
Kevin H. Applegate
- I've placed my order, and am glad to have these original works at my fingertips within Logos, tagged and searchable. While the public domain sources *are* readily available in many cases (definitely not all), I know myself well enough that unless they are simple to access I won't have/take the time to think of, locate, and search through a lot of public domain works located on various websites, or in numerous separate eBooks (whose scan quality varies); and the searching process would be unreliable and time-consuming, with trying to locate every variant spelling/abbreviation of a reference or word to see if a particular author references a given passage. To make sure I was being prudent (and to get spousal approval) I made a spreadsheet of all 500 books and looked up the street price for each one for either print (new or used) or digital from Amazon and Christianbook (or Logos, which was cheaper in some cases). I also did a web search on authors I wasn't familiar with, to see where they stood theologically. I then totaled up what was most important to me, and the MegaPack is a great deal in my case. Even authors I consider "theologically questionable" -- and there are several -- are worth having so that I can verify the context when they are quoted in later works. (I also found several hidden gems - for me - including two of Owen's commentaries, and the 3rd volume of Newton's works.) If I found these hundreds of books at a store for well under a dollar each I'd be grabbing up all I could afford. How much better to have them electronically and tagged, with no additional shelf space taken! Great deal, Dan Pritchett! I hope you have a similar urge to meet a goal next year! :-D Note to all: The current list of books, as of 12/30, appears to have two duplicates: (1) The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit, by Smeaton, and (2) The English Bible: A Sketch of Its History, by Milligan. I've sent an e-mail to customer service letting them know.