I doubt that I am the first to ask, but will Logos ever have the ability to import anything other than Word files? There are tons of resources available today in PDF and epub fornat. It would be helpful to be able to put them all in one place.
Hi David and welcome to the forums!You can, but it does require some work. You need to convert the epub book to rtf by using a program like Calibre. The you have to convert the rtf to docx. Once you have the docx file you can add it in Logos as a personal book. Unfortunately that is the only way I know of.
Grace and peace.
This has been debated heavily in the past and if memory is correct Logos has not been favorable to such an approach. Personally I would prefer Logos to do what they do best than focus on making a tool to import books for which they receive no revenue.
If Logos allowed easier importing, then perhaps Logos would become part of my daily workflow. After years of observing Logos however, I doubt they will ever see things in this broader sense. Secular companies just understand so much better how to do these things.
o I will just continue feeding Amazon and Book Depository. Btw this text entry box does not work properly on my iPad :-(
This no longer seems to be technology issue. If Vyrso books are in ePub format, then what is the holdup with importing our own ePub books? Ministries such as Answers In Genesis publish their books in ePub. How great would it be to store those with the rest of my digital library. Perhaps Logos is conflicted - is it a software company or is it an e-book publisher? It is, and certainly can be both, but hopefully one doesn't restrict the other.
This no longer seems to be technology issue. If Vyrso books are in ePub format, then what is the holdup with importing our own ePub books?
Vyrso books aren't "in ePub format", they are in Logos4 format. The files Logos receives from the publishers may be in ePub format, but we know nothing about the technicalities of their conversion process. Maybe someday the PB compiler will allow various input formats, but currently there's no ePub import.
If your ePub is freely convertable, you can transfer it into docx format (e.g. via Calibre) and use the PB compiler.
According to the program, books in ebook format (which seems to be most of my Vyrso books) are in ePub format.
David, not so sure what you are referring to by "According to the program". N.B. is correct that all Vyrso books are in Logos format. They are ebooks, but not in epub format.
As to the larger issue, Logos is a book publisher even though it is also a software developer. Their money comes from the sale of books, datasets, and resources, not from the actual software itself. I can understand that they might not want to expend the money to create and maintain software to convert epub books into Logos format. As has been pointed out there is a way for you to do this, albeit not a simple one.
You are posting this in the Suggestions Forum so someone from Logos will see it.
Mark,
David is correct. If you put the cursor over the question mark next to "eBook," it says, "eBooks are publisher-created electronic books in the EPUB format, a generic HTML-based standard."
I had not noticed that. May we assume that is what David meant?
I cannot speak to what Logos means by that pop-up, but Vyrso files are .logos4 files, not .epub files. Now, are they in epub format even though stored as logos4 files? Is that what the pop-up means? I don't have a clue.
It means that Vyrso books are created from the same ePub files that other online booksellers sell.
Ergo, Logos has a converter from ePub to Logos4 format that they use to import ePub books.
Therefore, David asks, "If Vyrso books are in ePub format, then what is the holdup with importing our own ePub books?"
It means that Vyrso books are created from the same ePub files that other online booksellers sell. Ergo, Logos has a converter from ePub to Logos4 format that they use to import ePub books.
That much seems clear. I have no doubt Logos can convert from epub format.
I think there is something different between what you said and what David said. They are not (as you and I and N.B. have said), actually in epub format which is what David may have believed. They may have started that way, but they have been converted. In that way the pop-up seems a bit misleading, as it actually seems to refer to the source document not the final product.
That doesn't answer the basic question, which is whether Logos will provide a simple conversion program. This is the Suggestions Forum, the place to request it.
It means that Vyrso books are created from the same ePub files that other online booksellers sell. Ergo, Logos has a converter from ePub to Logos4 format that they use to import ePub books. Therefore, David asks, "If Vyrso books are in ePub format, then what is the holdup with importing our own ePub books?"
I understand that Toyotas are made from the same metal as those of Ford and Chevy. What is the holdup with creating our own Toyotas?
That's the best one you have had yet George. [:)]
It could possibly have to do with sales; there's a lot of books cheaper on the net, or free if you look in the right places. If you could get them there and import them, then there would be a loss for Logos.
Not to mention, most digital books come with DRM, so that's another thing to tackle.
