A digital eBook of the new NIV Bible translation has been launched by Zondervan, marking the first time a new translation has gone digital before publication.
This hard copy publication will be available in just over a month.
The new and updated NIV Bible will replace the popular 1984 NIV Bible, has a publication date of March 2011 to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the King James Version.
The new NIV eBook Bible features crisp fonts, quicker page turns, and a navigation system that allows users to easily jump between footnotes and text.
"With the updated NIV complete and consumers enthusiastically awaiting its arrival, we wanted to make it available as soon as possible," said Moe Girkins, president and CEO of Zondervan.
The company will also partner with Biblica for a Christmas promotion aimed at donating up to 30,000 Bibles to India.
During the Christmas Buy one, Give One campaign, Zondervan will donate a New Testament of a Hindi translation based on the new NIV for every digital eBook sold.
Zondervan said that throughout next year it plans to release more digital products based on the new NIV, including more eBooks and apps.