Logos 7 and Topical Bundles

Yasmin Stephen
Yasmin Stephen Member Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭
edited November 2024 in English Forum

A question for Faithlife:

Previously, with the purchase of a Logos 7 base package, you'd get 15% off the purchase of an L6 topical bundle. With L7, I have a few questions:

1. Is this perk still available?

2. If yes, how would it work now that the base package is broken up into a library and a feature set? Do you still get the 15% off if you buy either one, or do you have to buy both at the same time to quality?

3. Will there be Logos 7 topical bundles?

Thanks in advance!

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  • Lynden O. Williams
    Lynden O. Williams MVP Posts: 9,012

    Previously, with the purchase of a Logos 7 base package, you'd get 15% off the purchase of an L6 topical bundle. With L7, I have a few questions:

    1. Is this perk still available?

    I am not seeing it, but I could be mistaken.

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  • Mark Barnes
    Mark Barnes Member Posts: 15,432 ✭✭✭

    1. Is this perk still available?

    2. If yes, how would it work now that the base package is broken up into a library and a feature set? Do you still get the 15% off if you buy either one, or do you have to buy both at the same time to quality?

    It's not working. If you go to www.logos.com/bundles with the Feature Set and a base package in your Cart, one of them will likely be removed (by a bug, I think).

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  • DAL
    DAL Member Posts: 10,832 ✭✭✭

    I don't see the bundles either only some few discounted resources.

    DAL

  • Lynden O. Williams
    Lynden O. Williams MVP Posts: 9,012

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  • SineNomine
    SineNomine Member Posts: 7,043 ✭✭✭

    Yesterday, when I went through the process of adding a base package to my cart on Logos.com, it took me through the Logos 6 Topical Bundles page, but I forget whether it gave me a discount beyond what I would have had anyway. I don't think it did.

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  • Ben Amundgaard (Faithlife)
    Ben Amundgaard (Faithlife) Member, Logos Employee Posts: 991

    We plan to release new L7 topical bundles in the next week or two (probably after we release the L7 Orthodox base packages). 

    Senior Director, Content Products


  • SineNomine
    SineNomine Member Posts: 7,043 ✭✭✭

    We plan to release new L7 topical bundles in the next week or two (probably after we release the L7 Orthodox base packages). 

    Will the be an incentive to buy those topical bundles at the same time as a base package/library/feature set?

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  • Yasmin Stephen
    Yasmin Stephen Member Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭

    Previously, with the purchase of a Logos 7 6 base package, you'd get 15% off the purchase of an L6 topical bundle. With L7, I have a few questions:

    Ugh, I obviously meant a Logos 6 base package!

    Anyway, I tested and the discount is not working with any of the three scenarios:

    with feature set only (though it does give you the option to add a bundle, similar to L6):

    with library only (you only get the option to add a top product, not a bundle):

    I tried in vain to get all three, feature set, library and bundle, in my cart, but it kept removing the library (as Mark indicated).

  • Yasmin Stephen
    Yasmin Stephen Member Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭

    We plan to release new L7 topical bundles in the next week or two (probably after we release the L7 Orthodox base packages). 

    Great to hear! Can you tell us whether, with these L7 bundles, we'll get the usual 15% off, and how that would work now that the base package is split into two components?

  • Matthew
    Matthew Member Posts: 941 ✭✭

    We plan to release new L7 topical bundles in the next week or two (probably after we release the L7 Orthodox base packages). 

    Ben, is there anywhere with a master list of what packages/bundles Faithlife intends to release for Logos 7? I learned about the yet-to-be-released Orthodox base packages on another thread (https://community.logos.com/forums/t/129335.aspx), I learned from this thread that there will also be new bundles, and there is yet another thread as of now waiting for a response from Faithlife regarding the fate of Chaplain's Library (https://community.logos.com/forums/t/129448.aspx). It would be in customers' best interests to have a full list of what was not made available at launch but is scheduled for release so we can make an informed decision. It would also potentially reduce the number of returns that have to be processed by Faithlife employees if people buy something today only to exchange it when something else gets released. Thank you for considering this!

