Selling my library. Is this allowed / possible?

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.

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).

And it's true, OliveTree's sweet (the UI).

AS a OT user it is I will say it works far better for me for usage is far faster and more powerful in OT (EDIT: I meant on my iPad/iPhone). Now Logos has a better over all system and has a fast full featured desktop app (unlike the OT bare bones app). If everything I want was in OT I could see myself leaving Logos. But Logos has virtually everything I want in a book store (there are still glaring omissions of a few volumes only available in Accordance or OT). Hopefully New Interpreter's Bible (12 vols.) will make it to Logos soon, which is the biggest one in my mind. Modern Torah commentary is another missing one but thankfully it's available in Accordance. The one volume Asbury commentary by Zondervan is another one I would love to see in Logos.

-dan 

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.

What base package did you have for Logos 4?

Yes, all your present resources would work in Logos 5. There's no new tagging needed. The engine for Logos 5 is just an incremental improvement over Logos 4 with some new features, but the resource file format did not change, unlike when they changed from Logos 3 (Libronix) to Logos 4.

Yes, if you install the Logos 5 engine on your new PC, it will download and index all your old resources for you. I wouldn't pay $600 for a Logos 5 Gold package from eBay, when you'll have the added complication of transferring the license over from the seller. If you're wanting to upgrade to Gold from whatever you had before, check the dynamic pricing on the Logos website (log in under your old ID to see what the cost would be for you for Gold) and/or call a sales rep to find out what the differential would be for you, given what resources you already own. If you never had a base package before and the eBay bidding doesn't go a lot higher, then maybe it would be worth it. But if you had Bronze or Silver, you could probably upgrade to Gold for less than what the eBay auction will end up settling on. Or if you just want to upgrade to the Logos 5 engine and get the new datasets (which are required for full feature functionality in L5) without getting any new resources, you could buy the Minimal Crossgrade for $159.95.

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.

If it is the one I am thinking of, he is selling an unactivated version Logos 5 Gold, I have never heard of such a thing but in that case if it was just the serial number, no transfer fee would be required since he never activated it. I did ask him about it since I was unaware of a physical product with a code being out there. When I and someone else asked him if it was a Logos Libronix Gold code he replied that it was most assuredly a never installed 5.0 Gold code. I did not investigate it further since it was not something I would be interested in anyway.

-Dan

I was the other poster. You CAN buy this software in a retail box, but its not the normal sales route. It wouldn't surprise me if it came from a conference or something of that nature.

Thank you, now I know... I was just puzzled over it, but I hope whoever buys it enjoys using it.

-Dan

Sets must be sold together if bought that way.

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]

I notice there is only one bid of $ 600 for that Logos 5 Gold package.  That seems like not enough interest to make it a real marketable bid.  I have a hunch it will be re-offered after the bid deadline of May 1.

I don't really have an urgent need for Logos 5 but would buy it if it was offered at a real bargain price, maybe less than $ 200 for the Gold package.

By the way, would that Logos 5 Gold package include all the datasets as well as all the resources or must I buy the Minimal Upgrade from Logos 4 anyway to get all the datasets?  That would cost me $ 159 in addition to the eBay package.

I am not a preacher, just a casual reader of the Bible and its related literature.

Frankly, I'd prefer the Android version to be upgraded in some way to the almost full datasets and strength of the PC Logos 5 version.  I tend to read eBooks from Amazon now on my Paperwhite, Fire HDX and Galaxy s5 far more than on my PC.  I rarely read anything on my PC these days but news and Forums.  Right now the Android version of Logos simply cannot match the Android AcroBible NIV App in my opinion.

The upgrade to Logos 5 Gold would cost me $ 1,066 if I purchased it direct from Logos.  Its got great features but the price is way too high for a casual Bible user.  If I was a preacher, it would be a must and the Church budget would probably pay for it.

Hi, I would like to buy my fellow students whole library since he does no longer use LOGOS. - What are the practical steps of transferring all his books onto my account? - I haven't found any option or button or anything to do that.

Thanks for your help
- Flo

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