December 2007 Bible Sales Rankings by Translation

Interesting jockeying going on
this month. It's not surprising to see the NIV, KJV, and NKJV at
the top three in sales on both charts (although deep down it still
amazes me that the NKJV sells so well). The fact that the ESV ranks
#4 on unit sales, but #7 on dollar sales continues to reinforce my
hunch that a lot of the 50˘ New Testaments are being sold, probably
based more on price than translation preference, although I'm
positive both are significant factors for its continued acceptance.
The HCSB which ranked #10 last month in both dollar and unit sales
moved up both charts significantly. Perhaps this has to do with the
release of the Apologetics Study Bible (Ken, where's my review?)
which ranked #2 on study Bibles sold. The TNIV,
the most recently released version on the list, didn't show up in
either rankings last month, but lists as #9 on dollar sales and #10
on unit sales which is surely significant since half of the
reporting CBA stores refuse to carry it (suggestion: the next time
you're in the market for a TNIV BIble, special order it from one of
the stores that won't carry it).






