How we got the best-selling book of all time

How we got the best-selling book of all time August 30, 2011

The King James Bible—the bestselling book of all time, the most quoted book in the English language—is celebrating its 400th anniversary this year with conferences and exhibits in museums and libraries. Yet how this book of superlatives came to be is not so well-known. It is a peculiar story, full of twists and surprises.

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