I have been looking for a TNIV to drop into my Bible quiver. I may just wait for this edition to be made available.

Probably a good choice; from what I can tell, a lot of people have been waiting for this “traditional” TNIV edition rather than pick up one of the flashy slimlines.

However, my hunch is that the layout was already set. They were really just asking about preferences between single and double columns anyway. None of my initial suggestions were taken [...]

Hopefully if they ever decide to do a wide-margin edition, they’ll revisit some of these preferences and suggestions. It’ll be interesting to do a hands-on comparison of the TNIVRB with the Single-Column Reference NASB from Foundation; I have a suspicion that Zondervan could tighten the text column by a half-inch or maybe even an inch without significantly impacting the page count, but I’ll have to wait to see.

The font itself doesn’t bother me, but I wouldn’t mind if it was a point size larger. [...] This consumer wishes we could go back to the more readable fonts, even if they take up another 100 pages or so. I wish we could have both rather than simply one choice.

I didn’t mind the font in the text-only editions, but it looks indistinct set against the notes. Going a point larger might also make a slight improvement to the density of the reference notes, as presumably there would be fewer verses on each page.

Most modern typefaces used in Bibles are designed to take up less space so that fewer pages are required. Almost always this is at the expense of readability. This consumer wishes we could go back to the more readable fonts, even if they take up another 100 pages or so. I wish we could have both rather than simply one choice.