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Originally Posted by Difflugia
I was in a physical book store today. Tyndale is trying out a new concept by combining a print NLT Bible with a mobile app ( Android or iOS). The idea is that the paper Bible is for reading and the study material is in the app. The app is keyed to page numbers, so you can use the phone/tablet camera to scan a page number and bring up study notes and devotionals for the page you scanned.
The app is free and you can navigate without the camera after setup, but you have to scan a particular page number as part of a tutorial. I'm guessing that it was originally meant as a sort of proof that you have the paper Bible, but I don't think it's a big secret anymore since I brought home a promotional brochure and bookmark that both had the page number with "scan here" and an invitation to try out the app.
The study notes and devotionals are available offline, but videos and maps require an active internet connection.
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Interesting concept.
I see a couple of potential issues, but perhaps they can be ironed out.
Thanks for sharing that information--I don't know if anyone else would have come across the display (I don't know if there are any B&M religious bookstores anymore, say within 25 miles of here, for example. I think that Amazon may have put all of them out of business).