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Deseret Book logo (1980–2010) The Deseret Book Company was created in 1919 from a merger of the Deseret News Bookstore and the Deseret Sunday School Union Bookstore. [3] Both of these Utah bookstores trace their roots to George Q. Cannon, an LDS Church general authority. "Deseret" is a word from the Book of Mormon that is said to mean "honeybee."
In 2006, Deseret Book acquired the Seagull retail chain of twenty-six bookstores and Covenant Publishing, which publishes and distributes books, games, and gifts. [12] In June 2011, the company introduced Deseret Bookshelf, a free e-reader application for Apple and Android mobile devices, with nearly 1,500 digital titles for purchase. On a ...
Deseret Management Corporation (DMC) (/ ˌ d ɛ z ə ˈ r ɛ t / ⓘ) [1] is an American operating company, managing select global, for-profit entities affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It was established in 1966 [2] by church president David O. McKay [3] to hold already-existing church media assets. [4]
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A Deseret Industries store in Federal Way, Washington.This location was relocated to a new building in Puyallup. DI was established in August 1938 by church president Heber J. Grant toward the end of the Great Depression. [3]
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With Bookcraft's licenses, the company released the Infobases PocketLibrary for PalmPilot in 1997, an electronic 25-book collection. [13] To counter Deseret Book's GospeLink CD-ROM and website, Bookcraft released an expanded Infobases Collectors Library in 1998 on CD-ROM and on the new LDSWorld.com. [15] Bookcraft then created online stores for ...
Eleanor Knowles Laney (February 28, 1932 – July 17, 2010) was a vice president of Deseret Book and an author and editor who wrote many Mormon-related books.She was a key figure in the publication of the LDS edition of the Bible and the other standard works in 1979–81.