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Goodbye to BibleWorks

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BibleWorks announced a couple days ago that they will no longer be selling Bible Study software as of June 15th. I found the news simultaneously surprising and not surprising. It was surprising given both the suddenness of the closure (which was probably wiser than dragging it out), and because of the recent arrangements with WORDsearch, where WORDsearch was producing some of their important resources (e.g. NICOT/NICNT) in a BibleWorks-compatible format and cross-licensing the resources across both platforms. It was not surprising insofar as it seemed in...

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Pradis Bites the Dust

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Not exactly a big surprise coming out of Zondervan today, as they have announced plans to drop their Pradis Bible Study software. Not a big loss to the industry either, I dare say, as Pradis was pretty narrowly focused on Zondervan resources (most of which were exclusively available in Pradis format), and always struck me as more geared toward promoting the interests of Zondervan than that of the Christian community. That’s OK – no law against that – but don’t look for any tears to be shed in this poor corner of the world. Frankly...