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Well, how about we focus on Waltke and O'Connor's Intro to Biblical Hebrew Syntax, since it disappeared from March Madness?
http://www.logos.com/product/4227/an-introduction-to-biblical-hebrew-syntax
Or something else that won't ever go on sale AND costs more, like the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Background Commentary on the OT?
http://www.logos.com/product/5469/zondervan-illustrated-bible-backgrounds-commentary-new-testament
Well, how about we focus on Waltke and O'Connor's Intro to Biblical Hebrew Syntax, since it disappeared from March Madness? http://www.logos.com/product/4227/an-introduction-to-biblical-hebrew-syntax
[Y] Did it.
http://www.logos.com/product/5185/the-new-international-commentary-on-the-old-and-new-testament
I would love to see the New International Commentary OT/NT be discounted!!! Going back through the forums, I saw that this got marked down during the 12 days of Christmas sale last year, but I had just become aware of Logos and purchased a base package at that time, so I totally missed out on that sale. Being a student, $1,599 is a pretty hefty price, though I realize these are some pretty great commentaries.
good idea
Oops! Meant OT, linked to NT!
http://www.logos.com/product/5606/zondervan-illustrated-bible-backgrounds-commentary-old-testament
If the Zondervan books can be further discounted that would be nice....!
I "liked" the Zondervan OT set for you guys, we'll see what happens! My fb page is now full of logos product "likes", which my friends probably think is ridiculous lol, but hopefully it will pan out for some pretty sweet deals for us all. Thanks for the "like" help with the NICOT/NICNT! [Y]
My fb page is now full of logos product "likes", which my friends probably think is ridiculous lol, but hopefully it will pan out for some pretty sweet deals for us all.
Same here.
It will be interesting to see what kind of deals result from this.
Done!!!!!
Only 980-odd to go.
Are lots of Logos users not on Facebook? Reluctant to "like" individual products? Or just unaware of the sale?
Actually, I'm not on facebook and up till now had no inclination to do so. I'm giving away enough of my privacy (and hang around online) in forums.
So what's the deal? 50% off if there are 1.000 "likes" or so?
It is every 1,000 likes for a specific title brings about the 10% discount just for that title? or is it for every 1,000 likes in general (combined together from various titles) that brings a discount for this FaceBook sale? I was kind of thinking that it meant 1,000 likes overall (combined from various titles put together) that Logos would then select some of the more well liked titles to sell at a discount...maybe I'm wrong. If It is 1,000 likes for each specific title....that will be quite difficult to reach by April 2nd at the rate things are going lol...I don't think there are any titles/products with more than maybe 120 likes. hmmm.....I have still been posting the NICOT/NICNT on my facebook for all of my friends to "like", but it is still very far from 1,000 likes.
I'd venture to guess that it's somewhat all of the above...
The facebook sale looks to me like a mere advertising gimmick. I';m NOT going to clutter my page with lots of advertising for \Logos. Sorry.
Yes it is an advertising gimmick; what else? And C.S. Lewis would say there's nothing shameful about the adjective "mere."
I generally don't like advertising at all, let alone advertising methods that use friends. But I do like Logos, so I caved in a bit on my principles. However, I discovered I could remove the "Like" posts from my wall after I'd "Like"d the products mentioned above in this thread (to help other people; I already own them all). Hopefully they haven't ended up in several of my friends' news feeds before I removed them. I really don't know how all of that works.
The facebook sale looks to me like a mere advertising gimmick. I generally don't like advertising at all
The facebook sale looks to me like a mere advertising gimmick.
I generally don't like advertising at all
I was a bit startled when I saw these comments, but I can easily see that there's no sense in disagreeing...that is, I can understand your take. At the same time, we don't really talk about our social media activities in these terms ("getting people to advertise for us").
Question: when you tell someone that you found a recipe, restaurant, article of clothing, zoo, software, computer, camera, purse, car, etc. that you really like, do you think of yourself as "advertising"? Probably not. So when you "LIKE" or "tweet" something, you may simply be doing this with some amplification.
-OR-
You may be doing something more akin to advertising: talking positively about something that you don't really like or care about (e.g. how likely is it that the editor of Road and Track Magazine thinks the TomTom 23dl24jd, SE is the best GPS out there, or the editor of Cottage Living thinks those vanilla-scented stick-wick things are just the thing you need to make your house "the coziest haven this side of heaven"?)
A couple more thoughts:
We advertise all the time and in everything: Brand names on your shirts or shoes; car make/model emblems plus tags like "off-road package" or 4x4 or Heavy Duty; branded bags to carry your take-out food. Some of these may have not struck you as advertising (transparently, the car "tags" have appealed to me because I perceived them as bragging, not advertising). And you may already avoid some of these.