  • Glenn Airoldi (Faithlife)
    Glenn Airoldi (Faithlife) Member, Logos Employee Posts: 314

    We plan to release new L7 topical bundles in the next week or two (probably after we release the L7 Orthodox base packages). 

    Great to hear! Can you tell us whether, with these L7 bundles, we'll get the usual 15% off, and how that would work now that the base package is split into two components?

    We have not yet finalized pricing on L7 bundles, nor have we defined what discounts may be made available.  However, rest assured that we will honor the "when purchased with a base package" price on L7 bundles for anyone who purchased a base package before the L7 bundles were made available. 

  • Lynden O. Williams
    Lynden O. Williams MVP Posts: 9,012

    However, rest assured that we will honor the "when purchased with a base package" price on L7 bundles for anyone who purchased a base package before the L7 bundles were made available. 

    Good News !!!!!

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  • Yasmin Stephen
    Yasmin Stephen Member Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭

    We have not yet finalized pricing on L7 bundles, nor have we defined what discounts may be made available.  However, rest assured that we will honor the "when purchased with a base package" price on L7 bundles for anyone who purchased a base package before the L7 bundles were made available. 

    Great! I was concerned about that, to the point of wondering if I should leave off my purchases till the bundles come through. Also, you said "base package" - for Logos Now users who aren't buying a feature set, will buying a library trigger the option to buy the bundle at a discount? In my experiment, it didn't work, and I had to add it to my cart manually.

  • Glenn Airoldi (Faithlife)
    Glenn Airoldi (Faithlife) Member, Logos Employee Posts: 314

    Yes, Logos Now members who are purchasing a library will be offered bundles on the same terms as non-members who are purchasing a base package.

  • Yasmin Stephen
    Yasmin Stephen Member Posts: 1,735 ✭✭✭

    Yes, Logos Now members who are purchasing a library will be offered bundles on the same terms as non-members who are purchasing a base package.

    Thanks for the info. Looking forward to the new bundles.

  • SineNomine
    SineNomine Member Posts: 7,043 ✭✭✭

    Thanks for the info. Looking forward to the new bundles.

    [Y]

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  • Matthew C Jones
    Matthew C Jones Member Posts: 10,295 ✭✭✭

    Matthew said:

    It would be in customers' best interests to have a full list of what was not made available at launch but is scheduled for release so we can make an informed decision. It would also potentially reduce the number of returns that have to be processed by Faithlife employees if people buy something today only to exchange it when something else gets released. Thank you for considering this!

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  • Virgil Buttram
    Virgil Buttram Member Posts: 358 ✭✭

    Yes, Logos Now members who are purchasing a library will be offered bundles on the same terms as non-members who are purchasing a base package.

    Thanks for the info. Looking forward to the new bundles.

    Hang in there, Faithlife! Hopefully the worst of Release Week is over and y'all can have a restful weekend. We'll still be here next week, and the new bundles will be welcome when they come.

  • Mattillo
    Mattillo Member Posts: 6,201 ✭✭✭✭

    We plan to release new L7 topical bundles in the next week or two (probably after we release the L7 Orthodox base packages). 

    Just curious as to the status of the bundles... also if we already purchased a base package will we be able to buy a bundle at the discount you would get when buying with a package? 

  • Graham Criddle
    Graham Criddle MVP Posts: 33,137

    Mattillo said:

    also if we already purchased a base package will we be able to buy a bundle at the discount you would get when buying with a package? 

    Glenn confirmed this in his post above - https://community.logos.com/forums/p/129350/841472.aspx#841472 

  • JH
    JH Member Posts: 801 ✭✭✭

    We plan to release new L7 topical bundles in the next week or two (probably after we release the L7 Orthodox base packages). 

