Being able to try a book before buying it
Anderson Abreu
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The Logos store could have an option to try out a book with limited viewing before buying it, so we can see what the resource is like within Logos itself.
EXPLANATION:
In the Store some books have the option to preview, but a scanned version of the printed book is shown. This is not very useful because the Logos book has a different construction to the printed book. Also, I would like to skim through the book or read some excerpts to see the quality or if it is what I expected.
Currently, if I want to try a book, I have to buy it and if I don't like it, ask for it back within 30 days. This is good in some cases, but it's time-consuming and laborious for Faithlife itself. This could be avoided in situations where I buy a book expecting one thing, but it turns out to be something else, or when it doesn't have as good a design in the Logos as in the printed book.
There are several cases of books that have images in the printed version, but don't have them in the Logos. I once bought a Latin etymological dictionary, but I returned it because it was too brief.
Logos could give you the option of trying out the book as Amazon's Kindle does, or better still, as Google Books does, skipping pages so as not to allow you to read long passages in sequence, but which is better than Kindle for allowing you to read beyond the preface and introduction.
EXPLANATION:
In the Store some books have the option to preview, but a scanned version of the printed book is shown. This is not very useful because the Logos book has a different construction to the printed book. Also, I would like to skim through the book or read some excerpts to see the quality or if it is what I expected.
Currently, if I want to try a book, I have to buy it and if I don't like it, ask for it back within 30 days. This is good in some cases, but it's time-consuming and laborious for Faithlife itself. This could be avoided in situations where I buy a book expecting one thing, but it turns out to be something else, or when it doesn't have as good a design in the Logos as in the printed book.
There are several cases of books that have images in the printed version, but don't have them in the Logos. I once bought a Latin etymological dictionary, but I returned it because it was too brief.
Logos could give you the option of trying out the book as Amazon's Kindle does, or better still, as Google Books does, skipping pages so as not to allow you to read long passages in sequence, but which is better than Kindle for allowing you to read beyond the preface and introduction.
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"... And do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength." (Ne 8.10)
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