BIBLICA INTRODUCES E-BOOKS

As the demand grows for digital books, Biblica, formerly IBS-STL, will now be offering e-book through authenticpublishing.com.
"Our passion is to equip the missional community with great content," said Biblica marketing director Mike Dworak on their Web site. "With our e-books, people anywhere in the world have the ability to select a book and be reading in seconds."
This new format will allow Biblica to impact even more of the Christian community. Digital formats will enable Christians to access titles in places where print costs are too expensive or Christian materials are restricted.
"Digital downloads can provide isolated believers with essential resources," according to Biblica's Web site.
These e-books are available in Kindle and MobiPocket formats, as well as PDF downloads. So far, Biblica already has more than 70 popular titles available.
"Although publishers worldwide have reported shrinking book sales during the global recession, e-book sales have been exploding," according to the Biblica.
As they celebrate their launch, Authentic Books is offering a free missions e-book at their Web site: "The Missional Mind," along with a free monthly e-newsletter and an excerpt from the new Operational World missions handbook.
In addition to this, all books come with a satisfaction guarantee, and if customers are unhappy, their books will be replaced for free.
"Digital media is increasingly in demand from consumers who want or need a nonprint book format," Dworak said. "Eventually we plan to have all of our titles available in digital format."
Authentic Publishing is a division of Biblica, and you can visit their Web site at authenticpublishing.com.
Biblica's vision, according to their Web site, "is to transform lives through God's Word by translating, producing and distributing Bibles, Scripture materials and other Christian resources through ministry, distribution and retail channels so people around the world may become disciples of Jesus Christ."
Visit Biblica.com for more information.

KISWAHILI BIBLE TRANSLATION DEDICATED IN KENYA

Kenya― Millions of people will be able to understand God's Word thanks to the work of Biblica, formerly International Bible Society/Send the Light. Friday September 4, Biblica dedicated a new translation of God's Word in Kenya.
The group's Vice President Benedict Omollo says, "We launched the Kiswahili Bible. The Kiswahili Bible is not just relevant to the Kenyan market. This is a language that is spoken in eastern and central Africa. We're talking about eight nations that use Kiswahili as a language. So right there we have a target of about 60 million speakers."
While Kiswahili speakers had a Bible, Omollo says, "It's pretty old. It was translated in kind of the context of the King James Version, so it's very, very, difficult Kiswahili."
According to Omollo, "The advantage of the Bible that we dedicated Friday is that it is NIV-like. It is contemporary Kiswahili. It is very, very simple to read and to understand."
Omollo believes it will affect the average Kiswahili speaker. "This is one of the Bibles that you can give to your neighbor; you can give to the people especially in the rural community. It is the language the simplest people can read and understand."
This translation will help with evangelism and discipleship all across the region both rural and urban.
Omollo is asking people to pray. "Let's pray that God opens doors and uses this Bible. Pray that for every person who gets to read this Bible, the Word of God will come alive and would transform their lives."