Would someone please explain what the Group designation means. I'm sure there is an explanation somewhere, but I have no idea how to locate it. Thanks.
If you have a Faithlife Group with a number of (Faithlife) members you can distribute your purchase to any of those people at the price named per person.
And more details are available in the Group Licences section of https://www.logos.com/faq
I'm assuming that sometimes the group price is not identical to the single book price? Otherwise...
I'm not quite sure what you are saying.
The group price shown is per group member. If you buy four of them - for four members of a group - it costs four times the price.
I think he was pointing out that the price was the same… so no discount.
I have not read any convincing use study for “group” licenses.
The group option seems to be truly worthless then. No point in me buying the digital copy if I can get a used paper copy for half off and distribute it to whoever I want with the expectation of getting it back and giving it to another person. Or to be able to highlight and share notes within a single "copy" that we're viewing together.
Looking back at this, it seems like an attempt to replicate the textbook market…a phenomenon that is notorious for obscene markups and backroom deals. In a strictly managed setting, this sort of thing may successfully morph the dead tree market (which is easily gatekept) into the digital realm, but I'm not sure it's something that really works in less formal settings. The "group" concept opens up interesting theoretical possibilities, but the actual blueprint for what's allowed is purposefully limited and throttled. In other words, your use case options are not malleable and fluid, they are rigid and dictated.
