Please allow us to access, read, search, etc. our personal (user-created) books on the mobile app.
I'm sorry we've not been able to address this. We know how valuable this is to many of you. Improvements to our book publishing tools is a part of our medium-term strategy but unfortunately not something we have resources to prioritize this year or likely next.
Thanks for the clarity, @Phil Gons (Logos). As a user who would love to have this feature, I don't "like" your statement, though.
Thank you for the response @Phil Gons (Logos). I appreciate that.
Yes!!!¡!!!!!!
It would be extremely helpful. Mobile use would be greatly enhanced! I often go to find something that I know is there, only to realize it was in a personal book.
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Indeed! I find it very strange that there is the option within the personal book information, to share on your linked mobile devices, but they do not show up on the devices at all…
Yes, please ! This could be an enormous aid for seminary students, and ministers alike.
A long, long, long time ago, when Logos first added the capability for Personal Books, we were told that, at some point, the Personal Books would be available even on our mobile platforms. This capability has never been added. The Mobile platforms for Logos are fantastic—they truly are. Just about anything that anyone would need to do on a regular basis, one can do in the Mobile App. There are a few limitations, but nothing that doesn’t really make sense. Mobile platforms are limited in their processing power, storage, screen space, etc., etc., etc.
However, our Personal Books should be made available for these mobile platforms. I don’t know about other users’ Logos Libraries, but mine has over 15,000 titles and takes up a huge chunk of space on my hard drive. My Personal Books are only a few MB. When in comparison to the size and complexity of most users’ libraries, adding a few personal books shouldn’t really be an issue.
I’m not asking for these personal books to be shared with others—although I have seen a few lists of PBs out there. I would just like to be able to use my PBs on my Mobile Device—just like any other resource.
Thanks for your consideration in this!
There's already a suggestion for that - it tops the list of most-voted feature enhancement for many years now.
I’ve also added a new post for this idea.
To add to the discussion here, as I consider the capabilities of the Mobile App, uploading a PB for use on the Mobile App is really no different than being able to view your Notes on the Mobile App. Now, FL/Logos might say, “Well, then, just use your Notes feature!” But the Notes feature is much different than a PB! As many other posters have said, they use the PBs in a much different way than they do Notes. Notes are attached to a particular verse. It is not a resource in itself. But, my main point is this: If the Logos Mobile App has the capability add a note with 1) formatting, 2) references, 3) tagging, 4) etc., etc., etc., then why is it so difficult for Logos to have a PB available, which, in essence, is just a glorified note?
I have been with Logos since v. 1.0 and I really have very little to complain about the software. Never have and probably never will. I use it absolutely every day for my devotions, study, research, sermon and lesson prep. There is very, very little I would want to change. But this feature, ever since it came out, across the board with all users who like the feature, every single user I have come across has had the same request: make PBs available on the Mobile App—and this request has been around as long as PBs!!!! The software builds the books for us. If our Notes are seamlessly uploaded and integrated in less than a second to the cloud storage for our account, why can’t our PBs, which are already built, already associated with our account, simply be sent up to the cloud as well?
Again, I have no complaints with Logos Software. But this feature seems to have OVERWHELMING support by the user community. We have been asking for this feature for YEARS. Why the delay? Why the dismissals by Logos? Why not just make this feature available? Put the discontent to rest! Don’t be like Microsoft and Apple and other mega software companies who ignore their users and then do the opposite of what they want. I’m not trying to be mean or crass or ungracious. But, please, Logos, you want people to use your software in a way that helps them in their ministry, right? If so, then this is one feature that would help us in our ministry!
And, I also find it incredibly interesting that this post, to which I am replying, was posted by Phil Gons (Logos), who is the VP and GM, Bible Study Products, Faithlife. If even the senior employees of FL/Logos are asking for this feature, isn’t it time they put it into practice?
Please listen to your customers!
Thank you for your interest and passion for this feature. We'd still definitely like to solve this. The reason for the delay isn't because we don't understand it's important to many of you but because it's a surprisingly large undertaking in both work and ongoing cost. As we prioritize work to do, we have to ensure that the return on investment is good and it aligns with our current strategy. I do expect this will get some attention as some point in the not-too-distant future, but it doesn't meet the criteria to be an immediate priority, unfortunately. Thank you for continuing to express your interest in this work.
Please vote for adding Personal Books to Logos Mobile:
Please allow PB on mobile app.
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