A Faithlife Page for Reselling Books and Resources

Richard J. Ward

Here’s a link to the Faithlife page: https://faithlife.com/posts/1249604. I thought some of you might be interested.

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Beloved Amodeo

Thanks for posting

Mark Smith

HMM. I don't know FL's position on the Faithlife Forum, but here in the Logos Forum we have a guideline that says:

Please do not use our forums to

sell or give away anything or link to anything you’re selling or giving away—including Logos products
promote or link to competitors
point people to other places that sell Logos-compatible products
advertise yourself, your business, your ministry, your website, etc. (a tasteful link in your forum signature is acceptable)
post Logos Coupon Codes. If you are aware of a special promotion Logos is running online, you are welcome to link directly to the promotion.

So, I wonder if starting a FL Forum like this falls within the spirit of the guidelines we already know about?

Dan Francis

While I can’t speak for FL I know numerous times this FB group has been mentioned in the forums without any issue. It would be different if someone came here saying I have x y z and a b c for sale here is the link to the FB group. I personally do think that it is good to mention it as it does allow people to know of a good way to find others who might like to buy. However if I do hear from FL this should not be mentioned I will respect that and never mention it.

-Dan

Beloved Amodeo

I wonder if starting a FL Forum like this falls within the spirit of the guidelines we already know about?

Mark,

Richard is bringing attention to a FL group, not a sale or product; I find no fault here. If he is exceeding the limits of good practice here, let FL comment and make plain their position on this.

Mark Smith

Richard is bringing attention to a FL group, not a sale or product; I find no fault here. If he is exceeding the limits of good practice here, let FL comment and make plain their position on this.

I'm not here to argue, but I'll try to back up the concern I shared.

First, Richard is pointing to a place where Logos products are sold in competition with Logos (none are yet listed, so you can nit-pick, but that is the announced intention of the linked page), and doing so seems to violate the third item on the list I quoted. That's really not, however, my point. I was not chastising Richard for pointing out this forum page.

My point was (as you quote) that establishing a FL group to resell Logos products may be a violation of the spirit of these rules, which is not to use FL provided space to 'compete' with them in the sale of their resources. I don't have any idea who created that group (I see it's been around for awhile and basically unused) nor whether FL has approved it, set it up, or not. If not, I can understand them deleting the group. To my mind there appears to be a conflict with their expressed desire, so I'll be interested in any follow-up, if any, from FL.

Rob Lambert

Where can I learn where to sell my books or buy books from estates of people who have died?

Companies which try to stifle competition usually do not prosper. This comes from three decades in and out of anti-trust and related litigation.

If that is a rule then it is a bad rule. I will nevertheless follow it but always wonder why any company would want to hamper the resale market of their wonderful but expensive stuff.