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Originally Posted by Jassy
I would agree that it has a LOT to do with $$$$$. Ca-ching, ca-ching go the cash registers in the so-called "Christian bookstores" which carry nary a KJV Bible, unless it's hidden in some obscure place in the back - but are filled to the brim with all kinds of modern translation trash. The minute you tell them you're looking for a Bible, they'll try to give you the slick sales approach to their latest version - which includes some very nice profits for them. Since the KJV has NO copyright - it's just not as lucrative and they know that KJV buyers are not going to be rushing into their store, the next time they have a newer, "better" version of the modern Bible.
SAD, very sad.
Jassy
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I agree, I was in a national chain Christian bookshop just this evening, tons of MVs and about 5 AVs. At least in Britain "rights to the Authorized Version are vested in the Crown." Because of this I think that is why the text of British Bibles is often better than those from the US.