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| Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:23
Eugenics and Other Evils by G. K. Chesterton Most Eugenists are Euphemists. I mean merely that short words startle them, while long words soothe them. And they are utterly incapable of translating the one into the other, however obviously they mean the same thing. Say to them “The persuasive and even coercive powers of the citizen should [...]
Literary Readings and What We Should Do About Them
| Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:43
I recently came upon an article decrying the awfulness of most literary readings, pointed at by Frank Wilson of Books, Inq. Frank thinks it’s not all literary readings that make ears bleed, but that North American (versus British, Irish and other) writers have little command of the oral medium, and thinks that’s the problem. I have [...]
Download Now · | Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:32
Cleopatra by Jacob Abbott 1803-1879 A biography of the famous Cleopatra of Egypt, written in a manner, equally interesting to children and to adults. Gutenberg e-text Cleopatra Wikipedia - Jacob Abbott LibriVox’s Cleopatra Internet Archive page Zip file of the entire book 187 MBRSS feed · Subscribe in iTunes · Chapter-a-day Total running time: 6:28:45 mp3 and ogg files 01 - Preface, The [...]
Librivox Community Podcast #89
Download Now · | Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:22
Listen to Librivox Community Podcast Show #89 Download audio file (librivox_community_podcast_89.mp3) Duration 35:07 Your host this week is Cori Samuel. Bloopers contributed by various individuals with great senses of humour, via this thread. sjmarky reviews the new Audio-Technica USB mic. Ductapeguy introduces a new project using LibriVox files - the Narrative and Sound Project. A Character Voices [...]
| Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:26
Writes the Narrative and Sound Project: I recently started a new web project [The Narrative and Sound Project], and your organization plays a very important part of it. The web project is about existing audiobooks and the idea of synthesizing them with music and sound. I have downloaded some of the audiobooks collection in your website [...]
Multilingual Poetry Collection Vol. 010
Download Now · | Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:06
Multilingual Poetry Collection 010 by Various In LibriVox’s Multilingual Poetry Collection, LibriVox volunteers read their favourite public-domain poems in languages other than English (or in specific regional accents in English). (Summary by David Barnes). LibriVox’s Multilingual Poetry Collection 010 Internet Archive page Zip file of the entire bookRSS feed · Subscribe in iTunes · Chapter-a-day Total running time: 1:02:45 mp3 [...]
Librivox Community Podcast #88
Download Now · | Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:49
Listen to Librivox Community Podcast Show #88 - 31st August 2008Download audio file (librivox_community_podcast_88.mp3) Duration 25:00 Your host this week is Cori Samuel. Quotes from A.P. Herbert and Dale Carnegie, read by kayray. I quote Clay Shirky’s presentation at the Web 2.0 Expo SF 2008 — watch the excellent video, or read his transcript. Universal Declaration [...]
Librivox Community Podcast #87
Download Now · | Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:59
Listen to Librivox Community Podcast Show #87 - 24th August 2008 Download audio file (librivox_community_podcast_87.mp3) Duration 23:01 Your multi-faceted host this week is Jerome. Part Two of a Character Voices Special, featuring sjmarky (6:07) ceastman (11:30). Stats (0:45) and a preview of recently-cataloged projects by chocoholic (1:56). Librivox-themed Parody from chloey (5:17) and Trailer-style Promo from Jerome (14:58). Jerome lists [...]
Problems with Archive.org - Stay Tuned
| Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:55
Hello Everyone, We host all our audio files with the wonderful archive.org. The last couple of days, we’ve been getting numerous reports of LirbiVox books being unavailable, unfindable, or undownloadable. We are looking into it with archive.org - but don’t panic! We’ve had similar issues in the past, and after some hiccups, we expect things will [...]
Librivox Community Podcast #86 - Our 3rd Anniversary!
Download Now · | Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:12
This week’s community podcast celebrates LibriVox’s third anniversary, and is presented by Cori Samuel. On 10th August, 2005, LibriVox was officially launched and a week later Hugh was podcasting the news to the world — excerpted at (01:05). The first book worked on was Conrad’s The Secret Agent, and by the end of 2005, about [...]
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
| Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:29
Remixfight provides audio and asks people to remix and upload the resulting tracks. The most recent episode asks remixers to go to work on David Barnes’ LibriVox recording of the Universal Declaration of Human rights. Great stuff. [link…]
LibriVox Community Podcast #85
Download Now · | Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:13
Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast Show #85 - 1st August 2008 Download audio file (librivox_community_podcast_85.mp3) Duration 32:20 Your host this week is Cori Samuel. A Character Voices Special - Part One … inspired by this thread. Mask O’Glass (00:49-05:55) and sjmarky (16:51-31:31) get the ball rolling with some thoughts on the subject. Mark even gives [...]
| Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:38
Canadian literary/arts mag Descant has a great article on LibriVox, including this nice little para: But ???niche market??? might be the wrong term for this site. It is not interested in creating a market. Nor is it interested in making a profit. There are no ads on the site and it proudly boasts a budget of [...]
