bartlett, who is a marketing manager at Tyndale. Some of you may remember my review of the NLT Premium Slimline a few months back. Although overall, this was a nice text edition of the NLT with a readable font, but it was marred by text that was way too close to the inner margin. It's hard to read without pressing the Bible flat in the middle.
Well, Laura tells me that there's a new NLT Personal Size Large print coming out that includes a larger font (12 pt.) and an inside margin that is a tenth of an inch wider than the previous edition. This might not sound like much, but it's enough to make the Bible much more usable than the earlier edition I reviewed. The new NLT Personal Size Large is also a good bit thicker than the other edition (2128 pages vs. 1560 pages!).
ISBN-13: 978-1-4143-1405-1 Hardcover
ISBN-13: 978-1-4143-1401-3 Bonded Black
ISBN-13: 978-1-4143-1402-0 Bonded Burgundy
ISBN-13: 978-1-4143-1403-7 LeatherLike Black
ISBN-13: 978-1-4143-1404-4 LeatherLike Burgundy
ISBN-13: 978-1-4143-1871-4 LeatherLike Brown/Tan
To access a PDF sampler of the new NLT Personal Size Large Print Bible, click here.
Laura also mentioned the new Discover God Study Bible:
Our big new deal in NLT Bibles right now is the Discover God Study Bible. The premise is that it’s the only study Bible in which the notes all focus on the person of God, what he has revealed to us about himself in the Bible, and how we can be in relationship with him. It’s not primarily for new believers, which the title can imply. Most of the notes are from Bill Bright’s ministry. It has an innovative topic system that some people are calling the “Thompson Chain of the 21st Century.
And then finally, Laura told me about an upcoming product that sounds extremely interesting. Unfortunately, it didn't make it into the Fall catalog, so I can't talk about it...yet.