Church
Publishing Incorporated has successfully launched two new eBook editions
of the Book of Common Prayer to accommodate a variety of applications
and most eReader platforms, including all versions of Kindle, Apple,
plus other devices and tablets.
"We're not the first to offer an electronic edition of the Book of Common Prayer (BCP),
but we wanted to offer the best version possible in multiple formats to
cover the widest range of liturgical needs," said Brother Karekin
Yarian, Church Publishing's project manager - eProducts.
Church
Publishing's eBook edition, available for all eReaders, contains the
complete contents of the authorized 1979 Book of Common Prayer, is fully
searchable, and features a built-in Table of Contents. This edition is
designed to maximize content accessibility on mobile devices and
tablets. However, because eBooks are designed to reflow the text
according to the size of the screen of the mobile device, designing this
edition to maintain the exact page layout and page numbers of the print
edition "was neither possible nor desirable," Brother Karekin
explained, "As such, the layout of the content may be different,
depending on the device you are using."
Church Publishing also offers a PDF version
of the Book of Common Prayer, which is available on the Church
Publishing website. Each of these versions is hyperlinked and has
bookmarking capability.
"These
eBooks give Episcopalians easy access to the 1979 Book of Common Prayer,
making it as close as your tablet or eBook reader. I'm delighted that
Church Publishing is responding to the needs of the church in this way,"
said Ruth Meyers, Hodges-Haynes Professor of Liturgics at Church
Divinity School of the Pacific and a member of the Standing Commission
on Liturgy and Music for the Episcopal Church.
"Electronic
books are becoming fully integrated now within the life of the Church,
so we're meeting the needs of our customers with a variety of digital
products," said Church Publishing's Davis Perkins, publisher. "In
addition to an already significant assortment of digital resources,
including our eHymnals, riteworship, Living the Good News Online, and
Weaving God's Promises curriculums, plus more than 500 CPI titles
available as eBooks, the electronic editions of the BCP demonstrate our
commitment to delivering important content for the Church via every
available channel."
