The best Bible for your Kindle - Page 12

osnova · 10-20-2010, 04:30 PM

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia for the Kindle has been published. More info here, http://osnovapress.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/

oksanut · 11-05-2010, 09:39 PM

Have just purchased my first DVJ Bible made by OSNOVA. Fantastic! Loved it! Thank you. I will definitely check out your other work, too. It seems you've put a lot of thought and effort into it.

My friend suggested I go to your blog at osnovapress.wordpress.com to read more about your work. That's how I got to buy my first DVJ Bible. Keep up the good work!

sirmaru · 11-06-2010, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by osnova

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia for the Kindle has been published. More info here, http://osnovapress.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/

I just purchased that Bible Encyclopedia from Amazon. Its great. One can go directly from word explanations to bible verses and set it up as the default dictionary when going to Church or engaging in Bible studies.

osnova · 11-09-2010, 01:26 PM

Just published! See http://osnovapress.wordpress.com/

The first ten people who purchase, use, and leave an honest review of at least thirty words on Amazon will receive any other current or future (will be sent when released) OSNOVA publication for free. Send a copy of the file as proof of purchase, and a link to your review.

Features of the Kindle edition

Until now, there have been available only concise editions of Matthew Henry’s Commentary for the Kindle. OSNOVA’s Kindle edition includes the unabridged text of the entire six paper volumes incorporating an active table of contents, a joystick navigation between chapters, and a cross-reference system between the commentary and the included Bible (with Direct Verse Jump), which makes it easy to locate any place within the Commentary or the Scriptures in seconds. The table of contents allows navigation to any chapter of the Scriptures, with the hyperlinked dot to the right of each chapter leading to the corresponding place in the Commentary. Each title and each verse number in the included Bible is hyperlinked to the corresponding passage in the Commentary, and each reference in the Commentary is hyperlinked to the corresponding passage in the Bible.

General Description

Matthew Henry’s six-volume ‘Exposition of the Old and New Testament’ or Complete Bible Commentary has long been celebrated as the best of English commentaries of the Bible for devotional purposes. It provides an exhaustive verse by verse study of the Bible, covering the whole of the Old Testament and the New Testament.

The Commentary was begun in November 1704. The first volume was published in 1708; that and four other volumes appeared in a uniform edition in 1710. Before his death Henry completed the Acts for an unpublished sixth volume. After his death the Epistles and Revelation were prepared by thirteen ministers, partly based upon notes taken by Henry’s hearers. The complete edition was edited by George Burder and John Hughes and published in 1811 in 6 volumes. Henry’s ‘Exposition’ has often been abridged. Now for the first time it is made available by OSNOVA in its full unabridged form to the Kindle users.

Henry’s commentaries are primarily exegetical, dealing with the Scripture text as presented, with his prime intention being explanation for practical and devotional purposes. The Commentary excels at practical application, displaying good sense, discrimination, high moral tone and simple piety, combined with the well-sustained flow of its English style.

Famous evangelical Protestant preachers such as George Whitefield and Charles Spurgeon used and heartily commended the work, with Whitefield reading it through four times – the last time on his knees. Spurgeon stated, ” Every minister ought to read it entirely and carefully through once at least.”

* * *

If you have any questions or concerns at all about this or any other OSNOVA publication, please email us at osnova@gmail.com

sirmaru · 11-09-2010, 08:01 PM

I first bought the 95 cent Matthew Henry and then the $ 4.99 one.

I didn't realize there were TWO at Amazon and your ID, Osnova, doesn't appear at either one.

When you post them here, please indicate the price so we don't buy the wrong one.

Thanks. Your indexed bible books are great.

By the way, this last one is taking a L O N G time to index.

osnova · 11-09-2010, 09:05 PM

Oops. I forgot to post the cover here, which is quite nice if I may say so.

You can also tell that it is my book by looking at the publisher field. If it says OSNOVA, that's me. Or you can go through my blog. I don't want to post prices because I may change them. Typically, my prices are $4.99 with occasional sales.

The indexing is taking so long because the file is almost ten times larger than the KJV file. Please be patient. In the meantime, try the TOC navigation (remember that the dots lead to the Commentary while the regular text or numbers to the Bible) and jumping from the Bible to the Commentary by pressing the book titles, chapters or verse numbers.

While testing it I had the Kindle battery run down fast because of constant reindexing.

sirmaru · 11-09-2010, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by osnova

While testing it I had the Kindle battery run down fast because of constant reindexing.

Does that book reindex everytime one uses it? If so, that would be a downside since every use would take a lot of current from the battery.

Better would be just index it once and then use the recorded index to jump around.