    Any updates on the L7 topical bundles?

  • Chris duMond (Faithlife)
    Chris duMond (Faithlife) Member, Logos Employee Posts: 152

    JH said:

    Any updates on the L7 topical bundles?

    The Logos 7 bundles are actively being worked on. We don't have a ship date yet for this product. 

  • JH
    JH Member Posts: 801 ✭✭✭

    The Logos 7 bundles are actively being worked on. We don't have a ship date yet for this product. 

    I know it's only been a couple of weeks, but any updates on the Logos 7 bundles?

  • Matthew C Jones
    Matthew C Jones Member Posts: 10,295 ✭✭✭

    JH said:

    The Logos 7 bundles are actively being worked on. We don't have a ship date yet for this product. 

    I know it's only been a couple of weeks, but any updates on the Logos 7 bundles?

    It is a cryin' shame the topical bundles were not available for purchase along with the introduction of Logos 7 like they were with Logos 6. I was able to buy the Master topical bundle at significant savings along with Collectors Edition when Logos 6 was released.

    Logos 7 Collectors Edition

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 54,773

    It is a cryin' shame

    It's a crying shame that left you without funds for the topical bundles:

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  • Mattillo
    Mattillo Member Posts: 6,201 ✭✭✭✭
  • Chris duMond (Faithlife)
    Chris duMond (Faithlife) Member, Logos Employee Posts: 152

    I know this is a broken record but...The Logos 7 bundles are actively being worked on. We don't have a ship date yet for this product. 

    For those that purchased Logos 7 already, we will honor the "when purchased with a base package" price on L7 bundles for anyone who purchased a base package before the L7 bundles were made available. 

  • Tom
    Tom Member Posts: 1,913 ✭✭✭

    For those that purchased Logos 7 already, we will honor the "when purchased with a base package" price on L7 bundles for anyone who purchased a base package before the L7 bundles were made available. 

    That is good news [:D]

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  • Lee
    Lee Member Posts: 1,148 ✭✭

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  • Chris duMond (Faithlife)
    Chris duMond (Faithlife) Member, Logos Employee Posts: 152

    Bundles are still in active development. We are getting close(er) but still don't have a ship date. Again, if you purchased, or are waiting to purchase, Logos 7, rest assured that we will still allow you to get bundles at the discount as if you purchased the bundle(s) alongside Logos 7.

  • Rick Ausdahl
    Rick Ausdahl Member Posts: 1,719 ✭✭✭

    We plan to release new L7 topical bundles in the next week or two (probably after we release the L7 Orthodox base packages). 

    Ben, on 8-23-16, the bundles were only suppose to be a week or two away.  Is there still no firm release date?  No list of resources we can look at?  I'm currently holding off on the purchase of some resources because I don't want to buy them now only to find out "after' the 30 day return window expires, that they're either included in a bundle or that there are some very similar (acceptable replacement) resources included in a bundle.
  • James Taylor
    James Taylor Member Posts: 1,408 ✭✭✭

    a Faithlife week or two away.  

    its a similar concept to a baker's dozen

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  • JH
    JH Member Posts: 801 ✭✭✭

    We plan to release new L7 topical bundles in the next week or two (probably after we release the L7 Orthodox base packages). 

    Ben, on 8-23-16, the bundles were only suppose to be a week or two away.  Is there still no firm release date?  No list of resources we can look at?  I'm currently holding off on the purchase of some resources because I don't want to buy them now only to find out "after' the 30 day return window expires, that they're either included in a bundle or that there are some very similar (acceptable replacement) resources included in a bundle.

    I'm in the same situation...

  • PetahChristian
    PetahChristian Member Posts: 4,636 ✭✭✭

    We plan to release new L7 topical bundles in the next week or two (probably after we release the L7 Orthodox base packages). 

