Archive for October, 2009
2009 Chatlos Bible Conference
Oct 8th
Monday, September 28, Olive Tree had the privilege of being a part of the 2009 Chatlos Bible Conference at New York Theological Seminary in New York City. The title of the conference was “Linking Sense to Sound and Sight: Bible Study and Technology”.
The conference had a unique structure with the morning consisting of lectures presented by leading biblical scholars speaking about the modes of communication in biblical and post-biblical times. The afternoon sessions were presentations by leading bible software companies, including Olive Tree. Each presenter shared how our companies are working to build on the ever-shifting ground of technology and the study of the Bible.
With advances in technology occurring at such a rapid pace, every area of life is being affected. This includes church life, academics, and the study of the Bible. This conference attempted to present participants both with a philosophical framework and practical tools to address this change. Olive Tree’s BibleReader was just the tool for many of the participants.
Dr. Jin Han, and the NYTS folks extended such warm kindness to the presenters and made the conference a distinct pleasure to be a part of. And, he introduced many of us to our first taste of authentic Korean cuisine! It was something we all thoroughly enjoyed and won’t be forgetting any time soon.
Matt Hudson works for Olive Tree Bible Software as an eBook Architect. He received his M.Div. from Beeson Divinity School and lives in Knoxville, TN.
iPhone BibleReader In-App Purchases and Price Change
Oct 2nd
We are adding In-Application purchases to iPhone BibleReader. This will let you purchase books directly from within BibleReader using your iTunes account. In-Application Purchases will make the process of purchasing books much easier. Apple requires that all applications with In-Application Purchase be for sale. To meet this requirement we are going to start changing $.99 for BibleReader. We have submitted a new app called BibleReader Free that has all of the features of BibleReader without In-Application Purchases and will remain free. We choose to make BibleReader $.99 instead of adding a new app for this since this will give everyone who has already downloaded BibleReader the update for free.
Currently Amplified Bible for BibleReader has the In-Application Purchase. The rest of the iPhone BibleReader apps will have this functionality with version 4.09. The In-Application Purchasing requires each book to be approved by Apple for each reader. Most of the books are still in the Apple review process.
Stephen
Edited to Add: Since this post, Apple has changed some of their requirements, and no longer requires apps with in-app purchasing to be for sale. At this time, BibleReader and BibleReader – Free both allow in-app purchasing. BibleReader – Free comes with the ASV and KJV Bibles. BibleReader comes with the ASV and KJV Bibles, plus Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible and the Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary. Features and functionality for BibleReader and BibleReader – Free are the same, unless their version numbers are different. (Different version numbers occur when Olive Tree has submitted a software update that has been approved for one app but not the other. Usually, the second app is simply waiting for update approval and will be updated shortly to the newest software version.) Updated 8/30/2010.
Help us test our new server!
Oct 1st
As you know, OliveTree.com is up and running on our new server! Behind the scenes, of course, we’re still hard at work fixing bugs we’ve discovered, resolving problems that come up, and continuing to test all the areas of OliveTree.com to make sure they work they way they should.
We’d like to invite you to participate in our process of testing!
There’s a special Olive Tree 22% discount coupon available now through Monday, October 5. This is a very limited time offer, but we want to make it available to test how our discount processes are working. The coupon code for this offer is:
TryOliveTree2009
You can also learn more about how to use coupons at OliveTree.com. If you try this coupon, here’s what we want to know from you:
- Does it work?
- Did you have any difficulties along the way?
- Anything else you’d like to report about your OliveTree.com experience?
If it works, great! Enjoy your titles! If it doesn’t work, please contact us and let us know, either by emailing support@olivetree.com or filling out a support ticket here.
We hope that using the coupon will be a simple, streamlined process, but don’t worry—we’ll make sure you get the 22% discount on your order no matter what.
And if you notice any other problems at any time, feel free to contact us immediately, either by email or support ticket, or by sending us a reply on Twitter @OliveTreeBible.