NIV Application Commentary Sale. Matching?

There's a Kindle sale on all volumes of the NIVAC, each volume is $4.99.

I wouldn't mind picking up a few of these (already have Genesis), but I much prefer having my books in Logos over Kindle. Any chance of matching, or close, Logos?

Maybe Logos 7 can include a "Import from Kindle"

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John Kight

A price match would be highly unlikely. But it would be nice!

David Taylor, Jr.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/658533#Comment_658533

It has been noted before but you can't really compare a Kindle book to a Logos book. Logos books include hours of meta data tagging that enhances the work with the rest of the library where as the Kindle is just the text itself.

Ben

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/658541#Comment_658541

True enough, which is why I prefer to buy in Logos, and have for the last 11 years. Still, when money is tight, Kindle is better than nothing.

Plus, once the coding is done and costs are recovered, every sale thereafter is just profit. I suppose there's a balance to be struck between how many are sold and price. Do you make more selling fewer copies at a higher price, or more copies at a lower price?

abondservant

There's a Kindle sale on all volumes of the NIVAC, each volume is $4.99.

I wouldn't mind picking up a few of these (already have Genesis), but I much prefer having my books in Logos over Kindle. Any chance of matching, or close, Logos?

Maybe Logos 7 can include a "Import from Kindle"

Some of the volumes are as low as 4.29 - such as the volume on Thessalonians.

Matthew C Jones

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/658606#Comment_658606

Plus, once the coding is done and costs are recovered, every sale thereafter is just profit.

This is not entirely accurate. Logos provides ongoing support for all users at no charge. If you ever called support you probably cost Logos $20 to answer the phone. Some people call Logos frequently. Nobody calls Kindle.

Paul-C

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/658606#Comment_658606

, once the coding is done and costs are recovered, every sale thereafter is just profit. I suppose there's a balance to be struck between how many are sold and price. Do you make more selling fewer copies at a higher price, or more copies at a lower price?

Not necessarily. Royalties still need to be paid to the publisher, plus heavily discounting books later on penalises the early adopters - those who paid to get the resource into production. If everyone knew a "good" sale on a pre-pub they're interested in is coming down the line, no one would sign up for pre-pubs! [:)]

David Taylor, Jr.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/658615#Comment_658615

Plus, once the coding is done and costs are recovered, every sale thereafter is just profit.

This is not entirely accurate. Logos provides ongoing support for all users at no charge. If you ever called support you probably cost Logos $20 to answer the phone. Some people call Logos frequently. Nobody calls Kindle.

I have called Amazon/Kindle [:$] But you are absolutely right. Not to mention they constantly update resources to be compatible with new features as well.

Dan Francis

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/658624#Comment_658624

I have called Amazon/Kindle But you are absolutely right. Not to mention they constantly update resources to be compatible with new features as well.

I know for a fact that Kindle updates their books with corrections. For the simple reason I had to reinstall the app on my MBP and items were failing to reinstall. At which point after calling them I was told those books have been updated but the system did not automatically link you to the updated books (I would assume it was a glitch). I am not saying Kindles level of updates are any where near to the detail Logos would offer, just that corrections get made there too..

-Dan

David Taylor, Jr.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/658848#Comment_658848

I have called Amazon/Kindle But you are absolutely right. Not to mention they constantly update resources to be compatible with new features as well.

I know for a fact that Kindle updates their books with corrections. For the simple reason I had to reinstall the app on my MBP and items were failing to reinstall. At which point after calling them I was told those books have been updated but the system did not automatically link you to the updated books (I would assume it was a glitch). I am not saying Kindles level of updates are any where near to the detail Logos would offer, just that corrections get made there too..

-Dan

Yes, I wasn't actually referring to Logos correcting typos and such, I utilize that with Kindle books all the time. I was talking about additional tagging etc...

Ben

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/658928#Comment_658928

Ah, thanks for the info.

abondservant

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/659303#Comment_659303

Just got an email from Z announcing the sale.

HOPEFULLY this comes to Logos as well.

Link to the set in Logos.

James Hiddle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/659312#Comment_659312

I take it this is based off the NIV 84 and not the NIV 11?

Lee

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/658848#Comment_658848

I have called Amazon/Kindle But you are absolutely right. Not to mention they constantly update resources to be compatible with new features as well.

I know for a fact that Kindle updates their books with corrections.

That's interesting, 'coz Kindle is sometimes compared to Vyrso products.

David Taylor, Jr.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/659437#Comment_659437

I have called Amazon/Kindle But you are absolutely right. Not to mention they constantly update resources to be compatible with new features as well.

I know for a fact that Kindle updates their books with corrections.

That's interesting, 'coz Kindle is sometimes compared to Vyrso products.

Yes Vyrso and Kindle would be equivalents as Vyrso products are not the same as Logos products.

Josh

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/659425#Comment_659425

I take it this is based off the NIV 84 and not the NIV 11?

Thankfully.

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/659437#Comment_659437

I have called Amazon/Kindle But you are absolutely right. Not to mention they constantly update resources to be compatible with new features as well.

I know for a fact that Kindle updates their books with corrections.

That's interesting, 'coz Kindle is sometimes compared to Vyrso products.

For clarification: The publishers provide updated files to both Amazon and Vyrso.

David Taylor, Jr.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/659454#Comment_659454

I have called Amazon/Kindle But you are absolutely right. Not to mention they constantly update resources to be compatible with new features as well.

I know for a fact that Kindle updates their books with corrections.

That's interesting, 'coz Kindle is sometimes compared to Vyrso products.

For clarification: The publishers provide updated files to both Amazon and Vyrso.

Correct

James Hiddle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/659451#Comment_659451

Probably the only time I'll ever get the NIV84 electronically but man it's going to get expensive.

David Taylor, Jr.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/659495#Comment_659495

Probably the only time I'll ever get the NIV84 electronically but man it's going to get expensive.

The commentary doesn't include the Biblical Text.

Ann Hudson

There's a Kindle sale on all volumes of the NIVAC, each volume is $4.99.

I wouldn't mind picking up a few of these (already have Genesis), but I much prefer having my books in Logos over Kindle. Any chance of matching, or close, Logos?

Maybe Logos 7 can include a "Import from Kindle"

Doe'st thou have'st ye olde Pradis for the NIVAC? Still works well on Windows 7.

Erik

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/659588#Comment_659588

There's a Kindle sale on all volumes of the NIVAC, each volume is $4.99.

I wouldn't mind picking up a few of these (already have Genesis), but I much prefer having my books in Logos over Kindle. Any chance of matching, or close, Logos?

Maybe Logos 7 can include a "Import from Kindle"

Doe'st thou have'st ye olde Pradis for the NIVAC? Still works well on Windows 7.

Just an fyi, Pradis 6 still works on Windows 8.1 as well. I was satisfied with my NIVAC being in Pradis until I began using them for seminary...I quickly purchased them in Logos I started classes. Not only do you get the functionality of Logos, you also get more recent volumes that Zondervan never published in Pradis format.

Ben

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/659687#Comment_659687

I'm an Apple user, and never got Pradis. (Plus, I'm pretty selective about what I buy from Zondervan. Still wouldn’t mind the NIV Study Bible in Logos, though.)