[sirmaru]

I just purchased the 2010 NIV yesterday from Amazon (Kindle Edition) and is vastly IMPROVED over the old 1984 edition. I have the latter on my Sony PRS 900.

The TOC is improved enough to reach books and chapters more easily. It even has 2 and 3 digit abbreviations next to the book titles. This DOES allow a search directly to the TOC line for that book but not to the exact verse.

However, it still does not have Direct Verse Jump or it's equivalent.

I also own the 1984 NIV on my Now Bible which does have their own version of a Direct Verse Jump.

The 2010 NIV Preface states that 5% of verses have been altered from the 1984 Edition mainly in the downgrading of "sexist terms" like "male" and the use of substitute words for generic references to both men and women.

I believe most Churches will stick to the 1984 version until their donations pick up after the economy starts to rise again. The Church I attend just bought the 1984 version 2 or 3 years ago. They were using the 1978 version until then.

Also, I believe eBooks are much different than pBooks so far as what we actually purchase. When we buy eBooks, we buy a LICENSE to use a FILE with a particular eReader. When we buy a pBook, we buy BOTH a license to read the book AND a set of PAPER. If we lose or destroy the paper in a pBook, we LOSE the license as well. However, if the pBook is upgraded, we do NOT get a license to the new version.

With an eBook we merely get a license to read that eBook with a PARTICULAR eReader. The publisher has every right to pull that license or change it for the particular eReader. For example as of now Sony still has let me keep my 1984 NIV and has not pulled it. Amazon is issuing the new 2010 NIV to new buyers now but still is issuing the 2005 TNIV for those who want that one. The benefit of the LICENSE is that, if we lose the eReader of destroy it, Amazon still keeps our rights protected to download it again at no cost on the new eReader. That license is just for Amazon and does not extend to other brands of eReaders.

Another interesting difference is that my KJV for Kindle still has DVJ1 on it. I even deleted it and redownloaded it. It still has DVJ1. New purchasers get DVJ2. Since I prefer DVJ1 over DVJ2, that situation worked out to my benefit.