I understand that printing a physical book entails some cost, but what makes Bibles so darn expensive?<\/p>\n
As an example, Lifeway<\/a> has a KJV Study Bible<\/a> that costs $99.99!<\/p>\n Seriously? The book is hundreds of years past copyright – why is it [nearly] one hundred dollars?<\/p>\n It CAN’T<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0cost that much to print it – so why is it so expensive? Shouldn’t – of all books – Bibles be the least<\/em>\u00a0expensive? Shouldn’t we want<\/strong>\u00a0to get them into as many hands as possible?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I understand that printing a physical book entails some cost, but what makes Bibles so darn expensive? As an example, Lifeway has a KJV Study Bible that costs $99.99! Seriously? The book is hundreds of years past copyright – why is it [nearly] one hundred dollars? It CAN’T\u00a0cost that much to print it – so …
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