2008 Bible Sales
The CBA has released a list of the best selling Bible translations for 2008.
Bible Translations – Based on Dollar Sales
- New International Version various publishers
- New King James Version various publishers
- King James Version various publishers
- New Living Translation Tyndale
- English Standard Version Crossway
- Today’s New International Version Zondervan
- New Revised Standard Version various publishers
- New American Standard Bible update various publishers
- The Message Eugene Peterson, NavPress
- International Children’s Bible Thomas Nelson
Bible Translations – Based on Unit Sales
- New International Version various publishers
- New King James Version various publishers
- King James Version various publishers
- New Living Translation Tyndale
- English Standard Version Crossway
- New Revised Standard Version various publishers
- Reina Valera 1960 (Spanish) various publishers
- Holman Christian Standard Bible B&H Publishing Group
- International Children’s Bible Thomas Nelson
- The Message Eugene Peterson, NavPress
HT to Phil Gons for Pointing me to in Ephesus
But, who buys their Bibles at CBA stores?
I purchased numerous Bibles this past year, and NONE of them were purchased at a CBA store. Most were purchased either directly from the publisher or from other internet outlets.
As a result, I imagine that the ESV was much higher in the rankings, due to the introduction of the Personal Reference and Study Bible editions.
Ryan, those are actually just the November 2008 sales. They’ll probably release full-year sales in a few weeks.
Oops… Thank Laura!