Ally and Caroline just informed me, via this photo, that The Bible Cause: A History of the American Bible Society arrived in the mail today via the Oxford University Press warehouse! Get your copy today!
ABS History Updates
On Writing the History of the American Bible Society: Update 119
The Bible Cause: A History of the American Bible Society is done. Oxford University Press tells me that it will ship from the warehouse in the first week of March. I have been pleased that several scholars have taken notice […]
On Writing the History of the American Bible Society–Update 118
Well, the last time I updated the readers of The Way of Improvement Leads Home on my progress on The Bible Cause: A History of the American Bible Society I boldly announced that “I think the manuscript is finally out of […]
On Writing the History of the American Bible Society–Update 117
I think the manuscript is finally out of my hands. The next time I read it will be in book form. The Bible Cause: A History of the American Bible Society will appear in print in late March 2016. About twenty […]
On Writing the History of the American Bible Society-Update 116
The page proofs are here! The page proofs are here!This morning I received the page proofs or galley proofs for The Bible Cause: A History of the American Bible Society. The proofs are the final sample of the pages of […]
On Writing the History of the American Bible Society–Update 115
Last week I had a phone conversation with the publicists from Oxford University Press who will be working to promote The Bible Cause: A History of the American Bible Society. Since this is a trade book (as opposed to an academic […]
On Writing the History of the American Bible Society–Update #114
It was a slow process, but I have now responded to all the queries from the Oxford University Press copy-editor. This mostly required having to return to my notes and check the book’s footnotes to make sure that they are […]
On Writing the History of the American Bible Society–Update #113
The art department at Oxford University Press has come through big-time! Here is the cover of my forthcoming book The Bible Cause: A History of the American Bible Society. I love the image. It is a colporteur manning a Bible […]
On Writing the History of the American Bible Society–Update #112
I am still working through the copy-edits for The Bible Cause: A History of the American Bible Society (now available for pre-order at an online bookstore near you! I was pleased to see that the endorsements/blurbs were recently added to the B&N […]
On Writing the History of the American Bible Society–Update #111
I am still hard at work on the copy-edited manuscript of The Bible Cause. I have until October 12, 2015 to respond to the copy-editor’s changes and make whatever changes I think are necessary. The good news is that you […]
On Writing the History of the American Bible Society–Update #110
The copy-edited manuscript has arrived. I will be spending the next couple of weeks going over The Bible Cause with fine-tooth comb and responding to the changes to the text suggested by the copy-editor. This is my last to make substantial changes […]
On Writing the History of the American Bible Society: Update #109
Bible Translation team: Shanghai, circa 1900 Still waiting on the copy-editing. In the meantime, Laurie Maffly-Kipp of Washington University in St. Louis has provided a very kind blurb to go along with the previous blurbs from Peggy Bendroth and Mark […]
On Writing the History of the American Bible Society–Update #108
I continue to be in a state of limbo on the American Bible Society book. I am waiting for the good folks at Oxford University Press to finish the copy-editing process so that I can make some final changes to […]
On Writing the History of the American Bible Society–Update #107
Things are moving along very well with The Bible Cause: A History of the American Bible Society. Oxford University Press accepted my effort to reduce the manuscript from 203,000 words to 162,000 words. They now tell me that readers will […]
On Writing the History of the American Bible Society–Update #106
Cutting 50,000 words from a 203,000 word manuscript is not easy. No author wants to leave roughly twenty-five percent of his or her book on the cutting room floor. But this is what I have been doing over the course […]
On Writing the History of the American Bible Society–Update #105
This pic is too small for the book In my last post in this series I mentioned that I had submitted the manuscript of “The Bible Cause: A History of the American Bible Society” to Oxford University Press. I also […]
On Writing the History of the American Bible Society–Update #104
ABS Bible for the visually impaired After a few short extensions and some late nights, my manuscript “The Bible Cause: A History of the American Bible Society” has finally been sent to Oxford University Press and the process of transforming […]
On Writing the History of the American Bible Society–Update #103
Well folks, this is the final countdown. My manuscript is due at Oxford University Press in about a week. I still have a lot to write, but I am optimistic that I can get it all of this done. If […]
On Writing the History of the American Bible Society–Update #102
The last few days I have been writing about the American Bible Society’s work in Mexico. Here is James Taylor and Crosby, Stills, and Nash: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATivgsbV93k]
On Writing the History of the American Bible Society: Update 101
I hope to end my history of the American Bible Society with a postscript that deals with the organization’s future and its move from New York City to Philadelphia. With that in mind, I took some time this weekend to […]