Selling my library. Is this allowed / possible?
Okay, is it possible to sell ones Logos Library? A genuine and honest question. Of course there would need to be someway to show that you were not keeping anything on a device somewhere.
I previously used OliveTree BibleReader. Going back to it, it just does things in a way that suits my study method much better. For me, so much easier to use than the Logos Android version (and the desktop version). No offense meant to Logos, but Olivetree suits me better.
So, can I sell my Logos account and library?
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So, can I sell my Logos account and library?
Richard, You can not sell your account but you can transfer your license to another person's account for a one off transfer fee of $20. It could be an existing user or an new user who has simply gone to logos.com and setup an account.
Please note however forum rules prevent you from using them as a means of selling your license. You would need to find a purchaser through other means.
Thank you Dan and Disciple. I will need to set up a Facebook account first. But what do I need to do with Logos to both inform them and to pay the necessary fee?
Just call Customer Service (1-800-875-6467). Or email them at cs@logos.com if you're not in a convenient time zone to call (they're in Bellingham, WA, USA).
Richard, what drew you away from Bible!? You don't have to be critical just to be critical, but most businesses like to know what the issue was.
In my case I use 4 versions of the Logos app (iOS; 4 simply to read 4 books), OliveTree, Laridian and Accordance. And I'm pretty much 'married' to Logos ($15k in books). My major complaint is 'complicated' and in the TOCs, you can't tell where you're at (the others show you).
OliveTree is quite comfortable and well organized. It didn't start that way. I especially like the library (books organized), intuitive interface (nothing fancy, everything in place, etc). I don't like only a single panel (or at least I've never found more than one). On the other hand, I rarely use more than 1 (in Laridian I use tabs which I think is best).
Laridian is neat but it's menus have sort of gone into never-never land. To close a book, it's tough work. Easy to open though and libraries are also organized. Tabs are quick, and you can move from book to book easily within tabs (similar to Logos5).
Accordance has to be the curious one. It does support more than 1 resource open, but they seem to have to be linkable. If you choose one that's not. curtains for you! Also it NEVER remembers what the font setting was. I suspect I've reset the font a million times. I don't understand the library categories, nor which category might have which book. I play hide and seek in Accordance A LOT.
Overall,, Logos is ok for reading. But I've never really 'cottoned' to it for Bible use. I don't know why. Maybe complicated interface?
And it's true, OliveTree's sweet (the UI).
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
Yes you can... but not here on the forums. You may try ebay or the Facebook group put up for sales.. https://www.facebook.com/groups/548061461941184/ you will have to request to join it and then you can sell things either as a whole or broken up.. Sets must be sold together if bought that way. Every transaction is subject to a $20 transfer fee. Everything for $20 or each transaction $20.
-Dan
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Thanks Dan for the link to the group.
I just posted there also and pointed it to eBay. Really grateful for the information and again kudos to Logos!!
I just noticed an ad on eBay for Logos 5. If I purchased it, how do I get the right to use the software? Do I get a license number and then contact Logos? Does the seller pay his $ 20 and then get a transfer number? I already own Logos 4 with a different ID.
By the way for Android, I've found the AcroBible with limited and unchangeable resources is the best. However, for a PC nothing beats Logos.
Sir Maru, as a Logos 4 owner, you already have the right to use Logos 5. You can upgrade to it for free by downloading the engine from here.
The question I would pose to this seller on eBay is what books or base package does he/she have, because that's what he's really selling the license to, not the software. If there's a huge overlap in what books he owns with what you own already, then it might not be worth it to you.
The way you'd get the license transferred is that the seller would have to call Logos and pay the license transfer fee of $20 (presumably he'd expect to be reimbursed by you) to transfer the books over to your account.
The seller is offering Logos Bible Software V5 Gold Base Package. The highest bid is now $ 600 and it will be open until May 1. I'm considering it but was curious how that is transferred.
Since I have Logos 4 under a different ID, then just upgrading the engine may be sufficient. Would my present resources get all the tags required for Logos 5 to properly use those resources?
I had Logos 4 installed on my old PC discarded last September. I never did install it on my present PC. I presume I could download and install the Logos 5 engine and then download and install all my old resources. My resources were upgraded then to Bible Study Library (LE) with the Logos 4 Automatic Upgrade.
I suspect the answer to my question might be 'Call Logos!" but ...
I am finding that some individual resources, bought as part of a set, are now in a base package that uses dynamic pricing. This would imply that I cannot sell the original set because some of the resources were used as 'credit' in dynamic pricing. Thus many 'sets' are permanently attached to base packages and cannot be sold (unless I divest myself of the lot ... not happening! [:|][:|] ).
I am also curious about sets (commentaries mainly) that were partially bought under L3 bundles where they are no longer in a base product ...
I recently tried to address this labyrinth using a database base on my order history. I think I got close-ish ... but I would need check all my calculations with Logos before offering anything for sale ...
Has anybody had any experience of this issue? Where Logos able to be definitive for your resources?
As part of my calculations, which may be wrong, it would seem that the many Community Pricing 'Classic' bundles that I purchased for $x seem to give a much greater discount in the dynamic pricing for the 'Classic' upper bundle. e.g. paying $200 in CC has resulted in in $300 off the big bundle. I can see why that would work ... but it does mean that somebody wanting the Classic super bundle who was not in on the original CC options, could save significantly by buying mine at cost and then upgrading ... if I could clearly identify all the resources that I have that are part of the 'Classic' super bundle ... and that have not been 'locked' by a base product upgrade ... clear?!![:D]
2017 15" MBP, iPad Pro
I have been trying to keep up the practice of tagging all my resources when I acquire them with not only the date of acquisition (in the format "Date: YYYYMMDD) but also a code that tells me how I acquired them (e.g., "Base: Portfolio" or "Bundle: Classic Comm Genesis"). Also if it was "CP" or "Pre-pub" or "Free" I tag it thus. I've gotten behind at times and have had to go through my order history on logos.com and old emails from Logos to figure things out. And in some cases I have not been able to figure out why a particular title appeared in my library or when. But for the most part this works for me.
Is the $20 assessed on a per book basis or on a transaction basis. Obviously, if it is per book, then any book being sold for less than $20 is a losing proposition
It is per transaction
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