Zondervan released two NIV "VerseLight" Bibles, Find Hope and Find Love, last month. The debut offerings in its line highlighting themes in Scripture, the "VerseLight" Bibles feature the New International Version along with selected verses on subjects such as hope and love highlighted in blue. An edition centering on prayer will be available in August. Find Hope and Find Love are now available in hardcover and retail for $24.99.

Tyndale House Publishers has launched online Bible training at its Web site for stores, www.tyndalebooksellers.com. The site aims to help retailers direct customers to Bibles that meet their needs. The site features "Effective Bible Selling," a two-part video. Part one includes the basic facts about the Bible, its history and descriptions of its translations and versions. It also includes an interactive quiz designed to help retailers develop sales skills. In part two, Tyndale features its own line of eight types of Bibles. At the end of the training sessions, the retailer can print a form to select one of Tyndale's four New Living Translation editions, which the company will then mail for completing the training.

John MacArthur's study Bible now comes in a large-print edition. The NASB MacArthur Study Bible Large Print, releasing from Thomas Nelson this month, features 11-point type in a new, easier-to-carry edition, a concise topical index, a large concordance with people and places, and more than 200,000 study notes, charts, maps, outlines and articles from MacArthur, who serves as executive editor. The Bible is available in a hardcover for $49.99, hardcover with thumb index for $59.99, black or burgundy bonded leather for $79.99, black or burgundy bonded leather with thumb index for $89.99, black genuine leather for $89.99 and black genuine leather with thumb index for $99.99.

B&H Publishing Group added to its KJV product line in February with the release of the KJV Hand Size Giant Print Reference Bible. The compact Bible includes features such as a concordance, favorite Bible readings, a 52-week reading plan, four-color maps, the words of Christ in red and a presentation page for family records. The pink DuoTone simulated leather and a brown DuoTone simulated leather, both presented in two-piece die-cut gift boxes, retail for $29.99 each.

Hendrickson Publishers is releasing the KJV Large Print Reference Bible in chocolate/pink Flexisoft next month. The Bible uses the King James Version and features two-tone Flexisoft binding, with a personal presentation page, 1-inch spine, 10-point type, cross references, concordance, Harmony of the Gospels, Miracles of the Old and New Testaments, Parables of the Old and New Testaments, full-color maps, words of Christ in red, gilded pages and a ribbon marker. It will retail for $24.95.