Where's My NIV84
Downloaded the Android Beta to both my Motorola Xoom WiFi and my Verizon Samsung Fascinate today. They both appear to be functioning well and have access to my library -- but I can't find my NIV84 Bible on either device, and that is the primary translation that I use. Anyone know what is going on?
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My bad - just found where it is some kind of squabble with Zondervan.
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Bob Pritchett posted 23 Sep 2011 => http://community.logos.com/forums/p/38322/288267.aspx#288267
Our contract for the NIV was first negotiated in 1991.
We would have liked, even then, to have the contract cover all electronic formats, but many publishers then wrote contracts to specific media. (We had contracts that limit rights specifically to floppy disks, for example.) This is a carry over from how publishers slice and dice print rights, sometimes explicitly granting/withholding cookbook, calendar, book club, and large-print rights for a single book.
We know people want the NIV. So does Zondervan. It frustrates me that they've given it for free to others for mobile use, and that our users who paid for it can't access it on a mobile device yet. But there's more to our relationship than the NIV, and we're trying to find a way to work together on all Zondervan content moving into the future. And that discussion has taken some time. I do believe, though, that it's nearly complete.
I'm sorry I can't provide more specifics, but I can assure you we haven't forgotten the issue for even a day over the past two years.
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