I'll re-post part of a post I posted elsewhere… and use it to ask the question at the bottom of the post….
I will say, I mean no disrespect to to anyone, but there are some facts that I don't think people are really considering, especially Logos….
- While Logos claims to be "denominational open" to books and such, that is really not truly the case. I.E. Logos has two programs a. Logos and b. Verbum. Verbum is a program made for made for Catholics (although anyone can use it) and it mainly works with Catholic libraries and such. This program by itself shows Logos is biased towards Catholics in the books it buys and the programs it develops. There is no such program for Mormons or Baptists or any other group, other than Logos program itself. I know, there are a lot of Catholics. But still, to write one program and to keep udating it for Catholics has to show something doesn't it? I think it shows bias-ism. People have disagreed with me, but it's still the fact. Logos developed a specific program for Catholics! That's a fact.
- Logos makes it hard for "smaller" churches, i.e. "Church of Christ" to get books into the library. Logos has gone to this "voting of books" thing which again is biased towards Catholics and Baptists, simply because there's a bunch more Catholics and Baptists that spend money on such things. I understand somewhat about "It's a money thing". But is it really fair with all the different "faiths" that use Logos for them to spend so much money in Logos on books that will be biased towards Catholics and Baptists and Mormons? My opinion is "No".
- So someone from a smaller church, such as "Church of Christ" has very little if any chance of getting their books or "books of teachings" into the library. "Smaller churches" are completely frozen out because of the "Logos voting rule" and by the more people being Catholic and Baptists. I don't care how some argue for us to put a book or author in the "voting game"… our books just fall into the "dead letter file box" simply because we do not have the votes to get them passed.
- And for sure, Catholics and Baptists and Mormons are not going to vote for our books as they don't like the teachings or our books as much as we don't like the teachings of their books. But we have no choice, other than not buying Logos at all and not buying their books. See we buy into Logos blind, because it is an excellent help in bible study. But along with that comes all the "groups of books" and "categories of buying" and "default libraries" that we get because of the Logos Plans that we sign into. In a way, it's all biased towards Catholics and Baptists because of that. I don't think Logos intentionally planned it that way. But it has developed and become that way.
- But Catholics and Baptists and Mormons….. well, there's enough of them to vote and get anything. I'll raise a thought, that maybe Verbum was programmed because a bunch of Catholics voted to get it done??? I may be wrong… but it is a thought.
- I have never liked the system. I have complained against it. I would think it would be to Logos benefit to have books from all "churches" no matter of their affiliation. I think Logos would sell more books because of that. But again, I am in the minority here. You see, I only have one single vote….. LOL 😎
Now my question:What is a valid way for Church of Christ, whom are not recognized by Logos as being a "viable category" and with all the biases as shown above, to get books and such into Logos? I think it's a valid question, not only for Church of Christ but for many smaller "church groups" that do not have the available votes to override Catholics and Baptists and Mormon and such as bigger groups?Many, I believe, like me, who would love to study from writings of men in their "faith group". Not trying to put myself above others, just trying to get a fair shot at getting books in that I would love to have in Logos. I would love to spend money on teachings I support! Honestly! And I would love for Logos to actually recognize "Church of Christ" as an honest viable category to which to categorize books and such!Thanks!