Personal Book Builder (PBB)
How often do logos users use this feature? How important is it to you? What do you use PBB for?
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I use it regularly to resolved limitations in what Logos can do - primarily lectionaries and Bible harmonies... I would use it even more if the ability to do timelines in XML was restored.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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I use it a lot. Sometimes for books unavailable in Logos, or special functions like indices, but primarily for my own documents such as sermons or teaching materials.
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Yet another that uses it for books unavailable in Logos. Have over 290. Many from PDF files found on the net. Others converted from other software packages that under copyrights I can convert to another format but can not share with others. [[None uploaded to Logos]]
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David I hope out of a moment of distraction you don't hit the upload button, as there is no way to delete a personal book from Faithlife servers - or even know what is up there in aggregate. Another nice missing hole never addressed.
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I use it for documents that are of historical significance in my faith tradition that are not available from FaithLife.
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I use it for Bible translations in other languages that are not available in Logos. I also use it for personal documents as well as some out of print books not available in Logos.
I would greatly value if PBs would synch to mobile devices especially for the foreign language Bibles and personal documents.
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I use it for multiple purposes: my sermons, articles and blog posts I find online that I want to have available for future use, and public domain works I find valuable.
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I use it regularly and it is very important to me. I use it to add public domain material, or material that I receive permission to use that Logos does not carry. A perfect example is the Journal of Francis Asbury, which is very important to American Methodist studies. In fact, it is one of the most important resources that I have.
Also, Personal Books are very helpful for targeted study that would not interest a large enough group for Logos to produce the resources. I and a few other of the Asbury grads are interested in the ministry of Henry Clay Morrison, who was a well known evangelist and founder of Asbury Theological Seminary. I received permission to submit several of his old books to the files forum for personal books. This is most helpful.
Personal Books are a big deal for me.
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Mark said:
How often do logos users use this feature?
Semi-regularly
Mark said:How important is it to you?
You asked for "my" opinion: This is one of the MOST important Logos features.
Mark said:What do you use PBB for?
"Notes" [as has been acknowledged many times by "Bob"] is NOT and was not intended to be a word-processor.
But PBB allows me to use a Word processor of my choice to format MY materials [lectures, sermons, articles, out of print books, materials that will NEVER see the light of day in Logos] and have them searchable, visible etc.
One of the few drawbacks is the "clunky" front end that must be used. ie. Each time a minor edit is completed adn the article re-compiled, the resources "pops" to the top making a search necessary. It is just not "smooth sailing" to use when doing a lot of work,especially on the same resource.
But the "hassle" is worth it.
I also really appreciate the Sermon File process with its many Indexing features.
This is the part of Logos that I wanted back in the late 1990's when I first bought the software.
Thanks for asking.
Regards, SteveF
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Like others, I'm fond of the PBB feature (even though I use it less than I'm sure some others do). Sometimes it's of value for importing my own documents; other times, it lets me integrate external resources that I want to use alongside Logos features.
I know every now and again people observe how helpful it might be to be able to import or link PDFs. I'm happy to add my voice once again: that would be yet another benefit to an already important feature.
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Nearly every Day for my Church History Books.
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