Permission is necessary if you are writing a book or developing a product that uses material or excerpts from a Zondervan publication. Please use the HarperCollins Christian Permission Request Form.
How do I get permission to quote from the NIV and NIrV Bible translations?
How do I get permission for the use of maps, charts or Bible supplementary material?
How do I get permission to use one of your Bible translations in its entirety?
How do I get permission to quote from one of your books?
What is your Gratis Use policy?
How do I get permission to use images?
How do I get permission to use one of your books in an academic course?
How do I get permission to translate one of your books into another language?
What is your policy for church use?
How do I get permission to use Reverend Fun materials?
Permissions for Disabled and Visually Impaired
How do I get permission to quote from the NIV and NIrV translations?
Bible Quotation Policy
The below applies to use of content from the NIV (commercial use in North America) and NIrV (commercial use in North America, UK & Commonwealth, ECC, and EFTA) Bible translations.
If your use of Scripture does not fall within the Gratis Use Guidelines listed below, written permission is required, and you will need to submit a formal request through the HarperCollins Christian Permission Request Form.
Summary of Gratis Use Guidelines
Text from the NIV or NiRV Bible may be quoted in any form (written, visual, electronic, or audio), up to and inclusive of 500 verses or less without written permission, providing the verses quoted do not amount to a complete book of the Bible, nor do verses quoted account for 25% or more of the total text of the work in which they are quoted, and the verses are not being quoted in a commentary or other biblical reference work. This permission is contingent upon an appropriate copyright acknowledgment.
For use of the NIV:
Zondervan is granting permission for the latest edition of the NIV text only (currently 2011), available for personal use at www.biblica.com, www.biblegateway.com and www.youversion.com. We are not granting permission for use of the earlier editions or version of the NIV text. For more information, please visit https://www.thenivbible.com/niv-translation-philosophy/
Works not Covered by Gratis Use
- Use of an entire book of the Bible or the complete Bible translation
- Scripture on a product in which the verse stands alone such as artwork, notecards, crafts, novelty products, jewelry.
- Use of charts, maps, illustrations, footnotes, study notes and reference material from our Study Bibles
- Use of scripture in lyrics and musical compositions
Copyright Notices:
NIV
Scripture quotations taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used with permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com
NIrV
Scripture quotations taken from The Holy Bible, New International Reader’s Version®, NIrV® Copyright © 1995, 1996, 1998, 2014 by Biblica, Inc. used with permission of Zondervan. www.zondervan.com
Permission Requests – Outside of U.S. and Canada (NIV)
If your request is for use outside the territory of the U.S. and Canada (North America), is for electronic rights, musical composition, lyric rights or is for use of the NIV in a non-commercial format your permission request must be directed to:
Biblica, Inc.©
300 General Palmer Drive, #4
Palmer Lake, CO 80133-1871
www.biblica.com/permissions
https://www.biblica.com/permissions/contact/
Permissions Requests – Outside of the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, EU, and EFTA (NIrV)
If your request is for use outside the territory of the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, EU, and EFTA, or is for electronic rights,
musical composition, or lyric rights, your permission request must be directed to:
Biblica, Inc.©
300 General Palmer Drive, #4
Palmer Lake, CO 80133-1871
https://www.biblica.com/permissions/
https://www.biblica.com/permissions/contact/
Permission Requests – Commercial Use within the United Kingdom, EU and EFTA (NIV, NIrV)
Rights and permission to quote from the NIV and NIrV text in printed or electronic media intended for commercial use within the U.K., EU, EFTA countries that exceed the above guidelines must be directed to and approved in writing by:
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.
338 Euston Road London, NW1 3BH
United Kingdom
How do I get permission for the use of maps, charts or Bible supplementary material?
The use of maps from the NIV and NIrV Bibles require formal written permission Please complete the Permission Request Form found on this page.
How do I get permission to use one of your Bible translations in its entirety?
Please contact our licensing department to find our more information about using one of our Bible translations in your smartphone application or other digital product.
How do I get permission to use one of your Bible translations in a smartphone application or other related digital product?
Please contact our licensing department to find our more information about using one of our Bible translations in your smartphone application or other digital product.
How do I get permission to quote from one of your books?
If you are writing a book or developing a product and would like to request permission to use an excerpt from a Zondervan publication, please fill out our permissions request form found on this page. Please provide all of the following information:
- Completed permission request form
- A copy of a Zondervan book page with excerpt underlined
- A copy of the copyright page from the Zondervan book
- A few lines of your material preceding and following the quotes from our book
Fees are determined based on the amount of material used, size of your first printing, retail price of your book, and distribution of the material. Fees compensate the authors for the use of their published works.
Photocopy Requests
If you are requesting to photocopy material for a church, school, etc., please fill out our online request form found on this page. Please provide the following information:
- Completed permission request form
- Purpose of your request
- A copy of the book page with excerpt underlined
- Number of copies requested
What is your Gratis Use policy?
Unfortunately, Zondervan does not have a general “Gratis Use” policy. Our commitments to individual authors and contractual obligations prevent us from having a policy that we can apply to all permission inquiries. Instead, permissions are handled on a case-by-case basis. Please review our permissions policies). For additional questions, please contact the permissions department.
Note that requests to use more than 250 words from a single source may be subject to a fee.
How do I get permission to use images?
Requesting to reproduce images or illustrations requires formal permission (fees may apply). Please complete the HarperCollins Christian Publishing Request Form .
How do I get permission to use one of your books in an academic course?
For use of our books in academic courses, please contact Copyright Clearance Center, https://marketplace.copyright.com
How do I get permission to translate one of your books into another language?
Please contact our licensing department in order to find our more information about translating one of our books into another language.
What is your policy for church use?
Churches requesting to use a small selection of material for church bulletins, sermons or classroom use that falls within our Gratis Use Guidelines, formal written permission is not necessary.
Churches may use stand-alone quotations/scripture in sermons, bulletins, newsletters, or to be shown on a screen (PowerPoint or overhead projector) without asking permission provided the source is accurately cited (see Copyright Notice section).
Photocopies for churches
Churches may photocopy either one chapter or less than 10% of the total work and up to twenty copies for church use only without asking permission. If more copies are needed, formal written permission is required (fees may apply).
Churches must include copyright notice on each photocopy. If the book is in print and available for purchase this citation must include a link to the Zondervan website www.zondervan.com
How do I get permission to use Reverend Fun materials?
Written permission is necessary if you are writing a book or developing merchandise or creating presentations that uses material or cartoons from Reverend Fun.
Churches/Sunday Schools using less than 50 items, not for resale and for church use only, do not need formal permission. The following credit line is required on or near the cartoons:
Copyright © 2015 HarperCollins Christian Publishing. Please go to www.reverendfun.com/artchives
Permissions for Disabled and Visually Impaired
- All requests must be submitted from Institutions, Universities or Colleges (not individuals).
- If you have not already confirmed your eligibility for the Disability Request, confirm visually impaired eligibility at the Library of Congress’ website of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS).
- Please complete the Disability Request for Electronic Text Form (Download the Request for Electronic Text Form) and email to HCCPpermissions@HarperCollins.com.
- Please allow up to 2 weeks to prepare text.
Questions about the policy or the specific use
For all additional questions regarding permissions, please contact the permissions department via email at HCCPpermissions@HarperCollins.com or mail at the following address:
HarperCollins Christian Publishing
Attn: Permissions Department
P.O. Box 141000
Nashville, TN 37214