New Website Launched - BBTEdit.com

BY: FRIENDS OF THE BBT

Aug 27, ALACHUA, FLORIDA, USA (SUN) — Have you ever had questions or concerns about the BBTs editing policies? If you have, or just want to stay informed, then you'll want to know about the new BBT website BBTedit.com.

For the past few months, behind the scenes at Friends of the BBT, we have been working on creating this site. Today we launched it and we want to make sure that all of our readers hear about it. Here is the news release we just sent out:

BBT Books: Closer to Srila Prabhupada
BBTedit.com puts annotated Gita scans online

The BBT has launched a new website, BBTedit.com, full of information about the editing of Srila Prabhupada's books.

Among the features: * More than 80 video clips: BBT editors and other senior devotees offer facts and perspectives on editorial history, myths, and controversies. * A collection of Srila Prabhupada's instructions about editing. * First time ever: Annotated scans of Jayadvaita Swami's copy of the 1972 Gita showing his editing for the second edition.

The scans show practically all the revisions and restorations done for the word-for-word meanings and purports. (The translations were revised separately.) The annotations let you see what the original manuscripts said and tell the reasons for changes made.

"The purpose of the annotations," Jayadvaita Swami says, "is not to argue for anything but simply to make clear what was done and why."

The scanned Preface and Introduction for the Gita are already online now. (Included: Nearly forty audio clips of Srila Prabhupada speaking for the Introduction.) The eighteen chapters will follow, one by one.

It's all here: www.BBTedit.com

We hope you are pleased with this website and will tell your friends about it.

We also look forward to your valuable feedback on how we can improve this site.

Thank you for your support.

Your servant,
Pancharatna dasa
Friends of the BBT