* Jay Adams is a good example of this problem: * From this Logos.com search, there seem to be 70 Legacy Libraries that include works by Jay Adams. * From this Logos.com search, there seem to be 159 English single-titles resources by Jay Adams. How can I find which and/or how many of his titles are in some particular Legacy Libraries of interest? Last week, I submitted a suggestion that would solve this problem, but especially with "Up to 50% Off Legacy Libraries" at the moment, is there any workaround?

My goal was flawed ∵ The "Biblical Commentaries" category dominates Logos Libraries (Legacy or otherwise) (To see that yourself, click the "Collapse all" link above any library contents table, e.g. the 2025 Libraries table) ∴ in any Library, the price/value of commentaries will tend to overwhelm the value of any particular author's works. The original example (Jay Adams) I did find L9 Sliver to be a good value for Jay Adams' works, but I believe that it was economical only because of: * my dynamic discount, to some extent, e.g. I already owned all the Bibles and partial commentaries. * but mainly because it contained his commentary series (not his many monographs) Conclusion: Libraries aren't good for monographs It seems that if you don't already own or aren't interested a Library's commentaries, it probably isn't economical for you. The only exception I found was a Starter Library with $27 resource of the "Collected Essays" type: that made the Library price attractive. Regardless, it still seems that Libraries aren't typically going to be a good strategy for collecting monographs.

Seeking prolific authors' titles within Legacy Libraries

Pete De Bonte

Jay Adams is a good example of this problem:

From this Logos.com search, there seem to be 70 Legacy Libraries that include works by Jay Adams.
From this Logos.com search, there seem to be 159 English single-titles resources by Jay Adams.

How can I find which and/or how many of his titles are in some particular Legacy Libraries of interest?

Last week, I submitted a suggestion that would solve this problem, but especially with "Up to 50% Off Legacy Libraries" at the moment, is there any workaround?

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Pete De Bonte

My goal was flawed

∵ The "Biblical Commentaries" category dominates Logos Libraries (Legacy or otherwise)
(To see that yourself, click the "Collapse all" link above any library contents table, e.g. the 2025 Libraries table)
∴ in any Library, the price/value of commentaries will tend to overwhelm the value of any particular author's works.

The original example (Jay Adams)

I did find L9 Sliver to be a good value for Jay Adams' works, but I believe that it was economical only because of:

my dynamic discount, to some extent, e.g. I already owned all the Bibles and partial commentaries.
but mainly because it contained his commentary series (not his many monographs)

Conclusion: Libraries aren't good for monographs

It seems that if you don't already own or aren't interested a Library's commentaries, it probably isn't economical for you. The only exception I found was a Starter Library with $27 resource of the "Collected Essays" type: that made the Library price attractive. Regardless, it still seems that Libraries aren't typically going to be a good strategy for collecting monographs.

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DMB

I can't think of a way, beyond check each (painful).

Maybe someone else?

NichtnurBibelleser

Michel Pauw has a newsletter in which he points to this spreadsheet. Maybe it helps.

Lew Worthington

Thanks for pointing that out, @NichtnurBibelleser. I do basically the same thing (with an eerie level of similarity) whenever there's a sale like the current one, but without the level of detail and universal appeal.

Pete De Bonte

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1384393#Comment_1384393

That spreadsheet is impressive!

Unfortunately, though, it doesn't include authors, e.g. in L10 Reformed Starter, it has "Our Reasonable Faith" as a title, but not "Herman Bavinck" as the author.

Well, if there really isn't a solution, and any of you would also like to see one, please upvote my suggestion so maybe it can get some attention (Thanks! : )

Pete De Bonte

My goal was flawed

The original example (Jay Adams)

I did find L9 Sliver to be a good value for Jay Adams' works, but I believe that it was economical only because of:

my dynamic discount, to some extent, e.g. I already owned all the Bibles and partial commentaries.
but mainly because it contained his commentary series (not his many monographs)