Was anybody surprised at the items on this list?
https://www.logos.com/products/search?Product+Type=Best+Sellers?m2w&utm_source=logos&utm_medium=appmessage&utm_content=6053-bestsellers&utm_campaign=promo-bestsellers2014
I didn't really have an expectation before looking at the list, but there are a large number of surprising resources here. I suppose that tells me something about myself, but it also tells me something about other Logos users.
No surprises except Bible Study Magazine. I can't understand why people continue to buy that print-based resource from a digital Bible study company. I think people should boycott the print edition until Logos comes out with it in Logos format. But I think a lot of the customers of that are not actually Logos software users. They market it through other means, and do it on purpose to reach a different audience, but I must say I find their intransigence in refusing to do a digital version of it quite puzzling.
I was surprised to see the MobileEd courses in the top 50.
I had no preconceived ideas of what would be in such a list. I'm pleasantly surprised to find that quite a few of them are ones I already own. Also I find that none that I do not already own are appealing to me. That$ good.
none that I do not already own are appealing to me. That$ good.
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I wonder if they excluded the free monthly books. Did they also exclude the 99 cent books? It seems strange that more people would be buying huge commentary sets.
Good question. It makes me wonder what kind of calculation was done to arrive at the list. If it's just number of sales, then I'm surprised to find two commentary sets that hover around $2k.
I've always been confused by that, too. It would be like Tesla Motors buying stock in BP.
I have to admit that I've never seen an actual copy of it.
I'm pleasantly surprised to find that quite a few of them are ones I already own. Also I find that none that I do not already own are appealing to me. That$ good.
Ditto. Glad to have dodged that bullet. [:)]
I wonder if they excluded the free monthly books.
Almost certainly. It is a best-seller's list, not a best-give-away list. [;)]
Did they also exclude the 99 cent books
Most likely.
It seems strange that more people would be buying huge commentary sets.
Yes that is curious. We don't know exactly how this list was compiled. Was it straight number of units sold? If so, do sets count as one volume or do they count for every volume in the set itself?
NICOT/NICNT and Anchor-Yale Bible Commentary both were on good sales. I imagine Logos sold quite a few sets. If they multiplied set sales by the volumes in each that would pump up the total count for those.
I wonder if they excluded the free monthly books. Did they also exclude the 99 cent books? It seems strange that more people would be buying huge commentary sets. Good question. It makes me wonder what kind of calculation was done to arrive at the list. If it's just number of sales, then I'm surprised to find two commentary sets that hover around $2k.
My guess is that it's ranked on [price of item] * [number sold], or total dollars given to Logos for the item. That would exclude the free items, and a 99 cent items would take a tremendous number of sales to overcome popular, expensive sets.
I'm pleasantly surprised to find that quite a few of them are ones I already own. Also I find that none that I do not already own are appealing to me. That$ good. Ditto. Glad to have dodged that bullet.
Ditto. Glad to have dodged that bullet.
I missed that bullet too! [:)]
I missed that bullet too!
I missed that bullet too! Oops, it looks like you didn't dodge the bullet after all. It got you. And me too.
I guess you are right. It did get us!
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