Book Cache Subscription
Overview
A new payment method from Logos, Book Cache, allows you to make automatic payments and stockpile Logos credit so that when your favorite titles hit Pre-Pub or go on sale, you’ll be ready.
Book Cache is for you if . . .
- You’re a ministry leader. If your church or board has budgeted a set amount of money each month to spend on books and reference material for you, you can set up a Book Cache subscription to make the best use of those funds. When you come across a large collection, just use your accumulated credit to buy it on the spot.
- You’re a bibliophile. If you already spend a lot of money on Logos.com, Book Cache can help you set and maintain a regular budget.
- You’ve ever been on a payment plan. We want you to have the resources you need, so we offer payment plans to make big purchases more accessible. There’s a small fee each month, though, due to payment maintenance. With Book Cache, you can pay for books ahead of time and avoid processing fees altogether.
Note: Logos credit purchased through the Book Cache program is nonrefundable when balance exceeds $4.99.
- Get Pre-Pub pricing with payment-plan convenience
- Stockpile Logos credit to pay the down payment on a large order or base package going on payment plan
- Stay on budget
- Avoid administrative fees
- Get the most from your book budget
- Does the credit I get through Logos Book Cache expire?
No. Logos.com credit purchased through the Book Cache never expires or loses its value. - When I start Logos Book Cache, do I need to designate the products I want to use my credit for (like with a layaway program)?
No. Logos Book Cache makes big-ticket Pre-Pub items more affordable. Start accumulating Logos credit so that when your favorite author’s collection hits Pre-Pub, you’ll be ready. - Can I get a refund on this credit?
Not unless your balance is less than $5. - Can I purchase Book Cache for someone else?
This feature is under development. We expect to offer a gifting solution very soon. - Where can I use this credit?
Use Logos Book Cache credit to buy any resource or collection available on Logos.com. - If I don’t have enough credit to cover a purchase, can I use credit and charge the difference to my credit card?
Yes, you can split purchases across different payment methods. - How long does my Book Cache subscription last?
Until you’d like it to stop. You can change your subscription on your Logos.com profile.
Reviews
17 ratings
Nathan Pullen
8/26/2024
Could we fast track the ability to purchase Book Cache for someone else? With the onset of the new business model many pastors and missionaries that are on a very small, fixed budget will not be able to afford the tools that they have been using (perhaps someone gifted them their current toolset). Also, for many pastors that do have a book stipend, they feel guilty for costing their small flock extra and so forgo purchasing resources they really should have gotten. Enabling others to Gift Book Cache will enable churches, mission boards and individuals to help fund the new recurring logos subscription fee and get additional resources. Since we want INDIVIDUALS to be able to support their pastor/missionary/family/friend's Logos resources, I do think that if it is at all possible, you should consider reducing the monthly minimum to $10 and add in a separate pass-through fee for the cost of the transaction. I do think that the ability for others to purchase Book Cache for someone else should have been enabled and promoted long ago . . . and before the current plans for the new required service model. From a business perspective I believe it would have made more money than the new subscription model will, and from a personal level it would have enabled more pastor's and missionaries to have the tools they needed. Remember for every person in the ministry, there is usually a circle of people that love that individual and want to provide in every way they know how. The current model provides for only one person to support Logos great ministry - the pastor (with his stipend). But now consider where Logos would be now, if they had allowed anyone else to support those they love in the ministry. And there would be a good chance that those who were supporting would become customers themselves. Logos has a fiduciary responsibility to keep my computer from being hacked through their system - this costs money. Logos also provides me the ability to use cloud services (computing power not on my devices) - this costs money. I am totally for Logos having a business model that provides that sustainability. I also think that allowing and promoting the ability for others to Gift Book Cache would have provided that needed "subscription" model long ago. For the sake of those who will not be able to use the tools they have in the past, please fast track the Gift Book Cache option . . . and if Book Cache takes off and becomes the steady income stream needed, please consider reducing the required subscription fees over time. I guess in the end, I would like people that spend money on Logos to be left with a good taste in their mouth - currently there is a bittersweet taste . . . knowing you need a better model, but thinking there is a better option than the one that is about to be put upon us. I could be wrong on a Gift Book Cache's potential, but that is where my heart is for Logos - which I hope will help God's Word go forth for generations to come. - The Lord bless you all as you navigate the future.Jeremy Hulsey
6/24/2019
I do the same thing with my Acorns investing account, except there my money gains interest from being invested. I think this is a good idea, but I also think it can be greatly improved.Andrew W.L. Lau
2/12/2019
Kevin Nelson
1/20/2018
I read the negatives about the program, but see them having been written over three years ago. No replies from Logos have been posted to answer the problems stated. So I have a number of questions... have those problems been resolved? Are there monthly fees you charge? Could you set it up so that I am "credited" to Logos, charged on my own card, only $10 instead of $15? (I can justify $10... but $15 is just a bit too steep.)Tito
10/7/2016
Dave Thawley
4/3/2016
I like the idea of this program. I am not sure why people are giving negative comments though. Faith life have provided something that some people will appreciate while others won't.David Groseth
6/17/2015
If you ever use this, beware. I used it and changed it a few times. Recently I canceled it because I wanted it to happen on a different day of my credit card billing cycle. Now it is charging me every prior amount every day and Faithlife doesn't know how to stop it. I am finally over my credit limit. Thanks Faithlife.Don Brundige
4/20/2015
Billy Neumann
12/2/2014
Why can you not set your own amount? Why the jump from $30 to $60? I was seriously considering this, but if I can't choose $50 (for example), I may not do it at all.
James Garland
7/14/2014
Great program, NOT!!! - they get to hold your money, and probably receive interest on it... and you don't. Logos is a good tool, but more and more the company is displaying a lot of things that are about profit for them, nothing more. Like the whole admin fee - $5 per month, if you buy a $100 dollar item, break it out over five months, you pay $25 in fees, an interest rate of over 60% annually. That is criminal. Admin fee... REALLY? It is nothing but usury and a program loan-sharks would be proud of.
