Vote: Improve reading of Logos books on the Kindle browser

Amazon's Kindle has an experimental browser through which you can access some websites that are not too complex or heavy.

Currently, it can even access the Faithlife domain "biblia.com" and log in with your Faithlife/Logos account, as well as access the library and open books to read in the Kindle browser. However, due to the small text size, it is very uncomfortable, as there is no option to increase the font size to make reading easier. Even so, it is still possible to read Logos books in the Kindle browser with a bit of effort and good eyesight.

My suggestion is that Faithlife implement an adaptive setting for some of the existing sites ("biblia.com" or "app.logos.com") or create a simpler, dedicated site specifically for reading on the Kindle. The idea is not to have all the functions of Logos on the Kindle e-reader but ONLY to be able to read a book comfortably with:

A home page with larger icons for easier access and login.
A library option to locate Logos books.
An easy option to increase the font size of the books.
Possibly basic highlighting and book-marking features.

In this way, with simple functions, we could read Logos/Verbum/e-books in the Kindle's built-in browser. The advantage of this is that we can read on the electronic ink (e-ink) screen, which is easier on the eyes compared to LED displays, etc.

VOTE in Feedback: https://feedback.logos.com/boards/logos-web-app/posts/read-books-on-logos-web-via-kindle-browser

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Jan Krohn

This has already been discussed here in detail.

Read books on Logos Web through the native Kindle browser - Logos Forums

DMB

This one has to be a far longer-shot, than Send-to-Kindle, and PBs on Mobile. Making it easier to buy books/reading on your competitor's platform.

Most of my reading these days is on Kindle ... books Logos is probably walking away from (low volume, academic). But quite frequently I have to turn to Logos to 'check it out' and that's a hassle when on my Scribe. One could say, well, gee ... use your Mac or iPad for goodness sakes! But the Kindle experience is just sooooo good (and Logos does such a good job too!).

Two reading experiences that can not meet.

Anderson Abreu

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1315972#Comment_1315972

This one has to be a far longer-shot, than Send-to-Kindle, and PBs on Mobile. Making it easier to buy books/reading on your competitor's platform. Most of my reading these days is on Kindle ... books Logos is probably walking away from (low volume, academic). But quite frequently I have to turn to Logos to 'check it out' and that's a hassle when on my Scribe. One could say, well, gee ... use your Mac or iPad for goodness sakes! But the Kindle experience is just sooooo good (and Logos does such a good job too!). Two reading experiences that can not meet.

I don't think the issue here is one of competition.

The Kindle/Amazon and Logos/Faithlife proposals are different. What sets Logos apart is its fantastic tagging and indexing. Something that Kindle ebooks don't have. That's why I pay a lot (but a lot) more for a book to have it on Logos rather than on Kindle (even though I have a lot of books on it too).

The issue here is not competition, but not caring too much about whether customers have a comfortable reading experience and the company's priorities.

How many of you have read entire Logos books on your computer, tablet or cell phone? In my 10 years at Logos, I must have read less than 5 books out of the 8,000 I have today. But on Kindle I've read countless.

I'd like to read a lot more, but screens tire me out. I'd just like to be able to read Logos books in the kindle browser and have the bookmarks synchronized in Logos. Nothing advanced!

Jan Krohn

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1315976#Comment_1315976

It has been discussed in great detail in the other thread. Many Logos users read their books on Kindle or on other e-readers with the methods that have been mentioned.

It is likely still unreasonable to support a browser that has less market share than Microsoft Internet Explorer. But that's for FL to decide.

I personally would prefer if they spend time and effort on features and bug fixes that benefit more than those 0.01% of users that surf on the Kindle browser.

Antony Brennan

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1315976#Comment_1315976

I don't think the issue here is one of competition.

The Kindle/Amazon and Logos/Faithlife proposals are different. What sets Logos apart is its fantastic tagging and indexing. Something that Kindle ebooks don't have. That's why I pay a lot (but a lot) more for a book to have it on Logos rather than on Kindle (even though I have a lot of books on it too)..

How many of you have read entire Logos books on your computer, tablet or cell phone?

I prefer to buy a book in Logos. Books in Logos become more than the book itself. Sometimes I can't wait and so buy a book from some other provider.

I have read many books on my Mac, as well as on my phone, and on my iPad mini using the Logos mobile app. On the iPad mini I use I dark mode and I turn the iPad 'white point' down which makes it much easier on the eyes. I appreciate that some people have requirements that make the e-ink devices preferable, and even necessary.

I think it is a good thing that Logos allow their resources to be viewed on a variety of devices.

Anderson Abreu

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1316082#Comment_1316082

I think it is a good thing that Logos allow their resources to be viewed on a variety of devices.

Yes!