Participating product cards now display the current featured new-offer price when available rather than describing the value as a starting or lowest price.
Added more reliable scheduled and on-demand price refreshing while preserving authorized manual price/date corrections.
Existing prices remain in place whenever a current valid price is unavailable, preventing blank or zero-value replacements.
Preserved product imagery, descriptions, retailer links, required disclosures, mobile browsing, and the separately managed God Bless The USA Bible listing.
Retail pricing and availability remain subject to change.
v2.8.0 Alpha
Updated Living Word Bibles public contact routing to the new @livingwordbibles.com role-based addresses across the shared footer and applicable public pages.
General website inquiries now route through gospel@livingwordbibles.com.
Added dedicated public routing for editorial, legal/privacy/EEO, support, general contact, copyright, and licensing inquiries so messages reach the appropriate Living Word Bibles function.
Updated public email links with page-specific subjects to make incoming inquiries easier to identify and route.
Updated the administration Portal newsletter workflow to use the new dedicated Living Word Bibles email-delivery service while preserving the existing account, order, analytics, consent, reconciliation, and administrative functions.
Separated outbound transactional and newsletter email delivery from the core website backend for cleaner operational isolation and maintenance.
Preserved the existing website structure, public page presentation, product pages, account system, checkout behavior, and unrelated content while applying the email-routing changes.
Frontend package advanced to v2.8.0 Alpha; Website Backend advanced to v2.2.4; dedicated Email Service introduced as v1.0.0.
Updated the homepage so both editions route visitors to their dedicated product pages rather than exposing direct eBible download links.
Moved the Presidential Edition, KJV Special Edition, and Douay-Rheims Bible together into the second eStore row.
Added a SPECIAL EDITION! designation to the KJV Special Edition and a BEST SELLER! designation to the Douay-Rheims Bible.
Added a dedicated Heads of State Collection homepage feature after the God Bless America Bible feature, with separate desktop and mobile artwork.
Refined mobile promotional artwork for the Heads of State Collection, Presidential Edition, and Audio Bible so the intended compositions remain visible without the earlier mobile cropping issues.
Kept Custom Bibles positioned after Print Bibles in the homepage rotation and updated the eStore feature headline to Beautiful Digital Bible Editions for Study & Devotion.
Added Heads of State navigation alongside Presidential History and added a clear account-creation note for the Joe Biden online-reading option.
Clarified public support, editorial, and presentation-disclaimer language across applicable pages while keeping the public release notes focused on visitor-facing changes.
Refreshed displayed Amazon prices and observed-price dates for the Print Bibles and Christian Books storefronts on 18 September 2026; Amazon prices and availability remain subject to change.
v2.6.9 Alpha
Launched the Heads of State Collection as the central public showcase for Living Word Bibles presentation editions prepared for national, vice-regal, state, and provincial leadership offices.
Expanded the Heads of State Collection with additional Canadian and Ontario presentation editions, including dedicated Lieutenant Governor and Premier editions, while keeping public access centered on the collection page.
Added official-style portraits, seals, coats of arms, bilingual office titles where applicable, and dedicated edition artwork throughout the Heads of State Collection.
Launched Custom Bibles for the general public, with personalized Custom eBibles starting at $19.99.
Custom Bible customers can choose the KJV Special Edition, Douay-Rheims Bible, ASV, YLT, or WEB in the base price; NKJV, NIV, and ESV are available as premium translation choices, and the Ethiopian Apocrypha is offered as an optional add-on.
Expanded Custom Bible personalization with custom covers, title and dedication pages, prayer or Scripture pages, personal letters, special-occasion pages, family pages, memorial pages, church or ministry presentation pages, and additional custom pages.
Added Custom Bibles to the main navigation immediately beside the eStore and added dedicated desktop and mobile Custom Bible artwork to the homepage rotation directly after the eStore feature.
Restored the original Living Word Bibles homepage feature as the first carousel slide with Read the Bible Online and View All Translations, and moved the Presidential Edition feature to immediately before the Donald J. Trump Bible feature.
Updated Presidential Edition promotional artwork with a visible disclaimer clarifying that the presentation is not an official endorsement by The White House, any current or former President, or the U.S. Government, together with the stated proceeds-donation notice.
Added the new Custom Bibles Instagram post to the Social Media gallery while preserving the existing curated Instagram collection.
