Required reading on ebook selection especially for Protestia and those with similar views
Context: Do you want every ebook in the world in Logos? - Logos Forums
Please read Bob Pritchett's post regarding what we should expect to find on the ebooks site. Don't listen to me, listen to Bob.
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MJ. Smith said:
Please read Bob Pritchett's post regarding what we should expect to find on the ebooks site. Don't listen to me, listen to Bob.
This thread is highly relevant. I appreciated the comments that were left by you and many others who recommended separate stores, such as the one below:
Reuben Helmuth said:Avoiding my knee-jerk reaction of "stay away!", I would most like to see a separate store with rigorous filtering/sorting abilities. The homepage could make in very clear that this is a GENERAL bookstore and that Faithlife does NOT endorse all the books available. It would be nice if that store could remember my preferences to filter out all genreX, authorX, keywordX, and ect.X content.
One problem, it seems, is that Logos has not taken this advice, perhaps because they decided on an alternative approach that would try to limit the number of "inappropriate" books made available for purchase. If this is the route they have chosen, I wish them all the best in further improving their filters. In my view, Logos has not done an adequate job of explaining the problem. This has caused a fair amount of misunderstanding, as one assumption is that the solution is as simple as saying "no" to inappropriate books.0 -
Aaron Hamilton said:Reuben Helmuth said:
Avoiding my knee-jerk reaction of "stay away!", I would most like to see a separate store with rigorous filtering/sorting abilities. The homepage could make in very clear that this is a GENERAL bookstore and that Faithlife does NOT endorse all the books available. It would be nice if that store could remember my preferences to filter out all genreX, authorX, keywordX, and ect.X content.
One problem, it seems, is that Logos has not taken this advice, perhaps because they decided on an alternative approach that would try to limit the number of "inappropriate" books made available for purchase. If this is the route they have chosen, I wish them all the best in further improving their filters. In my view, Logos has not done an adequate job of explaining the problem. This has caused a fair amount of misunderstanding, as one assumption is that the solution is as simple as saying "no" to inappropriate books.
If they want to keep this "general" store, they should move it away from the "Faithlife" domain name altogether. For the most part these books have nothing to do with a life of faith, though there are a few that do that I've purchased. These few, however, should be moved to the main Logos store (IMO); stuff like this, for example:
- Historical Dictionary of Anglicanism
- The Midrash: An Introduction (Jacob Neusner)
- The Mishnah: An Introduction (Jacob Neusner)
- The Talmud: What It Is and What It Says (Jacob Neusner)
- First Steps in the Talmud: A Guide to the Confused (Jacob Neusner)
- The Encyclopedia of Jewish Symbols
- A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History
- Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality (Donald Miller)
- The Seeker and the Monk: Everyday Conversations with Thomas Merton
- Biblical References in Shakespeare's Plays
- Subversive: Christ, Culture, and the Shocking Dorothy L. Sayers
- The Whole Person: Embodying Teaching and Learning through Lectio and Visio Divina
- Come to the Table: Food, Fellowship, and a Celebration of God's Bounty
- The Lion Book of 1000 Prayers for Children
Maybe they should have kept the Noet brand for the general stuff.
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Noet...Faithlife...NoFaithLife? Or just cover them with brown paper.
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