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Difflugia · 05-21-2017, 04:12 PM

I've made a few more observations about WORDSearch.

First, if you link your WORDSearch account with your LifeWay account (go to "My Library List" and add your LifeWay ID), then any LifeWay books with a corresponding WORDSearch resource will be added to your WORDSearch library. For example, Lockman's La Biblia de las Americas is free at LifeWay, but $9.95 at WORDSearch. If you buy it at LifeWay, it will be added to your WORDSearch software.

Several of the Bibles are cheaper at Lifeway than at WORDSearch (the NKJV is $9.95 at WORDSearch, but only $4.99 at LifeWay.

Unfortunately, I don't know how exact the match has to be. There are two editions of the NKJV Study Bible at LifeWay, one of which is only $9.99 (the older edition is $14.99). Does either edition (or both editions) get you the $39.95 NKJV Study Bible notes from WORDSearch? Do you also get the NKJV Bible itself? The LifeWay edition includes it, but the WORDSearch one doesn't.

There are also several editions of the MacArthur Study Bible (NASB, NIV and NKJV) at LifeWay. Does buying any of those get you the MacArthur Study Notes at WORDSearch and do you get the corresponding Bible translation as well? If you don't get the Bible anyway, the NKJV one is $2 cheaper than the others.

This is important since it suddenly puts some of the resources in a price range that I would pay. LifeWay books only work in the LifeWay app, though, so if they don't end up linking to WORDSearch, they're not worth paying anything for (and I already have most of them as epubs, anyway).

My second observation is that the Android version of WORDSearch is actually nothing like the desktop version. In fact, it looks like it's only an epub reader and gives you access to any WORDSearch resources that also happen to be available at LifeWay (the HCSB is there, but not the Scofield study notes).

05-21-2017, 04:12 PM	#432
Difflugia Testate Amoeba Posts: 3,049 Karma: 27300000 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: Many Android devices, Kindle 2, Toshiba e755 PocketPC	I've made a few more observations about WORDSearch. First, if you link your WORDSearch account with your LifeWay account (go to "My Library List" and add your LifeWay ID), then any LifeWay books with a corresponding WORDSearch resource will be added to your WORDSearch library. For example, Lockman's La Biblia de las Americas is free at LifeWay, but $9.95 at WORDSearch. If you buy it at LifeWay, it will be added to your WORDSearch software. Several of the Bibles are cheaper at Lifeway than at WORDSearch (the NKJV is $9.95 at WORDSearch, but only $4.99 at LifeWay. Unfortunately, I don't know how exact the match has to be. There are two editions of the NKJV Study Bible at LifeWay, one of which is only $9.99 (the older edition is $14.99). Does either edition (or both editions) get you the $39.95 NKJV Study Bible notes from WORDSearch? Do you also get the NKJV Bible itself? The LifeWay edition includes it, but the WORDSearch one doesn't. There are also several editions of the MacArthur Study Bible (NASB, NIV and NKJV) at LifeWay. Does buying any of those get you the MacArthur Study Notes at WORDSearch and do you get the corresponding Bible translation as well? If you don't get the Bible anyway, the NKJV one is $2 cheaper than the others. This is important since it suddenly puts some of the resources in a price range that I would pay. LifeWay books only work in the LifeWay app, though, so if they don't end up linking to WORDSearch, they're not worth paying anything for (and I already have most of them as epubs, anyway). My second observation is that the Android version of WORDSearch is actually nothing like the desktop version. In fact, it looks like it's only an epub reader and gives you access to any WORDSearch resources that also happen to be available at LifeWay (the HCSB is there, but not the Scofield study notes).