Official: More details about the coming subscription launch

Thanks, Mark. That's the most clear and information packed update I've seen yet. I'm slowly warming up to the subscription model.

First, new libraries will be available for subscribers to purchase.

• At launch, we'll offer Starter through Collectors, and some great new content will be included in those libraries. As usual, those libraries are discounted at around 90%. Libraries are yours to keep, and dynamic pricing means you won't pay twice if you already own some of the books.
  
  
• We'll also have some new libraries based around specific use cases, similar to the Academic, Preaching Suite, and Counseling libraries we offer with Logos 10. These libraries will align with our three subscription tiers, so there will be one set of libraries aimed at small group leaders, one set aimed at preachers, and one set aimed at those who love the original languages.
  
  
• Early next year, those libraries will be joined by brand new denominational libraries.

Will library prices vary depending on whether you are a subscriber or not?

OR

Will the libraries never be available for purchase if not a subscriber?

Next, let me say something more about perks that we'll include when the subscription is fully launched.

• We've previously announced that every subscriber will receive a 5% discount storewide. This discount applies to everything in our store. The only exceptions are subscriptions, credit purchases (like Book Cache and gift cards), bulk purchases, and Pre-Pub and pre-order titles.
  
  
• Each subscription plan will also include Mobile Ed courses, which we'll freshen up every quarter or so to give you the chance to learn from various instructors and about a range of topics. The courses will be specially selected to complement the use case of each tier. The bigger tiers will also receive more courses each quarter.
  
  
• We've also previously announced that Logos 10 owners will also be able to qualify for the Legacy Fallback License. This means that if you remain subscribed for 24 consecutive months, you'll be your features, even if you subsequently cancel your subscription. (A few features, especially those cloud-backed or AI-based, will be excluded from the Legacy Fallback License.) The legacy fallback license will be available in October 2026, so if you qualify before then because you're part of early access, you'll need to wait until October before you receive it. If you qualify after that, we'll give you the license as soon as you qualify.
  
  
• We're planning additional perks and hope to say more about them soon.

We've also had lots of questions about pricing. We’re working out final pricing for everyone, but we can confirm what the discounted pricing will be for Logos 10 owners:

• Premium: $6.99/month or $69.99/year (for those with Bronze features or higher)
• Pro: $9.99/month or $99.99/year (for those with Silver features or higher)
• Max: $12.99/month or $129.99/year (requires Full Feature Set)

For anyone like myself that owns the L10 full feature set, who has zero interest in A.I. features and rented books in the Logos subscriptions, zero interest in a 5% discount storewide, and zero interest in the included Mobile Ed courses, here's a question that needs to be asked.  Why should we risk paying a subscription for two years in order to keep all features covered under the Legacy Fallback License (a total cost of either $139.98 for premium, $199.98 for full, or $259.98 for max), considering that we don't know in advance what all of those keepable features will be under the Legacy Fallback License?  I think this is a very fair question, and it needs to be asked.

Each subscription plan will also include Mobile Ed courses, which we'll freshen up every quarter or so to give you the chance to learn from various instructors and about a range of topics. The courses will be specially selected to complement the use case of each tier. The bigger tiers will also receive more courses each quarter.

Hi Mark,

For the Mobile Ed courses:

a) Are they only limited to the ones Logos curates for subscribers every quarter or so, or do we get to pick 1-2 Mobile Ed courses per quarter to peruse?

b) Are they for the subscribers to keep, or only available for access during that quarter?

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Will library prices vary depending on whether you are a subscriber or not?

OR

Will the libraries never be available for purchase if not a subscriber?

Current libraries have always been restricted to those who own a current feature set or a subscription, and we're not changing this restriction. You won't need a paid subscription to buy a library – a free trial will be sufficient.

We've previously announced that every subscriber will receive a 5% discount storewide. This discount applies to everything in our store. The only exceptions are subscriptions, credit purchases (like Book Cache and gift cards), bulk purchases, and Pre-Pub and pre-order titles.

Will this discount be on top of sales or the academic discount, or will the 5% be replaced by the larger discount?

1Cor10 31">How many times can we do trial subscription (over a calendar year or 12 month period)?

Just once, I'm afraid.

If you wanted to buy additional libraries later on, the worst-case scenario would be to take out a one-month subscription to the cheapest tier. That would also get you a subscriber-exclusive 5% additional discount on the library, so I doubt it would add much to your overall cost, and it may, in fact, be cheaper.

Thanks Mark. 

• We've previously announced that every subscriber will receive a 5% discount storewide. This discount applies to everything in our store. The only exceptions are subscriptions, credit purchases (like Book Cache and gift cards), bulk purchases, and Pre-Pub and pre-order titles.
• Logos Pro and Logos Max subscribers will get two additional perks. Firstly, they'll get free access to the premium features in Logos Sermons. But they will also get a 5% annual rewards coupon (a coupon worth 5% of your previous year’s spend).

We can confirm what the discounted pricing will be for Logos 10 owners:

• Premium: $6.99/month or $69.99/year (for those with Bronze features or higher)
• Pro: $9.99/month or $99.99/year (for those with Silver features or higher)
• Max: $12.99/month or $129.99/year (requires Full Feature Set)

Given the 5% discount and the 5% reward, it is approximately 10% cheaper (9.75% if you want to be precise). It will be "cheaper" as long as Logos doesn't adjust the price upward knowing that customers will have to be paid 10% back.

Thus, given pricing of $70/year, $100/year, $130/year, it seems that you can get your subscription price back IF you spend approximately $700, $1000, and $1300 in a year. If you spend half that amount, you get half the premium back. For people who like to spend a lot on library, the subscription model might be cheaper than previous model.

While I’m on the fence about subscribing, at least it’s no longer a definite no as it was in the past. I guess it depends on how many tool I need. 

• Each subscription plan will also include Mobile Ed courses, which we'll freshen up every quarter or so to give you the chance to learn from various instructors and about a range of topics. The courses will be specially selected to complement the use case of each tier. The bigger tiers will also receive more courses each quarter.

Do these get added to our library automatically or will it work like it does now where we get a code and purchase a 180-license to view them? I would also like to see, though it hasn't happened in a while, where the course(s) of a month get a large discount if we want to keep them. It would be better if we just could but that is not cost friendly to you...

Also, I haven't seen it mentioned ever so I assuming these are DOA but the 3 free connect books and lexham discount are gone forever?