The transformation of the book, the bookstore and the Bible

Sales of Christian books in the U.S. have fallen 8.1% this year. Religious book sales have been declining, falling 22%, 12%, 7.1%, 11.4%, 19% and 9% in June May April March February and January respectively, according to the American Association of Publishers (AAP, by its initials in English).

Moreover, electronic book sales continued to rise in July and saw an increase of 213.5% for the month reached $ 16.2 million, reflecting an increase of 173.9% for the year.

Certainly not the means that has changed but the user. People have faster connections, video-oriented devices and sound with high-resolution images. In an environment like this change is inevitable.

The reader of the future

A French publisher, Editis, has produced a short video on the future of reading. (The video is in French with English subtitles and the first minute is blank)

In the future possible that this video presents the printed books and electronic books coexist in symbiotic harmony. Electronic books have not replaced the print, or have removed workers from the publishing industry.

The library has not disappeared, but also plays a new role as a museum and library, where buyers can see the books they want, talk about books with the owner of the bookstore that is well informed, then choose the print-in any language-or electronics.

In this scenario, the script has changed: everything happens faster. The video shows the touchscreens of ebook reading devices and comments on how these tables serve for more than one purpose and are closer to the e-book readers. In short, the video presents a bright future for electronic books and the reader.

The Bible in the digital age

The publisher Zondervan scored a success recently published in English 'Glo' the Bible for the digital generation. This is an application that presents the religious text with additional multimedia material, such as images and videos in high definition.

Glo contains the biblical text of the King James Version as any print edition, but is geographically located biblical events in a map and a timeline that represents each particular event. It also features high-quality videos, virtual tours and pictures in high resolution. Glo was produced by the Brazilian team that I "lit".

Glo comes in three DVD only available for the Windows operating system. They are working on versions for Mac OS, iPhone, Windows Mobile, among others.

Conclusion

The video Editis we mentioned above is 2007, but although some things can not happen alerts us that we live in a changing world and we have to put the Word of God but for the generation we live in but for the next.

Congratulations to Zondervan and the Brazilian group that developed by Glo take a first step to digital Bible. We still have much to go on this way but we thank God that someone took the first step.

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