I just came across this interesting information in the 32-page 1984 Watchtower booklet titled “Centennial of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania (1884-1984)”…
Page 10…
Watch TowerSocietyPushesBibleProductionandDistribution
IN addition to publishing explanations of Bible truths, the Society has accomplished a significant work in producing and distributing Bibles.
In 1896 it published in English TheNewTestament, by Rotherham, 12th edition.
In 1901 it published the Holman Linear Bible with the Society’s own marginal notes.
In 1902 it became the copyright owner of the Greek-English interlinear edition of the Christian Greek Scriptures entitled TheEmphaticDiaglott, by Benjamin Wilson.
In 1907 it published and circulated extensively the BibleStudentsEdition of the KingJamesVersion, which contained 500 pages of appendix material prepared by the brothers.
By 1942 the Society was doing its own printing and produced on its own presses copies of the KingJamesVersion with marginal references and a concordance prepared by brothers.
In 1944 it printed the AmericanStandardVersion of 1901 featuring the divine name, Jehovah.
In 1972 it published Byington’s TheBibleinLivingEnglish also featuring the name Jehovah.
The most extensive project has been the result of very close cooperation between the Watch Tower Society and the group of anointed Witnesses making up the New World Bible Translation Committee. Thus:
In 1950, the Society released in modern English the first volume of the NewWorldTranslation, the Christian Greek Scriptures. By 1960 five volumes of the Hebrew Scriptures were completed thus making a series of six volumes altogether. In 1961 the NewWorldTranslationoftheHolyScriptures was published in one volume.
In 1969 the Society published TheKingdomInterlinearTranslationoftheGreekScriptures, which presented under the Greek text by Westcott and Hort a literal word-for-word translation into English.
In 1971 a revised edition of the NewWorldTranslation was produced in larger print with footnotes and an appendix.
In 1984 there was released the NewWorldTranslation Reference Bible, containing extensive marginal and footnote references, a word index and appendix material.
And the Society has just recently produced the regular-size edition of the NewWorldTranslationoftheHolyScriptures with marginal references.
The Society is continuing its interest in Bible publication and distribution. Already work is being done to produce a small pocket Bible, which has been the desire of many of Jehovah’s Witnesses. In addition, for all those with limited eyesight work is proceeding on a truly large-print edition of the NewWorldTranslation in four volumes.
