Olive Tree Releases First Mobile ESV Study Bible

Spokane, WA, January 07, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Olive Tree Bible Software, creator of the BibleReader application for iPhone, smartphone, and other handheld devices, announces the release of the first ESV Study Bible in mobile format.

Published in print by Crossway Books & Bibles in October 2008, the ESV Study Bible has already sold more than 140,000 print copies, making it the nation's best-selling study Bible today.

Olive Tree's electronic version of the ESV Study Bible offers complete access to all features, notes, images, and supplemental materials of the print version—including 20,000 notes, 80,000 cross-references, 50 articles ranging from scholarly information to personal application, 40 illustrations, 200 charts and tables and over 200 full-color maps. The ESV Study Bible on BibleReader offers the easy interface and quick navigation of the BibleReader program, plus resources equivalent to a 20-volume Bible study library—all in a portable, handheld format.

In partnership with Crossway's goal to distribute the Bible and essential Bible resources to the broadest possible worldwide audience, Olive Tree is pleased to represent the forefront of the new media revolution by making these resources available across all major mobile platforms and allowing mobile device users access to the ESV Study Bible anytime, anywhere.

The ESV Study Bible is available today at OliveTree.com and iTunes (iPhone only) for the following mobile platforms: iPhone, BlackBerry, Palm, Windows Mobile Professional, and Windows Mobile Classic (Pocket PC). It will be available for Google Android later this year. For more information on ESV Study Bible for BibleReader, please visit OliveTree.com.

About Olive Tree Bible Software

Olive Tree Bible Software provides Bibles and study tools for iPhone, BlackBerry, Palm OS, Windows Mobile (Pocket PC), smartphone, and Symbian cell phones. The BibleReader™ application offers easy reading, quick navigation, rich formatting, customizable display, and powerful search capabilities. Olive Tree publishes over 500 electronic resources including 100+ translations of the Bible, commentaries, reference works, devotionals, and Christian eBooks. Original Hebrew and Greek texts with parsing tools are also available. Visit www.OliveTree.com or see Olive Tree Bible Software on iTunes.

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