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    Grape's recent post got me thinking about the prolific writing of our Church leaders. They are constantly writing talks, speaches, articles, pamphlets, and more. It seems that there is always a new book or two by an apostle shown prominently at Deseret Book. So I decided to do a little research on the topic.

    Below is the number and name of the books written by current apostles (I tried to eliminate booklets). I was a little surprised to see the number dominated by a handful of apostles. I thought that Scott and Bednar would have more books. Interesting information for what it is worth.

    "Friendship is the grand fundamental principle of Mormonism" - Joseph Smith Jr.

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    The "Name of Book": "subject of book" style of book title sure is heavily used. Is there a name for that?

    Beyond Bowels: The abundant use of the colon in book titles

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      Slackers.
      "I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
      - Goatnapper'96

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        Originally posted by sparky View Post
        The "Name of Book": "subject of book" style of book title sure is heavily used. Is there a name for that?

        Beyond Bowels: The abundant use of the colon in book titles
        I don't think the book titles really have colons in most if not all instances. The books have subtitles to help sales, and colons aid in rendering the title on a page in a way that is not confusing.

        Does anyone know if they give the income from these books to the Church?
        When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

        --Jonathan Swift

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          Originally posted by Pelado View Post
          Slackers.
          They are former good lawyers, and thus are independently wealthy. They don't need to sell any books to supplement their lost income
          "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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          • #6
            Originally posted by SeattleUte View Post
            I don't think the book titles really have colons in most if not all instances. The books have subtitles to help sales, and colons aid in rendering the title on a page in a way that is not confusing.
            Ah, that makes sense.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by sparky View Post
              The "Name of Book": "subject of book" style of book title sure is heavily used. Is there a name for that?

              Beyond Bowels: The abundant use of the colon in book titles
              It looks very similar to the Finderson-invented style of thread titling threads that reference articles: "Name of Journal": "Title of article"

              But I wasn't consulted.

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              • #8
                LOL! check out the slackers! Bednar only has one book.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by RobinFinderson View Post
                  It looks very similar to the Finderson-invented style of thread titling threads that reference articles: "Name of Journal": "Title of article"

                  But I wasn't consulted.
                  I figured I would be the first one to do THIS, since I kind of have it coming.

                  I have a feeling that the linked post is going to haunt me, but at least I can take credit for pointing this fact out.

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                  • #10
                    Thanks for posting that Sully. Sadly I've only read a few of those.
                    "Either evolution or intelligent design can account for the athlete, but neither can account for the sports fan." - Robert Brault

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