Refreshed the displayed Amazon prices and observed-price dates for the Print Bibles and Christian Books storefronts on 17 September 2026; Amazon prices and availability remain subject to change.
Expanded the XML sitemap to include the new Heads of State Collection and Custom Bibles public pages.
v2.6.8 Alpha
Updated 15 September 2026
Improved the Print Bibles and Christian Books storefronts so current Amazon prices and their observed dates refresh more reliably across visits.
Removed stale storefront price/date fallbacks from participating Amazon product cards, reducing the risk that visitors see an outdated previously observed Amazon price after a listing changes.
Improved price-loading behavior so the two print storefronts use the latest available Living Word Bibles price information while preserving direct Amazon product links and required retailer disclosures.
Preserved product imagery, descriptions, mobile swipe browsing, and retailer fulfillment while refining the price/date presentation.
Preserved the separately displayed God Bless The USA Bible retail price as an independently managed retailer listing outside the participating Amazon-price updates.
Refreshed the displayed Amazon prices and observed-price dates for the Print Bibles and Christian Books storefronts on 15 September 2026; Amazon prices and availability remain subject to change.
Expanded complimentary access to the Joe Biden Presidential Edition with a direct EPUB download promotion while preserving the existing online-reading option.
Created a complimentary Presidential Edition outreach for St. Mary Catholic Church in Indianapolis, allowing parishioners and visitors to scan a QR code and download the free Douay-Rheims Presidential Edition eBible.
Expanded the Social Media Instagram gallery and reconciled recent post additions that were not yet reflected in the public release notes.
Preserved every previously curated Instagram post beneath the newest additions, together with the existing embedded-post and direct-link fallback experience.
Added President Biden to the History of the American Presidency with his portrait, signature, short biography, and direct Read Online access to his Presidential eBible.
Replaced an unavailable Presidential History video with a working U.S. presidency video while preserving responsive mobile playback.
Added the Presidential Edition disclaimer to the Presidential Collection and applicable Presidential Edition product pages; the Biden edition displays its free-public-access statement instead.
The base Presidential Edition is now available as a SPECIAL EDITION at $19.99, reduced from $39.99, while the Clinton, Bush, and Obama editions are presented at $9.99, reduced from $19.99. The Donald J. Trump edition remains COMING SOON!.
Added The History of the American Presidency with presidential portraits, signatures, correspondence guidance, historical context, and selected presidential speech documents.
Added a new Presidential Collection category alongside eBibles, Print Bibles, and Print Books throughout the eStore navigation.
Added a dedicated Presidential Collection homepage feature with separate desktop and mobile artwork.
Refreshed the Donald J. Trump promotional artwork for desktop and mobile presentation.
Refined Presidential Edition proceeds notices so applicable editions identify their intended recipient, including the Smithsonian’s The American Presidency exhibit, the William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum for the George W. Bush edition, and the Obama Presidential Center for the Barack Obama edition.
Improved mobile browsing on the eStore, Presidential Collection, Print Bibles, and Christian Books pages with swipeable horizontal product browsing, visible previous/next controls, and preserved vertical reading within each product card.
Expanded the Copyright Notice and Editorial Standards product showcases to include the base Presidential Edition and the Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Trump Presidential Editions.
Refreshed displayed Amazon prices for the Print Bibles and Christian Books storefronts on 12 September 2026; Amazon prices and availability remain subject to change.
The new edition combines the complete King James Version with America the Beautiful, The Star-Spangled Banner, the Pledge of Allegiance, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and all 27 Amendments, the complete Federalist Papers, a United States map, and 15 Bible maps.
Added the God Bless America Bible to the main eStore at the promotional price of $9.99, with the regular $19.99 price struck through and a BEST SELLER! designation.
Expanded the eStore to twelve digital Bible products and refined the product order so the Ethiopian Bible begins the final row, followed by the two free editions.
Updated applicable KJV-based storefront notices so the United Kingdom restriction links directly to the Terms of Service UK KJV notice.
Added the God Bless America Bible to the Copyright Notice and Editorial Standards product showcases with its Living Word Bibles cover artwork.
Added account-library and Valois Lumière online-reading support for entitled God Bless America Bible customers.
The new paid product uses the same streamlined checkout and applicable EU/EEA immediate-digital-delivery / right-of-withdrawal consent presentation used by other Living Word Bibles paid digital editions.
