Perhaps someone from Faithlife will finally respond to one of the few critiques I have of Logos Readers Editions. This is another prime example of a resource that only makes sense to have on the platform if it is robustly tagged and formatted to benefit from its power. In fact, here is a hard fast rule that Faithlife should consider. If it is part of an expansion pack, it must be a research edition.

How on earth is this multivolume set of reference works a reader edition? I have never had anyone from Faithlife comment about why some reference volumes are tagged as reader editions.

This is a logos reader, not research edition. Mind boggling decision to say the least. A hermeneutical resource that is not integrated with logos suite of hermeneutical tools is simply not worth the space in my library.

Can someone at Faithlife explain why this is a logos reader edition? This is clearly an academic work and not intended to be read cover to cover. It deserves all the tagging that research editions receive. Right?

I am continuously bewildered by the choice to make 1,000 page books "reader editions." I understand that from a marketing perspective, this allows logos to add books to their collection quicker. However, I fear this is at the expense of the best part of logos. These books will be nice additions, if I have extra money to spend, but they are often cheaper to buy elsewhere and the incentive to spend more for the logos edition has vanished. Unless there is something that I am not getting, this seems to be a mistake by logos. I'd much rather wait and have an edition that benefits from logos power. I have raised this concern in the past with other titles and have yet to hear any responses from logos.

How is this not worthy of “research edition” level tagging?

Again, an academic text over 500 pages long that is inexplicably a logos reader edition. There seems to be no real benefit to purchasing such a work above its market value. I can’t justify the reason for owning an academic text in logos if it’s not a fully tagged resource. I’d much rather wait for a research edition. Otherwise I’ll just get the print version, or kindle.

Until I learn more than the vague explanation of what a reader edition entails in terms of tagging and functionality within the Logos “ecosystem”, I cannot purchase anything new. The whole point for my buying resources on Logos (especially academic resources) is the power of having resources populated in guides and searches. I need to know more. Will this book appear in the biblical theology section of the passage guide? Will it appear in topic guides? If not, then nothing makes it worth paying more for on Logos. Again, I need to know more.

Does Logos think that a 648-page textbook falls into the category of "Reader Edtion", which is intended for books to be read cover to cover? Can we get some clarification on whether Logos plans to eventually turn "Reader Editions" into "Research Editions?". The extensive tagging that goes into research editions is the only reason that I would purchase a textbook on Logos. If the future of Logos is reader's editions only, then I am afraid my library will not grow much larger.