    Ben, on 8-23-16, the bundles were only suppose to be a week or two away.  Is there still no firm release date?  No list of resources we can look at?  I'm currently holding off on the purchase of some resources because I don't want to buy them now only to find out "after' the 30 day return window expires, that they're either included in a bundle or that there are some very similar (acceptable replacement) resources included in a bundle.

    Ditto. FL should put up some product pages, so we know what these bundles will contain.

    Thanks to FL for including Carta and a Hebrew audio bible in Logos 9!

  • Rick Ausdahl
    Rick Ausdahl Member Posts: 1,719 ✭✭✭
  • JH
    JH Member Posts: 801 ✭✭✭

    Bump.  The silence is not inspiring.  Sad

    Agreed. Phil Gons usually chimes in on things like this, but he has been pretty quiet the past few weeks on the forums. There are several threads that could use his attention.

  • PetahChristian
    PetahChristian Member Posts: 4,636 ✭✭✭

    JH said:

    Bump.  The silence is not inspiring.  Sad

    Agreed. Phil Gons usually chimes in on things like this, but he has been pretty quiet the past few weeks on the forums. There are several threads that could use his attention.

    I don't know if it was FL's plan to stagger the product launch, but I think Orthodox and Reformed didn't ship until a month after launch, Bilingual just shipped last week, and other L7 languages are still in pre-pub. (Chinese doesn't even have L6.)

    I suspect the silence is probably because everyone is still busy with base packages, never mind topical bundles.

    Thanks to FL for including Carta and a Hebrew audio bible in Logos 9!

  • SineNomine
    SineNomine Member Posts: 7,043 ✭✭✭

    I suspect the silence is probably because everyone is still busy with base packages, never mind topical bundles.

    Our patience will be worth it.

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  • Into Grace
    Into Grace Member Posts: 692 ✭✭

    Topical bundles have not been a priority as demonstrated by their actions. While topical bundles are a priority for many of their customers, Logos will get them out based on their priorities. Logos is a business with a monopoly in their sector. If they had a strong competitor offering topical bundles things would be different.

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  • James McAdams
    James McAdams Member Posts: 763 ✭✭✭

    Topical bundles have not been a priority as demonstrated by their actions. While topical bundles are a priority for many of their customers, Logos will get them out based on their priorities. Logos is a business with a monopoly in their sector. If they had a strong competitor offering topical bundles things would be different.

    To be fair, you can still buy the copious range of Logos 6 bundles. I appreciate that updates are nice for people who already own those, but it's not like there are no options. And they have confirmed that they're working on new bundles. And we don't know that it's Faithlife holding things up or being slow - it might well be an issue with one or more of the publishers or... well, any number of things. 

  • PetahChristian
    PetahChristian Member Posts: 4,636 ✭✭✭

    To be fair, you can still buy the copious range of Logos 6 bundles.

    L7 bundles will be discounted (if you purchased an L7 library), L6 bundles aren't.

    Thanks to FL for including Carta and a Hebrew audio bible in Logos 9!

  • James McAdams
    James McAdams Member Posts: 763 ✭✭✭

    To be fair, you can still buy the copious range of Logos 6 bundles.

    L7 bundles will be discounted (if you purchased an L7 library), L6 bundles aren't.

    The bundles are already discounted - I know we will get an additional discount when the Logos 7 bundles come out, but the Logos 6 bundles are still bargains. I bought the Hebrew Starter Bundle about 4-6 weeks ago, because I wanted Futato's BBH and the price difference between that resource and the bundle was almost inconsequential. Buying that book alone on Amazon would have cost me considerably more than buying the entire bundle from Logos.

    I do get the frustration, but Logos have assured us that it is being actively worked on, and I don't see any reason to doubt them. I'm thrilled that we do have these collections available in the meantime, and I'm thrilled that Logos is promising that the discount will remain available for people who've already upgraded. It just seems unnecessary to throw out accusations given how many good-will gestures and readily available options are in place.

