Bible View to emulate printed version of Bible?
Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 6:22 am
One of the challenges I'm running into now that I'm 10 years into e-Bibles of various formats is how unremarkable they are in terms of remembering where a certain passage is.
Having used a printed Bible for the better part of 20 years before electronic Bibles really took off, i have marked my print Bible extensively and easily flip to various passages where the page layout plus marking seem to "stick" in memory far better than the never-ending text of an electronic Bible.
This is certainly not meant as a criticism of Costas' dedication or anyone's work on electronic Bibles... they turn searching for specific text and ideas a fraction of the time print required to find the same.
It's just that I wondered if the specific layout of different Bibles is "copyrighted"? for instance, I noticed that 1980s vintage Thompson, Wide Margin chain reference Bibles in usable condition now run several $100s to purchase. It seems that Thompson has stopped this particular combination (KJV + Wide Margin + Chain Reference - a 1996 version of this bible is currently $2000 on Amazon).
Is it possible to get overlay layouts similar to specific print Bibles --- I'm only talking about the text flow looking like a specific Bible type? I honestly don't know what the most popular Bibles would be to target for layout nor the legal implications. It just came to mind that if I could have a view where "Thompson Chain Reference Bible, 1982" was available, it would be of interest.
Here's an example of Bible someone else has marked up. I tend to have writing and notes all over the page as well so that each page has it's own look. You can imagine over years that a particular page will be recalled when a topic is mentioned (even if the exact reference is not remembered verbatim).
Having used a printed Bible for the better part of 20 years before electronic Bibles really took off, i have marked my print Bible extensively and easily flip to various passages where the page layout plus marking seem to "stick" in memory far better than the never-ending text of an electronic Bible.
This is certainly not meant as a criticism of Costas' dedication or anyone's work on electronic Bibles... they turn searching for specific text and ideas a fraction of the time print required to find the same.
It's just that I wondered if the specific layout of different Bibles is "copyrighted"? for instance, I noticed that 1980s vintage Thompson, Wide Margin chain reference Bibles in usable condition now run several $100s to purchase. It seems that Thompson has stopped this particular combination (KJV + Wide Margin + Chain Reference - a 1996 version of this bible is currently $2000 on Amazon).
Is it possible to get overlay layouts similar to specific print Bibles --- I'm only talking about the text flow looking like a specific Bible type? I honestly don't know what the most popular Bibles would be to target for layout nor the legal implications. It just came to mind that if I could have a view where "Thompson Chain Reference Bible, 1982" was available, it would be of interest.
Here's an example of Bible someone else has marked up. I tend to have writing and notes all over the page as well so that each page has it's own look. You can imagine over years that a particular page will be recalled when a topic is mentioned (even if the exact reference is not remembered verbatim).