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Sure. I understand the imprimatur and nihil obstat. Those are applied to content in books and other publications. We have many in the Verbum catalog already. However, I don't recall ever hearing of ecclesial approval applied to software or broadcast content at this point. Even the software put out for use by ecclesial bodies such as national or regional
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[quote user="Mike Pettit"] One of the problems is that to get senior Roman Catholic approval for Logos ... [/quote] I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "senior Roman Catholic approval for Logos." Can you clarify?
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Glad you did. I was not yet a Logo user in 2010. Nice
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[quote user="Augustine"] ... I listen to Catholic radio very often and have never heard a promo for Verbum, save for an occasional off-the-cuff mention by Jimmy Akin on Catholic Answers. [/quote] Yep. Big problem! No promo.
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Thanks for joining in , Scott. Amen!
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Ordered a couple with my Verbum Christmas coupon. Outstanding!
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[quote user="Dan Francis"] Book stores are good, but as Faithllife has no physical products any longer there is nothing to sell in a brick and mortar store. ... [/quote] That's a good point, Dan. That said, I was talking with Mike, Verbum Nat'l Presenter, last month at an archdiocesan event and he had some physical product that he used at the Verbum
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[quote user="SineNomine"] [quote user="Steve"] [quote user="SineNomine"] I'm going to engage in a brief bit of speculation: FL invested heavily in Lumen. [/quote] Lumen? [/quote] You just highlighted a small part of the problem. Lumen is the innovative highschool curriculum that Verbum created. [/quote] Yikes! My apologies. I am aware of the High School
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[quote user="SineNomine"] I'm going to engage in a brief bit of speculation: FL invested heavily in Lumen. [/quote] Lumen?
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Thanks for you testimony, Augustine ... really good to hear. Marketing and sales are certainly a challenge. As Bob has pointed out in many examples, there is a cost to doing business. He is really good at what he does and I don't know what the data says. But I believe him that things aren't adding up. If I could share some personal experiences and observations
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[quote user="Scott G. Michael"] ... Is it that there are simply too few customers asking for or ordering the pre-pub? [/quote] That would be my understanding.
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[quote user="Bruce Roth"] I appreciate all the efforts that FL has taken to bring Catholic resources to us. [/quote] Mee 2.
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One last thing ... The change was a surprise for sure, but ... I'm very happy with my Verbum software and all the books I have. I plan to buy more in the future. I also plan to keep talking it up to friends and acquaintances. I'm looking forward to more titles being made available in the Verbum catalog. I'm also happy that Luis and Brody are able to
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Thanks, Bob. I had no idea that Verbum was initiating more than $1M in widget differences in comparison to Logos versus projected sales. Wow! I understand the change of mission part. I also understand the "Revenue > Expenses" part. Thanks for the explanation!
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Thanks for the response, Bob. It's not every day, or any day for that matter, that the CEO of company responds directly to customer questions and comments. I truly appreciate that about you and FaithLife. So ... I understand the need to flex based on a complex set of performance data .. got it. I know that coming to a decision on the shape of that change
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How do you come to know this, may I ask?
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I've been in at $90 since Christmas time 2013. Doesn't look like it has moved hardly at all in two years.
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Thanks for the reply, MJ. Understood. I'll "wait and see" as well. I feel that Catholic products have really gotten some traction at FaithLife over the past several years and it is disconcerting to have had the "department heads" leave the company, Andrew and now Deacon Kevin. As a customer, stability weighs equally with growth ... i.e. "Who is my advocate
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His Facebook page. Says he is moving to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area in the next month. It seems that this is impacting a number of Verbum staff. I'm a little worried.
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I saw a note from Deacon Kevin that there has been some restructuring at FaithLife and he and others on the Verbum team are looking for new jobs. Sad news. Does anyone have additional insight?