Thinking about PBB content and Stand-alone or Cloud-Sync ...

Mark Barnes said:

It's quite possible that Logos might only allow Public Domain works on the PBB store, to protect their revenue and ensure quality resources are fully tagged and supported.

I bet this will be a revenue stream for them if non-public domain works are up there and they get a cut of the sales price (like Apple does from apps)

Matthew C Jones said:

Will Logos make any public domain PBBs available when they could produce their own in-house version for a better profit? For example: Barnes' Notes or the Stone-Campbell works that Calvin Habig did are all public domain titles that have a profitable marketability. I doubt Logos would make just any titles available in PBB format..

You pointed to this as a unanswered question in another thread. So I'll add my understanding (which may be right or wrong):

1. Logos has not indicated anywhere that they would censor what the user can make. You can make a PBB of anything you want without regard to whether Logos publishes or plans to publish it.
2. Logos has not indicated that they will make any PBB's available - the person who created the PBB makes that decision; often they are the only ones who know the copyright status of an item e.g. getting permission of the author to make it available to a class. The creator releases it to a group or everyone; or the creator keeps it provate.
3. Logos may need to protect themselves from suits arising from the violation of copyright status - I won't guess how they will achieve this but it could be as simple as a signature from the PBB creator acknowledging that the liability is theirs.

This is my understanding from what Logos has said. Do you know if they've said something else?

Bob Pritchett said:

PBB for Logos 4 isn't coded yet... so things are still flexible.

The basic idea is:

A) No more second-class citizens. PBB will use the same internal file format as books we distribute, so highlighting and other features "just work."

Compiling will probably be done on the server. (Because we're making PBB books first-class citizens, they need to go through the primary metadata and license databases, so we can sync them to your multiple devices, let your read your PBB's on your iPhone, etc.)

C) Your content defaults to private, just like your notes and other information.

D) You'll have the option to share your books with "groups" of other people. (And your notes, highlights, etc.) You'll have per-file control of exactly what you share and who you share it with.

E) We're considering a PBB store, like the App Stores for mobile phones, where you could choose to sell PBB's for which you owned the copyright, with Logos handling the credit card transactions, downloading, etc.

This is just "the state of the thinking"....

-- Bob

We have PBB on our Pc's and mac's, now what about mobile devices? Would love to compile sermons on a tablet, and preach from them. Maybe even control Proclaim, from Logos on a Tablet.

Is the store idea still in the works? Not asking for a timeline (although one would be good), and could you share some ideas about the pricing of PBB?

Waiting with anticipation.

JimT said:

My question in the first post still stands largly unchanged: will we be able to control what and when things sync, or will my 5k of reading plans and related be in some queue behind 100 MB of PBB content and other stuff?

Intriguing question ? not know if can prioritize sync order for various items (with nuance of ensuring data dependencies are met).  For example, reading plan definition needs to sync before can mark items done.  Likewise suspect reading plan catch up modifications need to propagate before marking modified reading as done.

Keep Smiling [:)]

Jerry M said:

watching your notes duplicate out of control

Kind of like the "trouble with tribbles."