I’m happy to announce that PocketBible for Windows is now available at our Web site.
We’ll be sending emails to existing customers over the next 2-3 days with a discounted price of $19.99. Regular retail price is $29.99. If you can’t wait we’d be happy to accept the extra $10. 
Any books you’ve already purchased for MyBible or PocketBible will entitle you to download the same books for your Windows PC. The only exception is the Ancient Christian Commentary Series, which we’re prohibited from distributing on the desktop until some date in the future. We’re trying to remedy that because it’s a great commentary series and we’d like to see more people using it.
We’ve mentioned it before but one of the cool options you have for another $19.99 is receiving your entire PocketBible for Windows library on a USB flash memory drive. You can still download now for immediate satisfaction, but then we’ll send you everything in your download account (including existing purchases plus anything you purchase at the time you place your USB flash drive order) that is compatible with PocketBible for Windows on one USB drive, complete with custom Laridian lanyard.
Just a reminder: If you have technical questions, send them to Tech Support through the Help Desk at our Web site. Don’t post them here. There are several reasons: First, by going through the Help Desk you may find that your question is already answered. Second, your question will get directly to our tech support department without depending on one of them to wander in and read the blog comments. Finally, there are people who subscribe to these blog comments and you’re just clogging up the comments with issues that only pertain to you. Just so you know, even though all comments to this blog are moderated, we always approve the tech support questions that get posted here just so people can laugh at you behind your back.
OK one major new product down. Several more to go…
Congrats on release. Looking forward to my email and will absolutely buy this for the price (which is very reasonable.) Very, very much looking forward to go live on iPocketBible…
That was quick. Already purchased and downloaded all my material to a USB drive. Did my remaining Bible reading on my Mac Book Pro (through VMWare Fusion) then plugged the USB drive into another machine and pulled up my Bibles to browse through. Very nice to pop that USB drive in my pocket and have it everywhere. I will spend a good deal of time with it tonight and tomorrow figuring all the particulars out.
Kudos on a job very well done. Anything that puts the word of God more easily at our fingertips is a tremendous blessing and furthers His work.
Blessings on your ministry.
PocketBible for windows is wonderful. It is fast. I love the layout. Once again you continue to produce the finest in software. Thank you very much!!
Blessings,
Ken
Congratulations on another great product! Now to obsessively watch my email for the discount
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BTW, what size is the USB flash drive? Or does the size depend on the number of books?
Thanks and God Bless!
Kevin: The USB drives will be as big as they need to be. The current batch are 256MB. It’s surprisingly difficult to purchase large quantities of USB flash drives at anything less than the price you’d find at BestBuy. So we’ve been vague about the size in order to have some flexibility to get whatever we need when we need it.
With the exception of about three people (we know who you are!) everyone’s library should fit on 256MB.
Great software. Nice to be able to transfer all my PocketBibles to my PC, though I hope you get the Ancient Commentary Series on there soon.
Any chance of a PocketBible for Mac OS sometime in the future?
Craig, congrats to you and the team at Laridian – Pocket Bible for Windows is excellent (thanks for the discount, btw!). It is simple and pleasing to use; other programs offer more in terms of language studies etc but I love now having the opportunity to sync notes between the desktop and mobile versions (well, when the pB update is released…:)
Can I encourage you to continue adding other resources to those already available – if you were to make Greek and Hebrew texts available that would be most welcome. I’m sure your commitment to your customers will continue to reap results, both for the company and in the lives of those who use the product.
Blessings & thanks!
Baggas: There’s always a chance; I don’t want to rule that out. However it’s not something we’re actively working on. I’ve been telling people that our iPocketBible for iPhone may end up being the path to Laridian Bible software on your Mac. The iPhone runs a version of the Safari browser, and we use Safari on a PC to test it. It also looks good on a Mac. Since the iPocketBible program is really just a Web site, there’s no reason Mac users couldn’t make use of it, too.
Dear Craig,
I want to be as technologically savvy as this guy:
Mary, again…as a regular user of Pocket Bible, by means of my Axim X30/Windows Mobile 2003SE…and an owner of both a G4 laptop and a MacBook, I, too, would love to make use of your software through both means. I am unfamiliar with VMWare Fusion that the gentleman references, in his comments; but wonder where you would direct me for guidance in making full use of your great software, and the Pocket Bible software I have already purchased from y’all?
(I hope this is an acceptable question to ask, in this forum, as this is where I found his comments.)
Thanks for any time taken to offer direction.
Lord bless…
As you might suspect, we are not Mac experts here. We own a few Macs but we use them as God intended and not for product development.
So… I Googled VMWare and found this site: http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/. Looks like an interesting program. It looks like you spend about $60 for Fusion then you buy a copy of Windows and install it on your Mac.
We don’t necessarily recommend or support programs like this, but we don’t mind people using it if it works.
Well done!
Lean,clean,fast and so far stable. No bloatware! Super stuff.
Blessings
Chris Walley
UK
Thank you so much for providing such an incredible follow up to the PDA/Smartphone software I have counted on so many times in my full time staff position at my church. I ordered the USB Flash Drive this morning (8/22) and was wondering if you could let us know the approximate turn around time for it shipping. Will we receive a separate email with a tracking number and shipping information once it has been shipped like I do for other products I order on the internet? I wonder if I happen to be one of the 3 mentioned above that may need a larger USB Flash Drive than the standard one?
You guys are an incredible blessing to so many people for all the hard work you do for His Glory. You are very much appreciated. God bless, Andy
What a great program! I have been wanting the ability to use the Bibles and books on my PDA on my PC for a long time. The portability on a USB drive is a big plus. Thanks for you efforts! I have only had a little time to use PocketBible for Windows since I bought and downloaded it this morning, but it is very easy to install and use. thanks for your efforts! David
Congrats guys. Thanks for your hard work, I’ve been waiting for a while to have the ability to sync between my pc and pocket pc!
Great program folks! Good job. I hope the Synchronizing programs come out soon as this is the main reason I wanted the Windows version — to sync my notes.
One problem I noticed was the lack of Finnis Dake’s notes for download. I purchased that book for my Palm, but didn’t see it as a download option on my custom download page. (?)
Dake’s notes are from Dake Publishing, not from us. That’s why they’re not in your download account.
Craig.
I am having a difficult time here using the “copy”.
Whenever I copy (not copy passage) it won’t copy the reference.
For example:
(10) And he carried me away *in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
This is Revelation 21 verse 10.
I have went into the clipboard options and I don’t see a way to change it.
Here is the copy passage of the same verse:
The New Jerusalem
(10) And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
Your question is addressed here: http://blog.laridian.com/?p=79
Craig.
Your link looped me to here.
I am going to assume that you want me to go to the help desk, which I will do.
:0)
I can’t recall if this was discussed: Will we be able to sync to iPocketBible.com when it is available?