Bibliotheca Reaches Its $1 Million Stretch Goal
"Finishing strong" turns out to be the understatement of the year. As of this morning, with two days left on the clock, the Bibliotheca funding campaign on Kickstarter has already reached its $1 million stretch goal, which means a fifth volume containing the English Revised Version Apocrypha will be added to every set, along with slipcases (see the details here). If you haven't backed the project yet, there's still time ... and you'll be in good company. More than 10,000 people have signed on, an incredible number that testifies to the appeal of this beautifully designed, reader-friendly Bible. Congratulations to Adam Lewis Greene for the breakout success of this labor of love. I can't wait to see how Bibliotheca turns out!
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.
