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11.18.2011
InterVarsity Press Buys Biblica Books
200-year-old ministry that translates, publishes, and distributes Bibles to more than 55 countries. The deal is expected to close by the end of the calendar year, with IVP gaining 170 backlist and almost 30 new Biblica Books titles, including Operation World, a global prayer guide now in its seventh edition.
Biblica Worldwide has translated the Bible into over 100 languages and is the translation sponsor and publisher of the New International Version® (NIV) Bible, the top-selling translation. The company recently made the decision to narrow its publishing program solely to the Bible, which led to the agreement with IVP, the nonprofit publishing arm of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA, a campus ministry founded in 1947 that now publishes a range of ministry resources, trade books, and scholarly titles.
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