A History Of Ellis Enterprises

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—Emile Dube

History of Company

Newsweek calls our founder, John W. Ellis, M.D., the "pioneer of CD-ROM Bible study." In November 1988, at COMDEX, Las Vegas, Dr. Ellis was one of four keynote speakers on the future of CD-ROM sales. He has been featured on several radio and television programs. Numerous press articles have been written about the company and The Bible Library in Popular Science, Omni, Newsweek, Christianity Today, Christian Computing, and many others.

In June 1988, Ellis Enterprises, Inc. introduced the first electronic compilation of multiple Bibles and reference texts, The Bible Library CD-ROM^TM, Version 1.0. The disc contained 29 works with nine Bibles and 21 References. Another historic first in Bible study and translation occurred when Ellis Enterprises commissioned Stanley Morris, Th.D., International Bible Translators, Inc. to prepare new Bible translations linking Strong's Numbers to the Hebrew and Greek texts thus allowing lay persons to easily study the Bible in the original languages!

The Bible Library^TM Version 1.0, received the Christian Computing Magazine's 1994 Reader's Choice Award for Best CD-ROM Collection. The disc sold worldwide through BestBuy, DAK, Radio Shack, SAM’S, SONY, SoftWare Toolworks, TigerSoft, etc.

IBM and Ellis Enterprises, Inc. jointly produced The New Bible Library from 1993 to 1995.

The Bible Library^TM, Version 3.0, introduced in May 1998, had spectacular sales with 200,000 units sold in the 1998 Christmas season alone. The disc contained 14 Bibles plus over 50 references and maps and 1,000 clip art images. It was available in both secular and religious channels and in high volume discount stores such as Wal-Mart, BestBuy, KMart, Target, etc.

The Bible Library^TM , Version 4.0, May 1999, available in the Deluxe and Special edition, has improved software with more helps, 14 Bibles, over 90 references, maps and over 1,000 Bible and Church clip art images.

Ellis Christian ClipArt CD-ROM^TM , introduced 1996, contains more than 1,000 images of Old and New Testament Bible stories and church activities.

Contacts:
President: John W. Ellis, M.D.
Vice President: Gene Massey
Vice President Technology: Gary E. Wright
Chief Financial Officer: Cindy L. Gillis
Technical Support: Lennie Morgan