Is there anything special to be done to speed up the indexing the first time? I presume it would be complete after an overnight sleep mode.

osnova · 11-09-2010, 10:01 PM

No, no, no. It had to be reindexed because while working on it I had to check every change I made. So, I created many versions and tested them. Each new version had to be reindexed. You on the other hand will have only one final version of the book that has to be indexed only once.

Unforunately, other than plugging in the Kindle for the night, there are no way to speed up the indexing. Internal workings of indexing are a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

sirmaru · 11-09-2010, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by osnova

No, no, no. It had to be reindexed because while working on it I had to check every change I made. So, I created many versions and tested them. Each new version had to be reindexed. You on the other hand will have only one final version of the book that has to be indexed only once.

Unforunately, other than plugging in the Kindle for the night, there are no way to speed up the indexing. Internal workings of indexing are a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

I downloaded it with the K3 at full charge. It used 50% of the battery in 2 hours and not yet complete. Thus, I did plug the K3 into the wall socket for the night. Hopefully, by tomorrow morning the indexing will be complete with a full charge again.

From what I see this Matthew Henry Commentary looks great.

I can see a possibility that searching Mt316 for all my items will give me all the references in the KJV, NET, Bible Encyclopedia and MH Commentary all in one place. Then I can use the Back button to return to the reference list after reading one of the passages. I haven't tried it yet but it does work that way for word or phrase searches.

If it does work that way, this Kindle 3 Bible Collection will be the best advance since the Gutenburg Bible. I used to use Logos that way but it was confined to my home PC use. I hear they have it now that way on the iPad. However, I prefer the Kindle for its smaller size, more readable screen and hard keyboard.

Amazon does have a page for all Osnova books. In the future I'll go there before buying one of your books since a few have other editions easily confused with your books.

Prince Hal · 11-09-2010, 11:50 PM

Currently this is only available as the NT. It uses the RSV but with copious notes and cross references. Navigation is great - perhaps not the best, but very usable. Whilst there is some Catholic bias, it should be of benefit to all Christians. $14.00 if I remember from Amazon of course.

"The only Catholic Study Bible based on the Revised Standard Version 2nd Catholic Edition, the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament brings together all of the books of the New Testament and the penetrating study tools developed by renowned Bible teachers Dr. Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch.

This volume presents the written Word of God in a highly readable, accurate translation, excellent for personal and group study. Extensive study notes, topical essays and word studies provide fresh and faithful insights informed by time-tested, authentically Catholic interpretations from the Fathers of the Church and other scholars. Commentaries include the best insights of ancient, medieval and modern scholarship, and follow the Church’s guidelines for biblical interpretation. Plus, each New Testament book is outlined and introduced with an essay covering questions of authorship, date of composition, intended audience and general themes. The Ignatius Study Bible also includes handy reference materials such as a doctrinal index, a helpful cross-reference system, and various maps and charts. This edition does not contain study questions or a concordance."

Hal.

osnova · 11-10-2010, 12:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sirmaru

I can see a possibility that searching Mt316 for all my items will give me all the references in the KJV, NET, Bible Encyclopedia and MH Commentary all in one place. Then I can use the Back button to return to the reference list after reading one of the passages. I haven't tried it yet but it does work that way for word or phrase searches.

It does work that way! The only issue is that the periods are necessary (except for your copies of the Bibles that you bought earlier). So, searching for jn.3.16 on my Kindle 3 brings up 14 Bibles and Matthew Henry's Commentary.

Also note that the Bible Encyclopedia will not show because it is a Kindle "dictionary" and as such does not allow the searching within its text (this is a limitation of the mobi "dictionary" format as opposed to the mobi "book" format).

sirmaru · 11-10-2010, 10:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by osnova

It does work that way! The only issue is that the periods are necessary (except for your copies of the Bibles that you bought earlier). So, searching for jn.3.16 on my Kindle 3 brings up 14 Bibles and Matthew Henry's Commentary.

Correct, using jn.3.16 on the home page gets references in all 2 of my bibles and the MH Commentary. If I leave out the periods, I don't get the MH Commentary.

I did delete the KJV and then redownloaded it from Amazon. It still had the structure of allowing selections without the periods. However, I think its an advantage to speed locations anyway not to use the periods so I'm leaving them the way they are now. That is especially true if we make a mistake in the key punch and have to delete a letter and redo the keypunch. Deleting periods would extend the time required for that process.

So far I find it very rare that omitting the period picks up more than one reference. When the extra references are picked up, they provide an informal table of contents for a Bible chapter which also can be useful in jumping around a chapter and using the back button to enable that process.

I may change my mind on that as I use this feature over time.

As of today my Kindle 3 Hard Disk is as follows:

Kindle hard disk: 3.05 Gb total; 2.746 Gb free

Books sizes:

Matthew Henry Commentary: 27.7 Mb
Bible Encyclopedia: 18.5 Mb
New English Translation: 13.8 Mb
King James Version: 2.3 Mb
One Year Bible: 3.7 Mb
First Tycoon: 4.7 Mb (many pictures)
Deliver Us from Evil: 1.4 Mb

There is plenty of room left for a lot of books.

