NOTE: This addin is currently available only for Libronix 3.0 on the Windows platform. More information on coming Logos 4 features can be found here. You must complete all of the following steps to unlock, download and install the Personal Book Builder Addin!
1. Add to your cart and purchase both components listed above.
2. Click the orange Unlock button on the confirmation screen after checkout. This updates your licenses.
3. Return to this page and install the addin by clicking here.
This description is for the standard edition of the Libronix Personal Book Builder, which allows free distribution of created resources to other Logos Bible Software users. A Private Use Edition is available separately at a lower price. Both editions require an annual license renewal. NOTE: Effective January 29, 2008, those who use the Personal Book Builder in conjunction with their teaching are exempt from the annual license renewal fee.
Logos is pleased to announce the Libronix Personal Book Builder (PBB). Libronix Personal Book Builder is the ideal tool for pastors who want to create and distribute sermons and lesson materials. It is great for teachers or professors who want to distribute course notes. It is a great delivery system for dissertations and research papers. It is a great tool for the preservation, publication and distribution of historic public domain works.
In short it is the ideal tool for anybody who has a need to publish non-commercial materials that link to the entire Libronix Digital Library System.
With the Libronix Personal Book Builder you can easily create your own Libronix compatible books. They appear in “My Library.” They are fully searchable and have the ability to link to Bibles and other books in your library. The books function much like commercial Libronix DLS-compatible books and share most of the same features.
Watch the Personal Book Builder demo now to see how powerful this tool is! For best results, view this video in Internet Explorer.
A 2-disc, in-depth Video Tutorial CD is also available.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will the books I create differ from the commercially available Libronix DLS-compatible titles?
While the books you create will substantially look and feel the same as all other titles, you will not be able to assign “specific type classifications” to your books. This may appear to be a subtle point but it needs to be addressed. Some of the automated features in the Libronix Digital Library System are activated by book “types.” You could create your own Bible version or Dictionary or Commentary but you would have no way to “tell” the system that your book falls into a specific “type.” This means your dictionary would not be automatically grouped with other dictionaries or a Bible version with other Bible versions, but they would simply be “books.”
The books you create will contain copyrighted Libronix components and will be licensed to you strictly for non-commercial use. This means you can create books for your own use and free distribution. You can give them away or distribute them on the web, your license does not allow you to “lock” them, or charge any fee or donation for their distribution or use.
There are other differences. The commercial tools we use at Logos to produce books are designed to accommodate the broad needs of the publisher to ensure that books conform to editorial and stylistic demands. The Libronix PBB, in contrast, is designed for personal use and limited, free distribution. Conformity to the “look and feel” of the original book has lower priority than “ease of production.” The PBB is designed to force the book to conform to the tool while our commercial tools are designed to conform the digital book to the look and feel of the printed page. This may seem like a small distinction but it represents countless hours of additional work. Nevertheless, it is possible to create an excellent functional digital title with the PBB.
Can the books I create be turned into commercial products?
Yes, they can, subject to a different license and additional processing fees. Upgrading self-authored products offers a major savings over our normal commercial rates for processing books. Remember, however, that the cost to produce a commercial title lies in the details—indexing, popups and special features like unlocking, downloading, installation and technical support—not just keystrokes. We will be happy to give you an individual quote on any commercial services you may require. Unless you are creating a large library of titles, it is unlikely that these services would be cost justified.
Does the Libronix Personal Book Builder come with a special editing environment or can I use Word or my favorite word processor?
The PBB works on XML/HTML. The data entry component is the same as creating a web page. Almost any software which saves files as HTML will work. If your file can be successfully viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer, it should compile into a Logos PBB title. This means that any features you already enjoy in IE will transfer to your book. You don't need the PBB tool to create or edit your material, just to convert it to a Libronix DLS compatible book.
The PBB tutorial (extracted from the PBB Addin Help file) provides step-by-step details on how PBB titles are made.
What does the Libronix Personal Book Builder do?
It collects the bibliographic details of author, title, subject, etc., for the “My Library” catalog. It sets all of your links to Bibles and other Libronix titles. It builds indexes for your book and it compiles your HTML “book” into a Libronix DLS compatible format which will show up under “My Library.”
License Terms
The Libronix Personal Book Builder is designed to allow users of Logos Bible Software to create electronic books, from their own files, in a format compatible with the Libronix Digital Library System. (Logos can not, however, guarantee that books built with the PBB will remain readable by all future versions of the Libronix DLS.) It is the responsibility of the book builder to stay current with the latest versions of the software.
The Libronix Personal Book Builder (PBB) is licensed for the creation of electronic books for personal and private non-commercial use only. You may not sell or distribute for profit or donation electronic books built with the PBB. (To build books for commercial distribution please contact the Logos Publisher Relations department.)
Electronic books built with the PBB will be readable only by users who have a Libronix PBB Reading Key. The reading key is free and is available only to users who own one of the seven boxed products (e.g., Scholar's Library, Bible Study Library, etc.) This key is included with the PBB and has been included in boxed Logos Bible Software collections since the QB release. It is not included in free downloadable viewers. Users who own a boxed product predating the QB release can determine their eligibility for the free reading key and download it here. (The Private Use Edition is licensed for building books that will only work on the system that built them; the Private Use Edition does not build books for distribution.) Please note: Users who own the Logos Library System Scholar's Library (and no upgrades to Logos Series X base packages) will not have access to the free reader key.
The PBB is licensed on an annual basis. Books built with the PBB will continue to work after your PBB license expires, except as noted herein, but the PBB will cease to function at the end of the license period. Logos intends to make annual renewal licenses available at a reasonable cost. The renewal license will be $50 annually for the Standard Edition and $25 annually for the Private Use Edition. Logos reserves the right to discontinue annual licensing at any time, without prior notice.
The PBB may be used only to produce electronic books from material for which you hold the copyright or have written permission from the copyright holder to reproduce electronically, or which is in the public domain.
Logos explicitly reserves the right to disable use of electronic books built with the PBB in violation of this license agreement or a third-party’s copyright, and to embed license and copyright protections into PBB built electronic books.
Electronic books created with PBB must clearly be designated as Libronix Digital Library System compatible. They are not to be referred to as “Logos” books. The technology is Libronix — Logos is a Bible software company.
From Text to Personal Book
Begin with any HTML document, whether it was created using Word or another XML/HTML authoring application. The richer your input the more features your personal book will have. For example, section headers (H1, H2, etc.) become entries in the table of contents and allow for easy navigation within the personal book. You can even insert simple tags that enable you to create your own commentary on the Bible that will scroll synchronously with any Bible in our system!
Note: The PBB tutorial (extracted from the PBB Addin Help file) provides step-by-step details on how PBB titles are made. The PBB Support page is a convenient index of support materials for the product.
Begin with a sample document in MS Word.
The PBB tool enables you to create metadata
for the book (author, subject, copyright, etc.)
and embed an image.
Advanced options enable the inclusion of
data types and Bible reference hyperlinks.
One click generates a personal book, complete
with embedded Bible references and a table of
contents! The text formatting of the original is
also preserved.