In the Western World you can buy Bibles in most book stores. Almost all booksellers have a section on Christianity, and will sell bibles, and the larger stores will sell a range of different translations too. You can also buy Bibles online on any of the bookselling websites like Amazon, Barnes and Noble and so on. The website Biblegateway.com also has a range of different translations of the Bible which can be read online, or sections can be downloaded free. If you live in politically oppressive countries, however (such as North Korea) or in a fundamental Islamic state (like Saudi Arabia) Bibles are illegal, and merely possessing one can lead to imprisonment or worse, so purchasing a Bible in these countries is nigh on impossible. Nevertheless, many risk prosecution by smuggling Bibles into these countries as there is such a demand.
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The Hebrew Bible has 24 books, Catholic Bibles have 73 books, Protestant Bibles have 66 books, and Eastern Orthodox Bibles have up to 81 books.
24 this is infact false. the word holy is actually never mentioned. it has been put in the modern bibles but the original ones didnt use holy, it was not a common word
one billion bibles
Somewhere in the neighborhood of 61,320,000. That's according to statistics from Wycliffe International, the Society of Gideons, and the International Bible Society.
Bibles are printed all over the world.