The Matthew Henry Commentary did take an overnight indexing session while plugged into the main to supply adequate current for the process. That technique could come in hand if I buy encyclopedias in the future.

charonme · 11-18-2010, 11:14 AM

If only there was a SW that would process the indexing on your PC before you upload the book to the kindle and then the kindle would just import the processed index.

osnova · 11-18-2010, 02:34 PM

charonme, agreed. Maybe Koval could do that in his Calibre? This would probably involve reverse engineering the indexing on the Kindle, which is a complicated process.

On the plus side, indexing happens once per book. So, it's not such a huge burden.

ihab7000 · 11-18-2010, 07:07 PM

Dear Osnova,
Actually I have downloaded the sample you have attached.And I am enjoying reading it now.I do not know if you may give me the rest of the Bible because,it is really better than the ones that I have they lack that organization and the unity of the fornt and which is most important the DVJ.

So,If I have the adobe professional and the mobireader can I make the DVJ myself(instead of asking you to lend me the rest of your Bible

)
If so what fonts and size(of the fonts and the pages on the adobe) shall I render to reach the same wonderful results of the bible you have attached
Thx in advance

11-09-2010, 01:26 PM	#169
osnova Kindler of the Flame Posts: 582 Karma: 646016 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: US of A Device: K DX,3,KT,KP,KF, KFHD; Nook C, PRS600, iPad, Xoom, N900, N810, Zaurus	Promotion: Unabridged Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible (best Kindle navi Just published! See http://osnovapress.wordpress.com/ The first ten people who purchase, use, and leave an honest review of at least thirty words on Amazon will receive any other current or future (will be sent when released) OSNOVA publication for free. Send a copy of the file as proof of purchase, and a link to your review. Features of the Kindle edition Until now, there have been available only concise editions of Matthew Henry’s Commentary for the Kindle. OSNOVA’s Kindle edition includes the unabridged text of the entire six paper volumes incorporating an active table of contents, a joystick navigation between chapters, and a cross-reference system between the commentary and the included Bible (with Direct Verse Jump), which makes it easy to locate any place within the Commentary or the Scriptures in seconds. The table of contents allows navigation to any chapter of the Scriptures, with the hyperlinked dot to the right of each chapter leading to the corresponding place in the Commentary. Each title and each verse number in the included Bible is hyperlinked to the corresponding passage in the Commentary, and each reference in the Commentary is hyperlinked to the corresponding passage in the Bible. General Description Matthew Henry’s six-volume ‘Exposition of the Old and New Testament’ or Complete Bible Commentary has long been celebrated as the best of English commentaries of the Bible for devotional purposes. It provides an exhaustive verse by verse study of the Bible, covering the whole of the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Commentary was begun in November 1704. The first volume was published in 1708; that and four other volumes appeared in a uniform edition in 1710. Before his death Henry completed the Acts for an unpublished sixth volume. After his death the Epistles and Revelation were prepared by thirteen ministers, partly based upon notes taken by Henry’s hearers. The complete edition was edited by George Burder and John Hughes and published in 1811 in 6 volumes. Henry’s ‘Exposition’ has often been abridged. Now for the first time it is made available by OSNOVA in its full unabridged form to the Kindle users. Henry’s commentaries are primarily exegetical, dealing with the Scripture text as presented, with his prime intention being explanation for practical and devotional purposes. The Commentary excels at practical application, displaying good sense, discrimination, high moral tone and simple piety, combined with the well-sustained flow of its English style. Famous evangelical Protestant preachers such as George Whitefield and Charles Spurgeon used and heartily commended the work, with Whitefield reading it through four times – the last time on his knees. Spurgeon stated, ” Every minister ought to read it entirely and carefully through once at least.” * * * If you have any questions or concerns at all about this or any other OSNOVA publication, please email us at osnova@gmail.com Last edited by osnova; 11-09-2010 at 08:59 PM.

11-09-2010, 08:01 PM	#170
sirmaru Wizard Posts: 2,426 Karma: 6561538 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Kindle PW 2013, HDX 2013, Galaxy S5 2014	Bought it and wrong one as well. I first bought the 95 cent Matthew Henry and then the $ 4.99 one. I didn't realize there were TWO at Amazon and your ID, Osnova, doesn't appear at either one. When you post them here, please indicate the price so we don't buy the wrong one. Thanks. Your indexed bible books are great. By the way, this last one is taking a L O N G time to index. Last edited by sirmaru; 11-09-2010 at 08:25 PM.

