Our Mission

Our mission is to print and distribute legible, durable Bibles that are unusually small.

This might sound like a novel idea, but miniature Bible making began in the 19th century. In 1896, David Bryce of Glasgow pioneered this concept using a newly discovered technology called photolithography; he used a process of light and electroplated templates to shrink normal-sized typeset into incredibly small printing plates, allowing for the production of very miniature books. Hundreds of thousands of miniature Bibles were printed, many of which were issued to soldiers in the British Empire. Here’s what one of them looked like.

This was the smallest Bible ever printed in the world. In recent times, there’s been nothing like it on the market. The David Bryce Bible became a collector’s Bible that was rare and hard to find. In 2022 we began exploring what it would take to reproduce this Bible at an affordable price. We wanted a Bible that you could take with you anywhere and everywhere; a Bible that’s maximally portable. After countless emails, Zoom meetings, and trips to printers and binders, we announced the result: a miniature Bible that we call Tiny Bible. 

Instead of taking a traditional-sized typeset and chemically shrinking it, we used advances in digital typesetting and offset printing to design a Bible directly into the target dimensions. We even picked a font family called Edita that offers a variant optimized for small sizes. The result is a text block that is the same size as the David Bryce Bible while providing a crisper, more legible reading experience. With the 8.5x magnifying glass that comes with each purchase, readers in their mid-70s with average vision can make out the sentences. We bind the book blocks with stitching and use cowhide and sheepskin leather for the covers.

We began shipping our first printing of Tiny Bible in the summer of 2023 and we’ve been fulfilling orders since. We’ve shipped thousands of Tiny Bibles to 25+ countries worldwide, including the United Kingdom, Norway, Australia, South Africa, South Korea, India, Singapore, and the Philippines. 

What you can do with Tiny Bible

Tiny Bible makes a perfect gift for your spouse or loved one. It’s the Bible you know your pastor doesn’t have yet. Many buy them to give to their children or grandchildren as part of their legacy. Some bring them on backpacking trips to enjoy the full word of God around the campfire. Some keep them on their coffee tables as conversation starters. Tiny Bible has been consecrated in burial as the cornerstone of church edifices. It has made its way into military bases and prisons. It can be taken into some tight places where bigger Bibles cannot. 

You can shop your copy of this today. We are thankful for each person who helps us continue our mission of sending this unusually small Bible near and far.