Sneak Peek: Crimson Reader's, Cambridge Cameos, and an iPad App
My stack of Bibles to write about gets taller and taller, so I thought I'd share some snaps of things to come. No reviews here, just some eye candy to whet your appetite. I shot some test photos and figured I should share them.
CRIMSON READER'S
First, some views of the new R. L. Allan's Reader's Reference ESV (available here and here) bound in crimson goatskin:
CAMBRIDGE CAMEO
I'm very excited about Cambridge's re-introduction of the classic Cameo setting of the KJV. Imagine something with a roughly Pitt Minion footprint, only thicker. There are three flavors of black to choose from -- imitation, split calf, and goatskin -- as well as brown calfskin. I have to say, I'm partial to the grainy split calf KJV with Apocrypha. See below:
The Cameo editions are available for pre-order below. Note that the pre-publication photos aren't representative. The images here represent the actual bindings.
OLIVE TREE ESV STUDY BIBLE FOR IPAD
The iPad was a birthday present from my wife. I promptly installed the Olive Tree ESV Study Bible app, and like it even better than the version for the iPhone. I'm not sure that I'll actually write this one up, but if you're wondering, it's a worthy application. Behold:
If you turn it sideways, you get a very reader-friendly, BDB-approved single column setting with notes on the outside margin.
J. Mark Bertrand is a novelist and pastor whose writing on Bible design has helped spark a publishing revolution. Mark is the author of Rethinking Worldview: Learning to Think, Live, and Speak in This World (Crossway, 2007), as well as the novels Back on Murder, Pattern of Wounds, and Nothing to Hide—described as a “series worth getting attached to” (Christianity Today) by “a major crime fiction talent” (Weekly Standard) in the vein of Michael Connelly, Ian Rankin, and Henning Mankell.
Mark has a BA in English Literature from Union University, an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Houston, and an M.Div. from Heidelberg Theological Seminary. Through his influential Bible Design Blog, Mark has championed a new generation of readable Bibles. He is a founding member of the steering committee of the Society of Bible Craftsmanship, and chairs the Society’s Award Committee. His work was featured in the November 2021 issue of FaithLife’s Bible Study Magazine.
Mark also serves on the board of Worldview Academy, where he has been a member of the faculty of theology since 2003. Since 2017, he has been an ordained teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America. He and his wife Laurie life in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.