11-09-2010, 09:05 PM	#171
osnova Kindler of the Flame Posts: 582 Karma: 646016 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: US of A Device: K DX,3,KT,KP,KF, KFHD; Nook C, PRS600, iPad, Xoom, N900, N810, Zaurus	Oops. I forgot to post the cover here, which is quite nice if I may say so. You can also tell that it is my book by looking at the publisher field. If it says OSNOVA, that's me. Or you can go through my blog. I don't want to post prices because I may change them. Typically, my prices are $4.99 with occasional sales. The indexing is taking so long because the file is almost ten times larger than the KJV file. Please be patient. In the meantime, try the TOC navigation (remember that the dots lead to the Commentary while the regular text or numbers to the Bible) and jumping from the Bible to the Commentary by pressing the book titles, chapters or verse numbers. While testing it I had the Kindle battery run down fast because of constant reindexing. Last edited by osnova; 11-09-2010 at 09:14 PM.

11-09-2010, 10:01 PM	#173
osnova Kindler of the Flame Posts: 582 Karma: 646016 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: US of A Device: K DX,3,KT,KP,KF, KFHD; Nook C, PRS600, iPad, Xoom, N900, N810, Zaurus	No, no, no. It had to be reindexed because while working on it I had to check every change I made. So, I created many versions and tested them. Each new version had to be reindexed. You on the other hand will have only one final version of the book that has to be indexed only once. Unforunately, other than plugging in the Kindle for the night, there are no way to speed up the indexing. Internal workings of indexing are a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. Last edited by osnova; 11-09-2010 at 10:05 PM.

11-09-2010, 11:50 PM	#175
Prince Hal Zealot Posts: 149 Karma: 1856 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: California Device: Galaxy Player 4.2; Nexus 3 (wifi only); Nook HD+ (possibly)	Ignatius Catholic Study Bible NT Currently this is only available as the NT. It uses the RSV but with copious notes and cross references. Navigation is great - perhaps not the best, but very usable. Whilst there is some Catholic bias, it should be of benefit to all Christians. $14.00 if I remember from Amazon of course. "The only Catholic Study Bible based on the Revised Standard Version 2nd Catholic Edition, the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament brings together all of the books of the New Testament and the penetrating study tools developed by renowned Bible teachers Dr. Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch. This volume presents the written Word of God in a highly readable, accurate translation, excellent for personal and group study. Extensive study notes, topical essays and word studies provide fresh and faithful insights informed by time-tested, authentically Catholic interpretations from the Fathers of the Church and other scholars. Commentaries include the best insights of ancient, medieval and modern scholarship, and follow the Church’s guidelines for biblical interpretation. Plus, each New Testament book is outlined and introduced with an essay covering questions of authorship, date of composition, intended audience and general themes. The Ignatius Study Bible also includes handy reference materials such as a doctrinal index, a helpful cross-reference system, and various maps and charts. This edition does not contain study questions or a concordance." Hal.

10-20-2010, 04:30 PM	#166
osnova Kindler of the Flame Posts: 582 Karma: 646016 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: US of A Device: K DX,3,KT,KP,KF, KFHD; Nook C, PRS600, iPad, Xoom, N900, N810, Zaurus	The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia for the Kindle has been published. More info here, http://osnovapress.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/

11-05-2010, 09:39 PM	#167
oksanut Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle	Have just purchased my first DVJ Bible made by OSNOVA. Fantastic! Loved it! Thank you. I will definitely check out your other work, too. It seems you've put a lot of thought and effort into it. My friend suggested I go to your blog at osnovapress.wordpress.com to read more about your work. That's how I got to buy my first DVJ Bible. Keep up the good work!

11-18-2010, 11:14 AM	#178
charonme Zealot Posts: 103 Karma: 11904 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: K3	If only there was a SW that would process the indexing on your PC before you upload the book to the kindle and then the kindle would just import the processed index.

11-18-2010, 02:34 PM	#179
osnova Kindler of the Flame Posts: 582 Karma: 646016 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: US of A Device: K DX,3,KT,KP,KF, KFHD; Nook C, PRS600, iPad, Xoom, N900, N810, Zaurus	charonme, agreed. Maybe Koval could do that in his Calibre? This would probably involve reverse engineering the indexing on the Kindle, which is a complicated process. On the plus side, indexing happens once per book. So, it's not such a huge burden.

11-18-2010, 07:07 PM	#180
ihab7000 Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle	Can I create the DVJ Dear Osnova, Actually I have downloaded the sample you have attached.And I am enjoying reading it now.I do not know if you may give me the rest of the Bible because,it is really better than the ones that I have they lack that organization and the unity of the fornt and which is most important the DVJ. So,If I have the adobe professional and the mobireader can I make the DVJ myself(instead of asking you to lend me the rest of your Bible) If so what fonts and size(of the fonts and the pages on the adobe) shall I render to reach the same wonderful results of the bible you have attached Thx in advance

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