Kindle LDS Gospel Principles (New Version - 2009)

I have attached a link to a Kindle version of the LDS Gospel Principles manual for Priesthood and Relief Society use for 2010 - 2011.

http://tech.lds.org/glweb/index.php?action=book.download&id=1689

I hoped to find the new Gospel Principles manual available in .mobi format on the church website, but it is still the old version.

Enjoy!

Lectures on Faith

The latest free offering, is Lectures on Faith available for download below.

http://db.tt/cuCJPHL

or

http://drop.io/LecturesOnFaith/asset/lectures-on-faith-azw

A comment made by Ika in an Amazon forum led me to remove a link to the Deseret Book version of Lectures on Faith. With her observation, I decided to try my hand at creating a free version. Using the tips documented in Table of Contents and Links, I extended my basic creation with a couple simple usability features.

Ika asked why Deseret Book would publish their version at a higher Kindle book price while it's available for a much lower amount. In an effort to answer her question, I'd like to elaborate on both offerings available on Amazon.com.

The Deseret Book version is similar to their paperback release. Their version includes updates to scripture references, spelling, and grammar.

The other versions are based on text that is public domain (this work has seen more than 70 years since the passing of the last author). It is readily available in various forms and can be easily converted into a Kindle book.

As such, I have been able to prepare this version free of charge. In reality anyone can make a kindle version and charge what they wish on Amazon. The differentiation will come down to value-added features.

Table of Contents and Links

For those of you wishing to create Kindle books based on html, consider adding a table of contents to your book.

This is not a complicated process with some basic knowledge of html.

Step 1:
Establish references within the document:

<a name="1">Chapter 1</a>

Use the anchor tag (<a> and </a>) using name with a # in front to create a reference point for Chapter 1 within a document.

Step 2:
Create a link to the newly created reference.

<a href="#1">Chapter 1</a>

Use the anchor tag, but this time you with href and a # before the name of the reference.

Step 3:
Now that you have links and references, you can create an internal table of contents:

<a name="#Contents">Contents</a>
<a href="#1">Chapter 1</a>
<a href="#1">Chapter 2</a>

Steps 1-3 will allow you to create a table of contents at the beginning of the document, but will not show up when selecting "menu".

To add this feature, there is just one more step required:

Step 4:
Copy the table of contents and add a "toc" reference.

<div name="toc"> and </div name="toc">

The final outcome should look like this:

<div name="toc">
<a name="#Contents">Contents</a>
<a href="#1">Chapter 1</a>
<a href="#1">Chapter 2</a>
</div name="toc">

<a name="#Contents">Contents</a>
<a href="#1">Chapter 1</a>
<a href="#1">Chapter 2</a>

For a finishing touch, you can add a page break with the following code:

<p style="page-break-before: always;"></p>

An 1830 Book of Mormon

Amazon lists many copies of the Book of Mormon, but I saw only one 1830 version. This version is a bit different as it comes with inline chapter and verse references.

The 1830 version of the Book of Mormon is also available through Project Gutenberg in case you wish to make your own.

This version is not derived from the Project Gutenberg version so it may appear a little different in terms of formatting and structure.

Update:
Deseret Book sent a DCMA take down notice on this book.

That's pretty ridiculous.  The 1830 Book of Mormon is in the public domain.  I put a good bit of work into preparing this book for Kindle format.

Deseret Book does not have a digital format of this book (as far as I am aware) and if anyone has had a copyright to the book, it is Joseph Smith Jr. and by inheritance the RLDS church.  Such a copyright would have expired last century.

#dcmabullying #luke11:46

Hi Dropbox User, We've received a notification under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") from Deseret Book that the following material is claimed to be infringing: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15599115/1830%20Book%20of%20Mormon.azw Accordingly, under Section 512(c)(1)(C) of DMCA, we've removed or disabled access to the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity. As a result of this notice, public sharing on your account has been disabled. We will reinstate your account's public links if you remove the file(s) listed above from your account. Please be aware that copyright infringement violates our Terms of Service and Copyright Policy, which can be found at: https://www.dropbox.com/terms#terms https://www.dropbox.com/help/210 Also note that Dropbox has a policy of terminating the accounts of repeat infringers. If you repeatedly use Dropbox to infringe copyrights, your account will be terminated and you will lose access to your files. If you believe that this DMCA notice was sent in error, you may file a counter notification. That notification must comply substantially with 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3) and include a statement under penalty of perjury of a good faith belief that the DMCA notice was the result of mistake or misidentification. You can submit a counter notification using our online form here: or by sending it to the following address: Copyright Agent Dropbox Inc. 185 Berry Street, Suite 400 San Francisco, CA 94107 copyright@dropbox.com - The Dropbox Team

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LDS Scriptures

LDS Scriptures are listed as public domain and as such, anyone can create their own Kindle scriptures.

See the Mormon Documentation Project for details on obtaining digital copies of the Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price.

See Create your own Kindle books to begin making your personal Kindle editions

Create your own Kindle books

Amazon provides an easy way to make your own Kindle documents: Use a @free.kindle.com email address.

Documents

This procedure works for the following document types:

Microsoft Word (.DOC)

Structured HTML (.HTML, .HTM)

RTF (.RTF)

JPEG (.JPEG, .JPG)

GIF (.GIF)

PNG (.PNG)

BMP (.BMP)

Support for PDF and Docx is available, but experimental.

Personal approach using HTML on a Mac

Starting with HTML formatted text:

I start by copying HTML formatted text, paste it in TextEdit, save to html, and edit with Smultron to remove unnecessary formatting or spaces.

Starting with a word document:

I copy the formatted text, paste it in TextEdit, save to html, and edit with Smultron to remove unnecessary formatting or spaces.

See Table of Contents and Links for some more advanced features.