Improved the Print Bibles and Christian Books storefronts so displayed Amazon prices and observed dates can be refreshed more consistently while preserving product imagery, required retailer disclosures, and Amazon fulfillment.
v2.6.5 Alpha
Updated 11 September 2026
Stabilized the customer account header so signed-in visitors reliably see their first name instead of the generic Login label while moving between account and library pages.
Repaired Valois Lumière online reading for the newly added NKJV, NIV, and ESV digital editions.
Added the Trump Bible presentation to the main eStore with its planned promotional pricing; the current product status is COMING SOON! and checkout is not available.
Added a new homepage feature for the Trump Bible and expanded public site-map coverage so visitors can discover both the feature page and product page.
Added account-library and Valois Lumière online-reading support for entitled Trump Bible customers.
Added the same EU/EEA immediate-digital-delivery and right-of-withdrawal consent gate used by other applicable paid digital products to the Trump Bible checkout experience.
Improved Lumière reader initialization so eligible digital Bible editions consistently display the correct edition title when opened from the customer Library.
Corrected Ethiopian Bible online-reading behavior so the EPUB eBook and PDF edition open in their proper reading formats.
Improved account and online-reader reliability so temporary loading problems do not unnecessarily disrupt an otherwise valid signed-in session.
Refined the single Living Word Bibles™ brand mark in the shared footer so the trademark symbol appears smaller and superscripted.
Added three new Living Word Bibles digital eBible editions to the eStore: the New King James Version (NKJV), New International Version (NIV), and English Standard Version (ESV).
Expanded the main eStore from seven to ten digital Bible editions, placing NKJV, NIV, and ESV immediately below the first product row in that order.
Introduced promotional BEST VALUE! presentation for the three new eBibles: each displays $1.99 with the regular $9.99 price struck through.
Expanded the new product descriptions to identify the complete Old and New Testaments and highlight over a dozen Maps of the Holy Land.
Updated the Copyright Notice and Editorial Standards to include NKJV, NIV, and ESV with their Living Word Bibles cover artwork and direct product links.
Updated the Copyright Notice and Editorial Standards revision dates to 9 September 2026; the updates were reviewed and approved by legal counsel.
The Ethiopian Bible promotional presentation now shows the EPUB eBook at $9.99 with $19.99 struck through and the PDF at $0.99 with $1.99 struck through.
Expanded Print Bibles with the CSB Deluxe Gift Bible and NLT Large Print Premium Thinline Bible.
The initial Christian Books collection includes nine selected titles covering discipleship, Bible study, spiritual growth, Christian biography, Christian living, and Christian fiction.
Refined both Print Bibles and Christian Books with consistent Amazon product presentations including product imagery, full titles, descriptions, displayed Amazon prices, direct product links, and required retailer disclosures.
Refreshed Amazon pricing on 9 September 2026, including same-day corrections to selected Print Bibles and Christian Books listings; Amazon prices and availability remain subject to change.
Refined the eStore product presentation so the first three featured digital editions — King James Version, Donald J. Trump Make America Great Again Bible, and The Complete Apocrypha of the Ethiopian Bible — are identified as BEST SELLER! selections.
Streamlined paid digital-Bible product pages so visitors move from the full eStore product presentation into a cleaner hosted checkout experience without seeing a second copy of the same product image, price, description, or feature list.
Improved paid-product navigation with clear Back to eStore controls and cleaner breadcrumbs that show Home › eStore › Product without exposing internal route labels.
Preserved the existing EU/EEA immediate-delivery and right-of-withdrawal consent gate on all applicable paid digital products while the checkout presentation was simplified.
Preserved the free KJV Special Edition and Douay-Rheims Bible product pages and their existing free download/access experience.
Added a shared-footer 🇺🇸 VETERAN OWNED BUSINESS link, centered between the operator and developer attribution on desktop and shown as the final operations line on mobile.
v2.6.4 Alpha
Expanded the Privacy Policy with updated U.S., EU/EEA, and United Kingdom privacy disclosures, including broader state-by-state U.S. privacy-law coverage and additional consumer-health-data disclosures.
Added direct Cookie Settings access from the Privacy Policy so visitors can reopen and change their worldwide privacy choices.
Added clear ✓ Reviewed status indicators for both required legal documents during account registration.
Added worldwide Privacy & Cookie Choices controls with Accept All, Reject Optional, and configurable Analytics / Advertising & Marketing preferences.
Changed optional analytics and advertising behavior so those technologies remain disabled until the visitor affirmatively enables them, while necessary browser storage continues to support core website, account, security, and privacy-choice functions.
