Frequently Asked Questions

The scriptures we offer as new are purchased from the church Distribution Center. That means if The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints offers the scriptures, we can use them. We currently use the 2013 Editions of the Standard Works as printed by the church.
We also offer the option to send in your scriputures (of any denomination) to get rebound.

When you order a new custom set of scriptures or hymn books, we purchase them from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Distribution Center to fulfill the order.

Currently, the church only offers scriptures and the pocket size hymns book with gold page gilding and the normal size hymns book (about 6"x9") does not have page gilding. Because of this, we need to go through an external and costly process to gild the pages or convert the gold into silver page gilding.

We mail the books to an out of state vendor for the process. Our vendor must cut off the gold page gilding and with fresh gild-free page edges, our vendor then applies the silver gilding (a process that would resemble painting).

For the scriptures, the page margin is about ½ of an inch to start with. When using an unindexed book version (without thumb index tab cuts), about 1/16 of an inch is cut from the page edges. If using a book with the thumb index tab cuts, about 3/8 of an inch would need to be cut from the right page margin. That doesn’t leave enough clearance without worrying about the printed words possibly get cut off too. For this reason, we only offer this service for the regular size scriptures (about 5”x7”) and not the large size (about 6”x9”) because the church only offers an unindexed version in the regular size.

Subsequently, our turnaround time for this process can take up to 8-12 weeks.

** We don’t offer the option any more to get thumb index tab cuts on the edges of the pages after the silver gilding is done. The vendor we used for that process sadly had to close their business. We have not been able to find another company with a reasonable price to offer the service to our customers.

Yes! We offer a set of images that we feel are the most common, or you can send in a custom image or work with us in what you're looking to do.
There are additional charges for custom artwork based on the size of the stamp and the complexity of the art work requested.
Names of the books on the spine, and the name on the front cover are included in the base pricing of our products.
We have several foil color options to choose from for embossing as well. By default we emboss in gold or silver to go with the page gilding of the book but you can also choose to emboss in a variety of colors such as red, purple, black, green, blue, pink, etc. Please contact us to discuss those options.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints owns the copyright to that logo and have asked other entities to not use it on commercial products as they are not made by the church (read more here). We respect those laws and the wishes of the Church on the matter. The scriptures inside however do remain intact and therefore carry all standard features found in the Standard Works.

Because we use top quality leathers and demand fluctuates, we currently aim to complete orders within a 7-9 week lead time, but that is not a guaranteed time. Please call if lead time on orders is a concern. We are dedicated to improving methods and finding suppliers to improve on this time. However, we are more committed to quality than speed. Rush orders can be requested, there is an additional cost to rush your order, call to discuss your scenario. Silver gilding adds an additional 2-4 week lead time to an order due to the added process of re-gilding the gold scriptures. These are not guaranteed times, but rather an estimate. Times will vary based on demand and leather supply.

Not necessarily. Price is effected by size of the scriptures, gilding, and other custom requests. Color does not change the price, unless a color is requested that is not listed on our color page. Custom leather colors can be arranged and price will be determined based on special order. From time to time there will be special colors/styles but the price will be reflected should that be the case. Call if you have any questions.

Yes, but there is no change in price as a result. We will return any extra unused leather. We cannot bind in all leathers and sizes. So before purchasing a leather, please call to confirm that we are able to use the leather you want.

We can bind scriptures for any size scriptures. The church offers a regular size (about 5″ x 7″) and large size (about 6″ x 9″). The church has discontinued the compact size and so we will only be able to offer to rebind your existing compact size scriptures. Pricing is on our pricing page. For pricing of other sizes not listed, please contact us.

The new books we bind are purchased through the church’s Distribution Center.

The regular size (5"x7") with gold page gilded editions have the option of thumb index tabs or unindexed.

The large print (6"x9") with gold page gilded editions are only the thumb index tab versions. 

All sales are final. Each set of scriptures are made to order. If there is a problem with your scriptures, we can discuss a remedy as we are dedicated to your satisfaction. If color is a concern, customers can request samples of the leathers prior to ordering so as to ensure colors and combinations prior to ordering.

Yes, we offer gift certificates. You can pre-pay for a set of scriptures (quad, triple and bible) or whatever you want to give as a gift. We issue a digital receipt that works as a gift certificate that you can print out and give to whomever you wish. When the recipient wants to redeem the gift certificate, enter the code we send to the customer and use that towards their scriptures. Gift certificates are good until redeemed.

We are an internet based company and don’t have a storefront. We started in Utah but have moved since then and are now in Alabama. For the time being, we are not offering local pick up or drop off. Currently, you can mail your scriptures to us if having them rebound and we will be shipping all orders once completed. If you would like to physically see samples of leather feel free to email us at info@customldsscriptures.com with the list of colors and your mailing address. We will mail up to 10 leather samples.