  • Joseph Turner
    Joseph Turner Member Posts: 2,871 ✭✭✭

    The bundles are already discounted - I know we will get an additional discount when the Logos 7 bundles come out, but the Logos 6 bundles are still bargains. I bought the Hebrew Starter Bundle about 4-6 weeks ago, because I wanted Futato's BBH and the price difference between that resource and the bundle was almost inconsequential. Buying that book alone on Amazon would have cost me considerably more than buying the entire bundle from Logos.

    This has been my experience on several occasions.  Whenever I look at single volumes, I look to see if they are part of an L6 Bundle.  With dynamic pricing, I can usually get 3-10 volumes for the price of the one volume at which I am looking to purchase.

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  • mike
    mike Member Posts: 2,111 ✭✭✭

    You guys do know that Logos makes more money by selling the topical bundles vs. the base packages right?

    Why?

    Because normally books in BP would cost around $1 to $5 each

    Whereas in the (TB) Topical Bundles would cost around $4 to $10 each

    What I'm saying is, its better buying BP than TB, unless you guys needed to buy a book, but for a reason, that book is not included in a BP but in TB, that would be the better choice to buy the TB instead of that individual book. (if you can afford the TB)

  • Russel Taylor
    Russel Taylor Member Posts: 134 ✭✭

    mike said:

    You guys do know that Logos makes more money by selling the topical bundles vs. the base packages right?

    Why?

    Because normally books in BP would cost around $1 to $5 each

    Whereas in the (TB) Topical Bundles would cost around $4 to $10 each

    What I'm saying is, its better buying BP than TB, unless you guys needed to buy a book, but for a reason, that book is not included in a BP but in TB, that would be the better choice to buy the TB instead of that individual book. (if you can afford the TB)

    To me, the Topical Bundles seem to have more titles that are relevant to my interests.  Base Packages may have a lot of titles, thus making them less expensive overall, but I would rather pay a little more per title for titles I will actually use.  

  • Ben Amundgaard (Faithlife)
    Ben Amundgaard (Faithlife) Member, Logos Employee Posts: 991

    We plan to release new L7 topical bundles in the next week or two (probably after we release the L7 Orthodox base packages). 

    Ben, on 8-23-16, the bundles were only suppose to be a week or two away.  Is there still no firm release date?  No list of resources we can look at?  I'm currently holding off on the purchase of some resources because I don't want to buy them now only to find out "after' the 30 day return window expires, that they're either included in a bundle or that there are some very similar (acceptable replacement) resources included in a bundle.

    Hi Rick,

    I made a mistake in giving any estimate at all. That's a lesson I'm still working on learning [:(]

    We're actively working on this. It's a big priority to us (we realize that we're missing out on sales because of the delay). There are some technical issues that we're trying to work through.

    I will see if it is possible to get a list up at some point (no promises!).

    As always, we appreciate your patience.

    Senior Director, Content Products


  • Rick Ausdahl
    Rick Ausdahl Member Posts: 1,719 ✭✭✭

    Hi Rick,

    I made a mistake in giving any estimate at all. That's a lesson I'm still working on learning Sad

    We're actively working on this. It's a big priority to us (we realize that we're missing out on sales because of the delay). There are some technical issues that we're trying to work through.

    I will see if it is possible to get a list up at some point (no promises!).

    As always, we appreciate your patience.

    Thanks, Ben.  I understand.
  • PetahChristian
    PetahChristian Member Posts: 4,636 ✭✭✭

    There are some technical issues that we're trying to work through.

    The store and back end already support (dynamic pricing for) collections. What's so different about L7 topical bundles, from a technical perspective?

    Ben Amundgaard said:

    I will see if it is possible to get a list up at some point (no promises!).

    Patience isn't an issue, but I wonder if the "technical issues" have more to do with a lack of manpower, due to all the downsizing that's taken place?

    Thanks to FL for including Carta and a Hebrew audio bible in Logos 9!