I suppose someone who loves it that their wardrobe makes them a walking billboard might say that they are simply telling their friends about something they like, not advertising. That may be. But people pay more to put "Nike" on their shirt or "Acura" on their car; but putting "Logos" on your Facebook wall will help you pay less in the near future and likely less long term.
And if you like the product and company and want others benefit from it, is that really just mercenary advertising?
let alone advertising methods that use friends
I agree with the sentiment, which is why I can't stand things like Mary Kay, Cutco, Avon, etc. Or chain emails, or, in social media, inviting all your friends to do something so you can get $10 off next time you use Amazon. But that's vastly different than saying something that Facebook might put on your friends' walls if it rises to the level of "top news" among all their other friends' activity. They won't necessarily see it, don't have to do anything with it, will maybe notice it if it's on their wall, etc.
Further, the absolute most it would put on their wall would be a line that says, "Rosie Perera like ____ from Logos.com and 3 other links." Hardly using a friend, if you ask me.
I totally disagree.
There is one huge difference between what Logos is asking us to do and me telling a friend that I found this new place to have dinner. This one huge difference is Logos is initiating the conversation. Logos is trying to convince me to tell my friends that I like this item, and trying to convince me that I do this, some items will be at a lower price (bribery in my book).
If we take a closer look at the numbers, what are the chances of one resource getting a 1,000 votes. That means that 4% of the people who liked Logos on Facebook have to log into Facebook and like the same item. While 4% seems low number, it is not. Especially if you consider the number of resources that Logos offers. Therefore, the odds of a resource reaching this threshold is very unlikely.
Now, if the source does reach this threshold, the odds are very high that I already have this source.
I am with Rosie here, I do not like this type of advertisement.
If we take a closer look at the numbers
Without divulging right here in the forums all the details that were created with our facebook fans in mind, I think your suggestion is a good one. It seems somewhat apparent that you do not in fact understand how this sale works. An individual product doesn't have to be liked 1,000 times in order for anything particular to happen.
created with our facebook fans in mind
This is another point that seems to be overlooked here. We did a particular thing when the forum member total reached a key milestone, something entirely different when our twitter community reached a milestone, and a third thing now for Facebook. All of these were created to be engaged by a particular kind of user in a way that they would expect based on the platform they use. I posted the news in the forums in case any forum users also used facebook. But it only stands to reason that we would develop an event that fits the medium/community for which it was intended.
I am grateful for this sale and think it is a great idea. If you don't like it then don't do it, seems pretty simple to me. But something that I like about it is the fact that I can show others that are asking me which books I find vaulable a link to where to find them. I personally want people who look to me for advice on reading/study materials to be able to find them easily. So I "like" books on occasion just for that purpose to show people in my church which authors and books I value. This is something that I cannot do as easily as say a physical library would allow.
Also just to clarify, is it the books with the most "likes" that will be discounted per 1000 "likes" total as in across the Logos website from all the users? So for instance if there are 3000 likes total on the entire site then a certain number of books will be discounted by 30percent? That seems to be what the advertisment is saying.
I think Logos is great and recommend it to those few of my friends I think might be interested enough and rich enough to use it for Bible study. I haven't had a single taker yet. I have used the forums to recommend something, usually WBC, to an interested and voluntary specialist audience. I am NOT going to advertise Logos to my facebook friends, most of whom would lack the interest or the money necessary to make use of it.
Five items? The link above Word takes me to Tozer. Am I missing something?
I've got most of them except for the L4 Manual, Tozer and the Bible Speaks Today. I will probably pick up L4 Manual.
I'm not sure I understand your question. When I go to that Facebook page, I see 4 items on sale for 50% off the already low sale price, then another 5 items on sale for incredibly low prices, though not quite 50% off the sale price. And then a bonus item. Is that not what you're seeing? And where did you get the idea that it would be something else? Was there a promise of five items for 50% off that I'm forgetting about? (Can't see what the original sale page looked like anymore as it's been replaced.)
Yes, the item immediately above the Word commentaries (below the Tozer collection) which is just a banner (see graphic below) does appear to be linked to the Tozer page for some reason (probably a glitch in the HTML), but that's nothing material. Just wondering what you were expecting that you're not seeing.
I am not seeing the other five items, just Word.
That's weird. Are you seeing the 4 items above Word and just missing the 4 items below Word? Or are you only seeing Word period?
Try it in a different browser, just in case that has anything to do with it. I'm using Firefox and it displays the whole page with all items on it.
