United StatesSearch, study, and listen to the entire Deseret Book library with this powerful app. Deseret Bookshelf has been completely redesigned, making it the most comprehensive LDS audiobook player and eBook reader available. Start with 8 free eBooks and access to over 200 other free titles. Then you can either purchase individual ebooks, talks and audiobooks OR subscribe to Bookshelf PLUS and access the entire audiobook library and over 1500 ebooks and talks. Discover ● Get recommendations on audiobooks and eBooks. ● Find plenty of free titles, ready for you to enjoy. ● Download an audiobook or eBook with a single tap. ● Add titles to your digital wishlist ● View the items you last opened on any of your synced devices. Audiobook player ● Listen to over 700 audiobooks and talks. ● Navigate between chapters and fast-forward or rewind by 30 seconds. Better reading ● Select Normal, Night, or Sepia reading modes. ● Customize fonts, font size, and line spacing. ● Switch between Page-view and scroll-view options. Enhanced study ● Switch between several open eBooks with tabbed reading. ● Save and restore study sessions with several items open at once. ● Access and back-up your notes, highlights, and bookmarks across devices. Universal Search ● Search the entire Deseret Book digital library (over 6,000,000 pages) in seconds. ● Narrow your search through your personal library, the standard works, a conference session, or a single book. ● Find exact phrases, any, or all search terms. ● Easily switch between your library and search results Quote Vault ● Access thousands of quotes in our quote vault which you can find by author, topic, or source. ● Get a spiritual thought or to help you begin your day right. ● Mark favorite quotes and add them to the vault. ● Find the source of favorite quotes, and explore the content more deeply. ● Receive daily inspiration with a new quote delivered to your device. Set a reminder on a daily or weekly basis. Social sharing ● Easily share favorite passages with anyone through email, Facebook, and Twitter with image quotes. ● Tell your networks what books and authors you’re reading Download the app and create an account to receive 8 free classic LDS titles, plus a free audiobook: 1) Increase in Learning - David A. Bednar 2) Power of Everyday Missionaries - Clayton M. Christensen 3) Beginning of Better Days - Sheri Dew, Virginia Pearce 4) Be Your Best Self - Thomas S. Monson 5) Jesus the Christ - James E. Talmage 6) Lectures on Faith - Joseph Smith 7) Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith 8) Gospel Doctrine - Joseph F. Smith Plus the entire Standard Works, LDS lesson manuals, and General Conference talks. LDS scripture references within eBooks are linked to the entire standard works, allowing you to easily explore scriptural connections within your library. PLUS your choice of the following audio: ● Recovering Charles ● Joseph Smith, The Early Years ● Jesus of Nazareth, Volume 1 Shop our eBook store for over 3,000 LDS eBook titles and other world classics from your favorite authors. Shop our audio store for over 500 titles. Download many official Church publications for free, including curriculum materials and reference books. Bookshelf PLUS includes access to every single Deseret Audiobook and over 1500 ebooks and talks. Need more help? Email us at [email protected]
Good content, bad app
While I really enjoy the content on Deseret Bookshelf, the app itself has some issues - and the support team isn’t incredibly responsive or helpful. So I’ve talked to others I know who have the app to double-check these aren’t issues isolated to my phone or account (and they aren’t). Especially lately, the app constantly crashes and the only way to get it working is to uninstall and reinstall it. Which would be less burdensome if I didn’t have to keep re-downloading the ebooks and audiobooks I was midway through. The wishlist feature doesn’t reliably work. Speed on audiobooks only goes to 2x speed. I wish it went faster, as Libby, Audible, etc do.
United StatesLove it, but it’s super glitchy
Actually love the DB app. It’s just really glitchy. It’ll work for a day, then the next the app will start to open, then crash. I then have to delete the app and then reinstall. Sign in and it’s fine. Then the next day it crashes again. It’s the only app on my device doing this which leads me to believe it’s the app?? Maybe I’m wrong…
United StatesSPLIT VIEW on iPAD
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can we get Split View support on iPad? I would love to have my gospel library app open side-by-side with the books i read on Deseret library to be able to add notes and annotations and cross references without closing the app and then re opening it and it loses my place every single time I feel the need to add something to my actual scriptures. Otherwise, great app so far :)
United StatesBecome disappointed
I used to really love this app. I listen to books and podcasts as I would drive back-and-forth to work. I also love to study with the Sunday on Monday podcast. Unfortunately the past six months the app has become more of a problem than a benefit. When it is working it goes for about 1 1/2 weeks, and then it glitches again. I have to remove the app and reinstall it (sometimes more than once) because it won't open, or it kicks me out while I'm listening and then I have to remove and reinstall. This makes it impossible to enjoy while driving. I have sent this problem in twice and I've done everything they have told me to do, but the issues are still happening. I am using the latest update, the one they are telling everyone to use because these problems have been fixed in this update. No, the problems are not fixed. At this point I will not be renewing my subscription because this has become such a hassle.
United StatesFabulous yet Buggy
This app is awesome…when it works. I find that a few times a week, I have to delete the app and reinstall it as it won’t open. None of the other apps on my phone have this issue, so I’m hoping they will see this review and fix the issue. I would normally give this 5 stars but deducted one star due to this problem.
United StatesApp never works
I want to like this app since it’s the only one, but I don’t. Actually, I hate it. I have Plus subscription and I constantly try to download a book that has the Plus sign on it and it will never let me download. The search bar wont pull up any results just stays blank. Libraries won’t synch. Constantly plays chapters out of order. Trying to report app problems on the App Store page takes me to Deseretbook.com that says “Oh no! There was an error. We cannot find the page you’re looking for!”. I uninstall and reinstall the app. I shut down my phone. I update versions. I’ve had this app for YEARS and every time I use it I think “let’s see if it works today?” I have canceled and renewed so many times because I can only use it half the time. Please! please! please! fix the app. For real.
United StatesCrashes weekly
Update 4/12/24…still crashing. I notice that it will always crash at start up if I have restarted my phone. It will do it at other times too but after a phone restart I have to delete and reinstall in order for it to work. Please look into this! Update 3/31/24…said it was fixed in the latest update but it did it to me again today. So issue is still not fixed! For the last month or so when trying to open the app it only flashes and then goes back to my regular screen. Only way to fix is to delete the app and redownload it (which then messes with my library and what I had already downloaded. Very annoying! In reading the reviews I can see I’m not the only one this is happening too and wonder why no fix has been made. I think I’ll cancel my membership until this can be resolved.
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We have removed some legacy code that was causing additional crashes at startup.
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