NIV on iPad

Hello! I love Logos and can we please get the NIV to be able to read on the iPad! It's the most common Bible as you know - and would be so helpful to be able to read on the iPad for personal Bible reading and study via the iPad.

Tercarta Bible, Olive Tree and YouVersion all have the apps to be able to read the NIV and the NIV2011 on the iPad. So I have been going to them for my reading. But it would be great to have Logos catch up to them and be able to read the NIV on iPad through Logos.

I love Logos and read the NIV as my primary Bible and the new 2011 version is great - so it is sad I can't read the any of the NIV's on Logos. I use Logos for everything but reading my Bible (I want to - but you can't via Logos on iPad). So I have to go to other apps who have it.

Is there a reason we can't read the NIV on iPad and those other apps have it already? And is there a date for when we can read the NIV on our iPads vis Logos?

Thank you so much!!! Again, I love Logos!

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Kevin Becker

Hey Dan,

Logos needs permission from publishers to push books out to the iOS app (and Biblia.com etc.). This is because it is a form of distribution not anticipated by their initial contracts. So far Logos has been unable to get permission to do this. They have said that they are working on it; will they succeed in convincing the NIV's copyright holder? I don't know.

John Kight

Hi Dan!,

Your not alone. Alot of users are anticipating the usage of NIV on the IOS App. As far as my knowledge runs the power is not in the hand of Logos rather its in the hands of the publisher.

Dan

I wonder how Tercarta Bible, Olive Tree and YouVersion all got the NIV and NIV2010 apps to read on iPad?

I am using both Olive Tree and Tercarta now for my Bible reading on iPad since they do. But would much rather be reading it on Logos.

LaRosa Johnson

I wonder how Tercarta Bible, Olive Tree and YouVersion all got the NIV and NIV2010 apps to read on iPad?

Because with those apps you're purchasing a license for the NIV. The philosophy & model that Logos is trying to push is that you only purchase a book once, and you can use it for all your devices, which some publishers don't like. Publishers would rather have you purchase another license to use the book on a different device/medium.

Dan

It would be helpful if we could then purchase the NIV for iPad usage if the issue is buying it for iPad. I would gladly buy it if I could read it via Logos.

Mike Childs

I am sure Logos could arrange for us to purchase an additional license to use NIV on the app. Most of us would be willing to do that just for the NIV. However, keep in mind that once you start that every publisher will want you to buy a second license to use their products. You would have to buy your whold library twice.

Logos is doing us a big favor by insisting on one license. Be patient.

Maybe we should all be emailing the NIV publisher to register to complain?

nicky crane

Maybe we should all be emailing the NIV publisher to register to complain?

I think you should! I personally don't use the NIV aS DEFAULT bIBLE, but I do appreciate the problem for those who do.

Chuckk Gerwig

Hi Dan I didnt know u joined the ipad ranks w/ Logos. I did too and it's pretty fabulous.

Chuckk

Tom Geswein

I contacted the publisher recently and I think everyone should, that has any concern about this. If they hear enough complaints, maybe something will get done. I didn't hear anything back from them, but I think it would make a difference if enough people made their voice heard.

Ryan Schatz

I contacted Zondervan at the end of April on this issue and they said that they were working with Logos to come to an agreement 'soon'. It is now 2 months later and still nothing. To top it off, there is another bible app on youversion.com that is 100% free and includes the NIV. So Zondervan is making no royalties on that at least none that I have to pay.

What is up, Logos?