What do you like most about LibriVox?
| Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:33
LibriVox’s Third Anniversary is coming up, and we’re putting together a celebratory community podcast to be released on the 7th August. We want to hear from our listeners … what you think the best things about LibriVox are. You could say something about a special recording you’ve listened to. Maybe a book that’s meant a [...]
Librivox Community Podcast #84
Download Now · | Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:26
Listen to Librivox Community Podcast Show #84 - 24th July 2008 Download audio file (librivox_community_podcast_84.mp3) Duration 27:52 Your host this week is Esther “Starlite” on the forums. Introduction with Peter Yearsly singing Mystery singer. Can you guess who is singing the LibriVoxateers song? (Ok all you oldies already know) Pirates of Penzance. Peter and Henry, Choral Ladies. Interview with [...]
| Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:57
Christina Laun at Collegedregee.com has a list of 100 Web Tools for Learning with a Disability, including a nod to LibriVox.
The Second Life Literary Foundation
| Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:58
I just got a great email message: Dear Mr. McGuire, I have recently opened a library in the virtual world of Second Life (www.secondlife.com), and I took the liberty of introducing some of your audio book files into our collection. We, The Second Life Literary Foundation, are a purely non-profit group, and all books using Librivox files [...]
Librivox Community Podcast #83
Download Now · | Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:04
Listen to Librivox Community Podcast Show #83 - 16th July 2008 Download audio file (librivox_community_podcast_83.mp3) Duration 17:14 Your host this week is Joe ‘Mango’ Pilsbury. Alana sings her version of the LibriVox Song. (Not So) Annoying Twit discusses the use of software to change pitch in recorded voices — a possible route to character [...]
Short Story Collection. Vol 031
Download Now · | Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:08
Short Story Collection. Vol 031 by Various LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 031: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members. LibriVox’s Short Story Collection. Vol 031 Internet Archive page Zip file of the entire book (72.9M) Total running time: 2:31:49 mp3 and ogg files Fat and Thin by Anton Chekhov [...]
Early Kings of Norway by Thomas Carlyle
Download Now · | Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:13
Early Kings of Norway by Thomas Carlyle “The Icelanders, in their long winter, had a great habit of writing; and were, and still are, excellent in penmanship. It is to this fact, that any little history there is of the Norse Kings and their old tragedies, crimes and heroisms, is almost all due. The Icelanders, it seems, [...]
New Releases Podcast June 2008
Download Now · | Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:41
The newest LibriVox New Releases Podcast, with select samples of audiobooks released in June ‘08 is now available for download. Hosted by LV volunteer FNH, this informative, entertaining podcast samples but a few of the 69 outstanding new releases for June 2008! Listen now! Podcast 009 - Total time: 18:15 This month, 10 of LV’s 69 new releases are sampled: • Hospital [...]
Librivox Community Podcast #82
Download Now · | Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:15
Listen to Librivox Community Podcast Show #82 - 26th June 2008 Download audio file (librivox_community_podcast_82.mp3) Duration 16:09 Your host this week is Cori Samuel. Equipment reviews: digitaltoast goes retro, while Starlite is back to the future with a new H2! Music: From Dvorak’s New World Symphony in the public domain at musopen.com. Book promotion samples [...]
| Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:22
THE LV WEEKLY SHORT STORY PODCAST THE LV POETRY PODCAST Just in time for your summer listening pleasure, two new LibriVox Podcasts are ready to jump into your iPods. A great way to sample the massive LV Catalog: weekly samples focusing specifically on poetry and short stories, updated every Saturday. But don’t worry, we won’t be running [...]
Open Letter Re: Canada’s New Copyright Bill
| Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:36
Canada’s minority Conservative government has tabled a new copyright bill, Bill C-61, which has come under fire from many people. The Bill must go through several rounds of debate before it gets voted on in Parliament, and so vocal opposition to dangerous measures in the Bill are important. The Bill has draconian provisions banning circumvention of [...]
Download Now · | Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:09
The newest LibriVox New Releases Podcast, with select samples of audiobooks released in May 08 is now available for download. Hosted by volunteer FNH, this smooth, relaxed podcast samples but a few of the great 115 new releases for May 2008! Listen now! The podcast for releases in May 2008 is downloadable HERE.
