Ordering an Additional Handbook 1

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Ordering an Additional Handbook 1

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Anyone know how to order an additional (paperback) Handbook 1?
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AndrewScivally wrote:Anyone know how to order an additional (paperback) Handbook 1?
It's not easy, since the Church is very careful about distributing Handbook 1. The bishop or stake president needs to call Distribution Services and make a really good argument. If the request is for an additional Handbook 1 beyond the official allocation that was sent out last year, the request will most likely be denied -- the official allocation is almost always deemed to be adequate. If somehow one of the books was inadvertently destroyed (e.g., the second counselor's house burned down), you'll probably get a new one.
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Just another thought: I honestly haven't cracked open the physical copy that we share as clerks for a while. I've found it's much easier to randomly access and search it from the leader portal at http://lds.org/leader. It's under Resources -> Church Handbooks.
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It would be even better if it could come down on the Gospel Library app - as it now has the facility to query LDS Account credentials for bookmarking etc.

Searching the handbooks portably online on anything other than an iPad is pretty rubbish
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I would even like to see the store.lds.org implement an order process for Book1 - limit it to Stake Presidents through LDS Account... but the current process is pretty cumbersome.
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JohnShaw wrote:I would even like to see the store.lds.org implement an order process for Book1 - limit it to Stake Presidents through LDS Account... but the current process is pretty cumbersome.

Well, if we can't even get food order forms from store.lds.org, I highly doubt we'll be able to get the Handbook there.
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Only the stake president can order Handbook 1.
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crislapi wrote:Only the stake president can order Handbook 1.
The reference for this is what? Is it stated in Handbook1? I don't have one in front of me to check.
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jdlessley wrote:The reference for this is what? Is it stated in Handbook1? I don't have one in front of me to check.
No reference (despite our best wishes, not every procedure is documented), just experience. Called the DC as the stake clerk to try to order one recently to replace one that was lost and was informed that only the SP can order them. He called and ordered one with no problem.
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crislapi wrote:No reference (despite our best wishes, not every procedure is documented), just experience. Called the DC as the stake clerk to try to order one recently to replace one that was lost and was informed that only the SP can order them. He called and ordered one with no problem.
Were you trying to replace one for the stake, or for a ward? It's my understanding that only the stake president can call to replace one of the stake's copies, but a bishop can call to replace one of his ward's copies. And no, I don't have any official reference, but I don't believe there is an official reference for this particular policy.
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