From 2cbe7f5e303a506d3e1c31506f5512d31e707aff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: meichthys <github.com@meichthys.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 00:26:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] spruce up readme

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 ![GitHub License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/andbible/and-bible)
 <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#andbible:matrix.org">![Matrix](https://img.shields.io/matrix/andbible%3Amatrix.org?logo=Matrix&logoColor=green&logoSize=auto&label=Matrix%20Chat)</a>
 <a href="https://shop.tuomasairaksinen.fi">![Static Badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/%E2%9D%A4%EF%B8%8F%20Sponsor%20AndBible%20-%20blue)</a>
-   
+
 # AndBible: Bible Study
 
-Powerful offline open source Bible Study tool for Android
+A powerful, yet easy to use, offline Bible study application for Android.
 
-[<img src="https://fdroid.gitlab.io/artwork/badge/get-it-on.png"
+[<img src="https://gitlab.com/fdroid/artwork/-/raw/45dae7c9f9b8762f4dc22e979f78542dcfd0ef8f/badge/get-it-on.svg"
      alt="Get it on F-Droid"
-     height="80">](https://f-droid.org/packages/net.bible.android.activity/)
-[<img src="https://play.google.com/intl/en_us/badges/images/generic/en-play-badge.png"
+     height="80">](https://f-droid.org/packages/net.bible.android.activity)
+[<img src="https://play.google.com/intl/en_us/badges/static/images/badges/en_badge_web_generic.png"
      alt="Get it on Google Play"
      height="80">](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.bible.android.activity)
+[<img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/mobile-apps/devportal2/res/images/amazon-appstore-badge-english-black.png"
+     alt="Get it on Amazon Appstore"
+     height="55"
+     style="border: 13px solid transparent;">](https://www.amazon.com/Martin-Denham-And-Bible/dp/B004Z2KKYK)
+[<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/refs/heads/main/assets/graphics/badge_obtainium.png"
+     alt="Get it on Github"
+     height="55"
+     style="border: 13px solid transparent;">](https://github.com/AndBible/and-bible/releases)
 
-## Promo Video
-
-[See promovideo in Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf7m4rSuxGw)
-
-## Users
-Please see the [Home Page](https://andbible.org/).
+## 🎬 Promo Video
 
-For help see the [wiki](https://github.com/andbible/and-bible/wiki) or the 
-[FAQ](https://github.com/andbible/and-bible/wiki/FAQ) or chat with us on [matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#andbible:matrix.org).
+[![See promovideo in Youtube](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xf7m4rSuxGw/0.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf7m4rSuxGw)
 
-## Developers
+## 👥 Users
 
-Do you know Android development, Kotlin, Javascript and/or Vue.js? These are the main technologies used in the project. If you are a developer, your skills might be of great use in this project. Pull requests are welcome! See [developer documentation](https://github.com/AndBible/and-bible/wiki/Developer-documentation)
-in wiki.
+Please see the [AndBible website](https://andbible.org/) for a list of features and additional user guides.
 
-## Translators
+For help, see the [wiki](https://github.com/andbible/and-bible/wiki) and [FAQ](https://github.com/andbible/and-bible/wiki/FAQ), or chat with us on [Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#andbible:matrix.org).
 
-Everyone is welcome to help translating AndBible to different languages via
-easy to use web-based Transifex tool. Please see our [Wiki page](https://github.com/AndBible/and-bible/wiki/Translating-User-Interface)
-to get started.
-
-## All Contributors
-There are so many ways to contribute to AndBible! See our [contributor guide](https://github.com/AndBible/and-bible/wiki/How-to-contribute).
+## 🏗️ Developers
 
-## Sponsor AndBible development
+Do you know Android development, Kotlin, Javascript, or Vue.js? These are the main technologies used in the project. If you are a developer, your skills would be of great use in this project. Pull requests are welcome! See [developer documentation](https://github.com/AndBible/and-bible/wiki/Developer-documentation) in the project wiki for details.
 
-You can support AndBible project in terms of money by sponsoring professional software development working time.
-
-For more information, see [WIKI page](https://github.com/AndBible/and-bible/wiki/Buy-development-work).
-
-## Development team
+Current Developers:
 
 - [Tuomas Airaksinen](https://github.com/tuomas2) project lead, developer
 - [Timmy Braun](https://github.com/timbze), developer
@@ -55,22 +47,33 @@ For more information, see [WIKI page](https://github.com/AndBible/and-bible/wiki
 - [Ben Vahedy](https://github.com/bvahedy), QA, testing & reporting bugs
 - [Andrew Rogers](https://github.com/agrogers), UX/UI design, project management, email support
 
-## Acknowledgements
+## 💬 Translators
+
+Everyone is welcome to help translate AndBible to different languages via easy to use web-based Transifex tool. Please see our [Wiki page](https://github.com/AndBible/and-bible/wiki/Translating-User-Interface) to get started.
+
+## 🤝 All Contributors
+
+There are so many ways to contribute to AndBible! See our [contributor guide](https://github.com/AndBible/and-bible/wiki/How-to-contribute).
+
+## 🪙 Sponsor AndBible development
+
+You can support the AndBible project financially by sponsoring professional software development work time.
+
+For more information, see [WIKI page](https://github.com/AndBible/and-bible/wiki/Buy-development-work).
+
+## 📢 Acknowledgements
 
 AndBible was originally developed by [Martin Denham](https://github.com/mjdenham) (2010-2018)
 
-## Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
+## 📜 Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
 
 - [Terms of Service](https://andbible.org/terms.html)
 - [Privacy Policy](https://andbible.org/privacy.html)
 
-## Licence
+## ⚖️ Licence
 
-AndBible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License 
-as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+AndBible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
-AndBible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty 
-of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+AndBible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
 
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with AndBible. 
-If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with AndBible. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.