Making your Logos Library More Tangible

Christopher powers

I just signed up for a Pro account and the ‘add print books’ option is incredible. Too incredible, in fact, in that it has me wishing I’d not purchased so many of my commentaries as digital copies.

I know the benefits of digital—but having a book that I’ve really worked through actually represented on my shelf is, for me, akin to what I’d imagine mounting a trophy deer on the wall must feel like for a hunter.

So, I’ve been thinking through ways to display some of my most-used books on my actual book shelf. One idea I’m working through now is designing a custom spine graphic with the title and author that says ‘from the Logos Library of Chris Powers’ or something like that, and then laser cutting it into the spine of a wooden craft book (which you can buy on Etsy, surprisingly). I even thought about cutting a QR code into the ‘cover’ of the book so I could scan it and jump right to the book in my phone or tablet (if such is possible).

Other ideas would be a virtual book shelf that you could walk through in VR…but, that’s for Logos VR, which is a ways off I’m sure ;)

Any thoughts on this, or perhaps other ways you all have helped to make your digital purchases more tangible in the physical world?

ASUNDER

An ereader, mini laptop or large smart phone. You can sit in a comfy couch and read.

Multiple monitors. You can have it open on the side when you're doing other stuff.

Listening to it as audio. It's funny in Windows 10 listening to the Microsoft voice. I'm thinking of buying some kind of third party voice package.

Getting systematic notes down and having them ready on the phone for when battle comes knocking.

Logos at church! 😀 It's OPEN your BIBLES TIME!

Arguing with people on the net, using Logos to research, instead of a google search.
Someone is WRONG on the INTERNET!

This software needs a live chat in the dashboard. Like a Discord thing. That would be cherry 🍒👌

Keeping track of the learning, including how to apply it and the success thereof. That makes the text come alive.
Like the difference between a food recipe you just have looked at and one you've cooked.

Listening to music in the background.

Speaking what we're reading out loud.

Pastors using it to make and keep track of sermons. And making slideshows.

Looking at the media provided, the pics and vids.

Using systematic theology, like the AI search and the Bible browser. For a current life issue; narrowing down to that thing only. Basically any time we integrate the literature with daily life it makes it more tangible.

Tony Walker

I have thought it would be nice to have a screensaver that pulls from the book cover images as visible reminders of what books I have in my library.

similar to the iTunes artwork screensaver