Industry Software Founded 2000 | Website www.olivetree.com Parent organization Thomas Nelson | |
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Genre e-books, digital library, Bible study Products Bibles, commentaries, devotionals, Greek and Hebrew tools, Bible dictionaries, Christian eBooks for computers Headquarters Spokane, Washington, United States Profiles | ||
Olive Tree Bible Software creates Biblical software and mobile apps, and is an electronic publisher of Bible versions, study tools, Bible study tools, and Christian eBooks for mobile, tablet, and desktop devices. The firm is headquartered in Spokane, Washington and is a member of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA). Olive Tree currently supports Android, iPad, iPhone, Macintosh, Windows, and personal computer devices.
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History
In 1984, Drew Haninger began development via a student project on a monochrome personal computer.
During the 1980s and 1990s, engineering was focused on a multilingual word processor and programs for searching the Bible.
In August 1998, the first BibleReader(TM) was released for Palm OS.
In 1999, the BibleReader for Pocket PC, running the Windows Mobile operating system, was released.
The company continued to grow and, in 2000 assumed the name Olive Tree Bible Software.
As the mobile device market continued to expand, the BibleReader was released for Android, BlackBerry, iOS (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad) Smartphones, and Symbian operating systems.
As of 2011, Olive Tree had over 20 employees. In November 2011, Olive Tree announced the release of BibleReader for Mac. In December 2011, the Windows PC version was released.
On 5 May 2014, HarperCollins announced it had acquired Olive Tree, with Drew Haninger moving to an advisory role.
Bible+
Olive Tree is best known for its Bible+ application (formerly called BibleReader), a software tool designed for reading and searching electronic books. Recent enhancements include bookmarks, personal notes, highlighting, and auto-scrolling. Font sizes, colors, and the application display can be customized. Bible+ uses a markup language called Olive Tree Markup Language (OTML).