Understand the Logos Library System (LLS)

The information in this article applies to the following products:

• Logos Library System software version 2.0 and above

Overview

Logos Library System (LLS) is the name of the technology on which an ever-growing library of electronic books is based. In contrast to hardcover and paperback books, electronic books use the advantages of computing to manage your library and assist your reading and research. The LLS book format itself offers levels of versatility and functionality that other electronic book formats do not provide. The combination of your computer and a LLS electronic book library is an extremely powerful tool.

LLS books are easy to store, transport, use and obtain.

Whereas hardcover and paperback books require costly shelf space for convenient access, hundreds of LLS electronic books can be carried and stored in a small, lightweight compact disc (CD). You can have dozens of books open in front of you at the same time and you can use any electronic book in your LLS library without ever leaving your chair to go to the bookshelf.

If you have access to a telephone, you can purchase LLS books. If you have Internet access, LLS-format books are available to add to your library any time, day or night. The Logos Library System makes it possible to shop for, purchase and start using a book without having to go to a store or wait for a delivery.

LLS books combine traditional uses of books with the power of computers.

Computer-aided reading and research requires your computer and your LLS electronic books to work together. To use LLS electronic books, you must run software such as the Logos Bible Software (Logos) that is designed to work with the LLS book format technology. For example, with Logos you can open and search several LLS books simultaneously. You can locate references instantly. You can see cross-references to other LLS books automatically. You can integrate your use of the electronic books with other tasks, such as to take notes, visit related Internet Web sites or create word processing documents.

The Logos Library System grows with you.

Your LLS electronic book library grows in value with each book you add, and the number of books that are available in LLS-format is continually growing as well.

Unlike "closed system" electronic reference products, books developed for the Logos Library System work together. As you add LLS-format electronic books to your virtual shelf, the value of your library increases not only by the amount of new material but by the huge number of new possible connections between the books.

The Logos Library System has breadth as well as depth.

Although the Logos Library System includes features to support the special needs of Biblical reference, the LLS-format is a generic platform for electronic books that can be used for a variety of purposes. This allows the LLS-format to be used by many different publishers that publish LLS books about a variety of subjects, and thus a broad range of materials are becoming available in the LLS-format. You can build your personal electronic library to reflect your own interests and needs. In contrast with some other types of electronic book formats, your LLS library is not confined to a short list of titles chosen by one company or publisher.