Expanded privacy-respecting website analytics to improve understanding of site usage while honoring visitor consent choices.
Added EU/EEA Right of Withdrawal consent gates to applicable paid digital purchase paths and added a branded digital-purchase consent confirmation for qualifying EU/EEA customers.
Repaired Bible Study YouTube/video behavior for iOS and mobile visitors.
Uploaded updated production EPUB editions for the KJV Special Edition, Douay-Rheims Bible, American Standard Version (ASV), World English Bible (WEB), and Young’s Literal Translation (YLT).
Refreshed the corresponding digital Bible product files used across the Living Word Bibles eStore, customer library, downloads, and supported online reading experiences.
Updated the Living Word Bibles homepage to reflect the addition of maps to Living Word Bibles Bible editions.
Updated the eStore presentation to highlight maps as part of the Bible product experience.
Updated the KJV Special Edition product page to reflect the addition of maps.
Updated the Douay-Rheims Bible product page to reflect the addition of maps.
Expanded the Social Media Instagram gallery with five new Living Word Bibles posts while preserving all previously curated posts beneath the new entries.
Preserved Instagram’s official embed presentation and direct “Open on Instagram” fallback behavior for the expanded gallery.
Expanded visitor-facing outreach around Scripture, Bible history, Biblical geography, Catholic Bible resources, and the Living Word Bibles iOS app while remaining on v2.6.3 Alpha.
v2.6.2 Alpha
Refined the Living Word Bibles header and footer branding for a cleaner presentation across desktop and mobile.
Added this Public Change Log and the release marker shown throughout the site footer.
Improved public release identification while preserving a simple, visitor-focused presentation.
Added a professionally formatted EPUB 3 edition of The Complete Apocrypha of the Ethiopian Bible with reflowable text, an embedded Living Word Bibles cover, and hyperlinked book/chapter navigation.
Updated the Ethiopian Bible product page to present the new EPUB eBook edition on the left and the existing PDF edition on the right as two separate digital products.
Preserved the purchase-card presentation for both editions so each product continues to display its own product image.
Expanded the Ethiopian Bible “What’s Included” information to explain the collection and the difference between the EPUB and PDF reading experiences.
Added the new The Complete Apocrypha of the Ethiopian Bible promotional post as the first featured Instagram item on the Social Media page, linking to the official Instagram post while preserving the existing gallery.
Made minor legal-language clarifications to the arbitration policy, mandatory consumer rights, indemnification, and warranty provisions in the Terms of Service.
Added the Indiana Secretary of State Trademark Registration paperwork to the Copyright Notice to document the Living Word Bibles trademark registration.
Updated the Privacy Policy “Changes to this Policy” section to clarify how policy revisions are communicated and reflected.
v2.6.1 Alpha
Introduced the Valois Lumière online reading experience for eligible digital Bible editions.
Expanded account-library reading options for supported eBibles and the Ethiopian Bible PDF.
Improved reader navigation, display preferences, reading continuity, and access to eligible editions available through the eStore.
Rebuilt the canonical public site-map inventory to reflect Living Word Bibles readers, histories, study resources, legal pages, products, and public information pages.
v2.4.1 Alpha
Refined homepage resource presentation, trusted-seller links, free eBible cards, and public reading calls to action.
v2.4.0 Alpha
Refined the shared header and footer, homepage presentation, mobile navigation, and featured Bible resources.
Expanded Scripture verse studies and introduced Common Prayers resources.
v2.2.0 Alpha
Expanded the Books of the Bible historical collection and strengthened History navigation across the 66-book Protestant canon.
v2.1.0 Alpha
Improved digital Bible purchase and download flows.
Expanded Editorial Standards and public presentation of Living Word Bibles publishing practices.
v2.0.x Alpha
Expanded Living Word Bibles accounts, digital libraries, ordering support, subscriber communications, and account-based access to eligible digital editions.
Improved free digital Bible access and customer purchase reconciliation.
v1.1.0 Alpha
On 05 June 2026, Living Word Bibles began its migration from Squarespace to the current independent Living Word Bibles website.
v1.1.0 Alpha was released publicly on 06 June 2026.
Public Milestone — Living Word Bibles Bible Database & Online Collection
Living Word Bibles began operating its Bible Database and online Scripture collection on the Living Word Bibles domain. These Scripture resources are presented through:
