An honest question,
Is it normal/regular to have a Kindle book for $7 and the Logos version for $23?
See Cultural Intelligence, by David Livermore.
(Don't take me wrong, I own near 5,000 Logos resources. But I was quite surprised when I almost bought this book in Logos, then decided to check it first in Amazon).
Thanks,
Gabe.
It would be interesting to know what the hard book priced was for Kindle.Amazon often vary their prices dramatically compared to the hard book price dependant (no doubt) on the pricing policy of the day. The type of book will determine the amount of tagging in the Kindle version but there will always be a lot more work put into the Logos one than the Kindle one. Kindle don't even have tagging for page numbers never mind anything else. On the more academic ones with some Greek/Hebrew/transliterated text the Kindle tends to be more buggy in my limited experience. Ultimately both Logos and Amazon are free to choose to price things as they want and we are free to buy from who we want.Incidentally I find it quite common to have prices in Amazon higher than on Logos. I wonder how many Logos members write to Amazon to complain about their high pricing and accuse them of over charging?? To me the use of the word "over charging" is relevant to a monopoly where there is no choice and not to a free market capitalistic society where no prices are fixed.
Gabe Orea:Is it normal/regular to have a Kindle book for $7 and the Logos version for $23?
Cultural Intelligence is showing up as $15.02 on Kindle for me. Perhaps it was on sale.
It depends on the publisher too, some books are sometimes a little more expensive than a Logos version. Other books are only a couple of dollars less than a Logos book. And sometimes, yes, some Logos books are overpriced.
DAL
JohnB:The type of book will determine the amount of tagging in the Kindle version but there will always be a lot more work put into the Logos one than the Kindle one. Kindle don't even have tagging for page numbers never mind anything else.
I have bought a few theology books on Kindle, ones that were pennies on Logos's dollar, too cheap to pass up.
I have consistently been disappointed with them. They're okay for casual reading but for any serious work Logos editions are vastly superior. In my opinion some are overpriced, but there's no doubt that they are of much greater value than Kindle editions.
Mark Barnes: Cultural Intelligence is showing up as $15.02 on Kindle for me. Perhaps it was on sale.
It depends on a variety of parameters. $19.48 on Kindle for me.
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Gabe Orea: An honest question, Is it normal/regular to have a Kindle book for $7 and the Logos version for $23? See Cultural Intelligence, by David Livermore. (Don't take me wrong, I own near 5,000 Logos resources. But I was quite surprised when I almost bought this book in Logos, then decided to check it first in Amazon). Thanks, Gabe.
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I now prefer Kindle books over Logos. That is, unless they are commentaries, Bibles, theological journals, lexicons, etc. Most of my reading and studying involves a tablet. Kindle books have a copy and paste feature, their app is more stable (I have to restart Logos app multiple times per day), they have collections with nice book icons which makes finding something in my library easy, and they have an easy search feature (with Logos app I have to go find the book from a list of books, which is annoying.
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Yes, it is normal and expected. The golden goal of pricing is airline ticket pricing. The price paid should be the most that an individual is willing to pay. Just as a seat on a plane to Amman, Jordan, has a different value to different people, so too an electronic book of a given level of quality.
Jan Krohn: Mark Barnes: Cultural Intelligence is showing up as $15.02 on Kindle for me. Perhaps it was on sale. It depends on a variety of parameters. $19.48 on Kindle for me.
$14.74 for me.....Interesting.
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Once again individuals need to make their own decisions as to what is valuable to them in Logos- I have passed on about 90% of their current offerings due to the fact I can get the same resources for 10- 40% of their pricing- how? books, paper books- yep and it does not hinder my study at all.
So grow up, you lived before Logos, you'll live- and hopefully keep studying after Logos- I have. One great benefit I appreciate is their PBB utility- I have compiled hundreds of resources they will never offer- and have hundreds in PBB that it took them 10 years to offer.
I have so much trash publications from FL from upgrading packages I would gladly purge and surrender the license to if there was an easy way to do it.
So if you don't like the pricing- shop elsewhere or do without.
Interesting to see some of you guys got different prices on Amazon. I just checked again and took a picture, see it attached. My price is quite lower than the price some of you reported. I wonder if it is related to the amount of books we have bought there? Or maybe other factor? Anyway, thanks for your input.
Cheers.
Gabe
Are you a “Prime Student”? According to the add you get 50% off, maybe that’s why. I’m just assuming.
I don't think Amazon will tell you the factors.I know that location is one of them. Possibly Prime membership. They might also do some A/B marketing tests with different prices...
I've recently said in a different thread already, the good thing about Logos is, that it has the same price for everyone. Same free offers for everyone. (Almost) no discrimination on the country of residence.
Amazon quite often doesn't even provide freebies made available by the publisher to me!
DAL: Are you a “Prime Student”? According to the add you get 50% off, maybe that’s why. I’m just assuming. DAL
His screen copy does says that. But that's just assuming. :)
Never mind.
Denise: DAL: Are you a “Prime Student”? According to the add you get 50% off, maybe that’s why. I’m just assuming. DAL His screen copy does says that. But that's just assuming. :) Never mind.
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No, I am not registered as a Prime Student in Amazon. What you see there is the advertisement, a link to apply to be one. Also, if you see a little below, it says "Try Prime," which means I am not.
Anyway, again, thanks everyone for all the input. I'm glad I can still have the $7 price there. :)
Gabe I often find cheaper pricing in Wordsearch but prefer the Logos app as I am more familiar with it. I sometimes buy hardcopies from Christianbook too and yes occasionally from Amazon Kindle.
One software to rule them all would be nice, huh?
Gabe, do you own a physical copy of the book your purchased through Amazon?
Hi Jon,
No, I don't have a physical copy of this book.
Actually I have bought two copies now, but both are Kindle. The first order I sent it as a gift; the second one was for me. On both separate purchases I got the same $6.95 price. Nice. :)