klarsen

Really? Don't you see a little bit of conflict in what you are saying? If the series is "full of many of the values the Church encourages in its young members," don't you think Deseret Book is being arbitrary or capricious about this? As a fan of the series, don't you want to know what the reasons for this decision, if any, are? Kent

I've not read the series either. But I do think there is a substantial difficulty, as I discussed recently on Times & Seasons. The problem is along the lines of what you say in your last line "I'm sure there are many LDS authors who write decent books, even novels, that Deseret Book does not put on its shelves." Yep. you are right. Many books by LDS authors don't reach DB shelves for equally silly reasons. Those reasons make DB and LDS retailers look like they make silly decisions about what to stock. The result is that many active, faithful LDS Church members (most, from what I can tell), have come to the decision that LDS Bookstores aren't worth visiting, because they won't carry what these members want. They also then believe that there aren't LDS books of interest to them, because they can't find anything they like in Deseret Book and other LDS retailers. This kind of silly decision is actively discouraging good books from being published for an LDS audience.