What purpose in suggesting new titles here?

JimDean said:

For years I was told to send in requests for new titles to suggest@logos.com and was *assured* repeatedly that they were regularly reviewed.

Bob and Phil (Bob = President, Phil Gons = Logos' Public relations guy...I think) keep a pretty good eye on these forums..or at least they did with the newsgroups. They may not always respond, but they always seem to be listening.

We must also keep in mind, that Logos cannot do anything without the publisher's agreement.  

We can want it.

Logos can want it.

But if the publisher does not want it... it wont happen.  

I am sure this all takes quite a bit of effort on Logos' part to negotiate deals and royalties, etc...

So if someone really wants a book, post a suggestion here, send it via email, and then contact the publisher directly with your request.  That helps Logos in their negotiations because it demonstrates customer interest and potential increase in market / revenues.

There have been some great replies here but no one has really answered the question. Is Logos now using this site or  Suggest@logos to receive feedback on new book request?  The answer could be they are using both, or they would like to shift to this site or they still prefer requests to be made at Suggest@logos . 

I think someone from Logos needs to answer this question giving Logos' perferred method.

Ed

JackCaviness said:

Steve Workman said:

Hey guys,

The forums is something we do keep an eye on much like the newsgroups.  The best place for suggestions or feedback is still suggest@logos.com or for mac feedback would be macfeedback@logos.com.  That said, if a topic gets a lot of interest that we will still consider creating a new book if possible.  But the email address is the go to place.  I hope that helps shed some light.

But with email suggestions you get a single request for a resource that others may not even know exists. When the suggestion is posted on the forum, more people who are interested can add their affirmation.

Jack

Jack

I agree I would think forum would be the go to place For Logos to get an idea of what LOGOS' customer base wants. It seems like e-mail method in myopic because no else knows what has been suggested. With E-mail good ideas are single appeals for implementation where on the forum an idea can be reviewed and many people can jump on the bandwagon.  However if Logos doesn't response to forum entries on a regular basis people will lose interest fast.

Ed

Donovan R. Palmer said:

The answer to this for the time being is to send an email AND post the same email to this forum. My hope would be that Team Logos would be in here and connect up with as much stuff here as possible because it undergirds the Logos user community.

Or, if it makes more sense, if you reply to a suggestion here in the forums, copy your reply via e-mail to Logos.

Blessings,

Floyd

Dave Hooton said:

One short-sighted feature was implemented in v3 because of a "user" request (I forget what it was!). If enough people had opportunity to comment it would never have seen the light of day.

Are you sure your not thinking of the forums over newsgroup suggestion? J/K...I'm actually starting to prefer the forums now that I have a system to it...though I'm still in the very early stages of preferring them.

I've regularly suggested titles, and several times been pleased at seeing them added in. For years I said, you have to have a Greek version of the Apostolic Fathers, keyed to BDAG, and now we have a very nice package. Yeah, I'd like to think it was due to me, but I'm sure others have suggested the same title!

All to say, they do seem to pay attention.

I also recommend that you jump on a title you want as soon as they announce the Pre-Pub, that's the way to a real bargain. You can always cancel out before it's released if you have buyer's remorse.

I suggest the addition of Patristic Greek Lexicon Edited by GWH Lampe and by G.W.H. Lampe,D.D. Oxford University Press.

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