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How about some non-reformed people being added to the list?
Agree. How about Aquinas, for example? And, although I'm not holding my breath for Catholic publishers, it would be nice if at least JPS could be found without having to manually search for them. You do have quite a few books by JPS after all (and I'm hoping for more).
Btw, how is anyone using the faceted browsing supposed to know whether to click on "Logos Research Systems, Inc.", "Logos Bible Software", or "Logos Research System, Inc." to find the books they're looking for? (And I believe my Library has about half a dozen other variations as well.) Can't you at least agree on the name of your own company? Please!
When I type "N.T. Wright" into the search box at logos.com I get his books, but no biography window.
Not sure why???
When I type "N.T. Wright" into the search box at logos.com I get his books, but no biography window. Not sure why???
It currently works only when you click on an author's name in the sidebar.
t would be nice if at least JPS could be found without having to manually search for them
I was (unpleasantly) surprised when I tried to use the publishers list a few weeks ago because neither JPS nor Fortress appeared. I basically don't use this page because it is difficult to find items sorted by number of resources - which I am supposed to know how? - rather than alphabetically. I automatically assume that publishers will be all publishers in alphabetic order, authors will be all authors in alphabetic order etc.
Knowing which publishers (or authors) are most represented in Logos is interesting information that I would use in choosing a Bible study software not for seeking additional resources.
Thanks for the feedback, Scott. We're starting with some of our most popular authors, but we'll definitely be working through many others in the coming weeks and months.
Anyone in particular you'd like to see?
NT Wright's page has multiple duplicate entries. I checked Sproul's and his looked fine. Did not check the rest.
Good idea for the pages Phil.
As for suggestions:
incidentally, I found this mistake:
. I automatically assume that publishers will be all publishers in alphabetic order, authors will be all authors in alphabetic order etc.
I was (unpleasantly) surprised when I tried to use the publishers list a few weeks ago
Yeah, I saw your post. I believe I added a comment to it later (or at least i intended to), about the interesting fact that SPCK and The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge are listed as two separate publishers...
. I automatically assume that publishers will be all publishers in alphabetic order, authors will be all authors in alphabetic order etc. I concur wholeheartedly MJ. Logos please Alphabetize the list.
I concur wholeheartedly MJ. Logos please Alphabetize the list.
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Ryrie, Walvoord, Swindoll, Wiersbe and many others for example.
I don't think that's what you really want. Here's what you'd see:
Not very helpful. I'm pretty sure that the vast majority of people are not looking for books by these thirty people whose last names happen to start with a.
And showing you hundreds or thousands of authors in the sidebar isn't an option either.
However, we're working on a new future that is in beta right now. It will allow you to see the most popular authors and then jump to see a complete list. You can see it at http://www.logos.com/products/authors. The metadata behind it still needs a lot of work, but I think this should help people find books by particular authors better.
Remember that you can still do author field searches. So author:jones will find all books that have an author with the name jones.
For me, Yes it is. Just limit to the top authors, and list them by their name.
Edit: I apologize for the tone - I've re-edited to tone it down.
Hum... That is what I want ... titled something like "browse by author" . A list of "most books available" is not a factor that enters into my purchasing decisions so it would be of no use to me. However, I will plead very, very guilty of frequently not knowing exactly how a name is spelled and having to browse to find it.
If your experience shows that many o your customers would use a "most popular" feature, it makes sense to create lists as you are. I don't see "has most resources available" as equivalent to "most popular", however. Please remember that there is another portion of your user base that would like to be able to browse by publisher and author.
