Why are Bible sales figures being distorted ?
I think you’ve got several good answers here. The bulk purchases of missionaries probably contributes significantly, and many, many people own more than one bible. I own a Bible and I’m not even Christian: it was given to me as a child. There are also many different versions of the Bible: translated from different sources, translated into different languages, using different grammatical forms (such as children’s Bibles and Bibles using very modern English versus King James English), having or not having commentary in it, etc. The Koran is supposed to be read in Arabic. Many Muslims are against having it translated at all, and each word is to be copied exactly: there is no be no taking liberty with the text at all in order to clarify for modern readers. So there’s much less of a desire to own multiple copies of the Koran, because they should all say the exact same thing. I do wonder if the 200 million unber is low. Islam encourages people to learn to read precisely so they can read the
