LibriVox seems to be generating a good deal of non-literary activity, which I think is extremely cool. If there are any coders reading this, check out the ReVoxer development project.
Here is the blurb:
ReVoxer is a software recording tool designed specifically for creating human-read audio from text. The tool includes the functionality of audio software [...]

Stejahen writes:
I just listened to Psmith in the City by P. G. Wodehouse (from Librivox, …) It was read by a number of excellent American and British readers (people would read a few chapters at a time), and was absolutely hilarious. I listened to the last three chapters while I painting those hills for [...]

Notes from the Underground

mp3 audio file: Notes from the Underground – Part 1, Chapter 7

Written by: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Read by: Aaron Andrade
Bit rate: 64 kbps

Time: 00:14:12

Gutenberg e-text #600

LibriVox Catalog Page: Notes from the Underground (for Ogg Vorbis, mp3 128kb & a zip of the entire book)

Next up (Wednesday): Part 1, Chapter 8, read by Aaron Andradne.
Please [...]

Back in the early days, LibriVox got lots of attention from Italy, which made us very happy. But we were not able to manage more than we had on our plate. We had some discussions about how to proceed, and it was decided that an independent LibriVox Italia would be launched. Well, they’ve completed their [...]

The Los Angeles Times (Technoloplis) has a very nice article about LibriVox in their Sunday, January 15 edition. Here is the link … I think LA Times might require registration, so here are some of the juicy bits:

Kara Shallenberg records audio books — most recently the Frances Hodgson Burnett classic “A Little Princess” — that [...]

Notes from the Underground

mp3 audio file: Notes from the Underground – Part 1, Chapter 6

Written by: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Read by: Randy Phillips
Bit rate: 64 kbps

Time: 00:03:24

Gutenberg e-text #600

LibriVox Catalog Page: Notes from the Underground (for Ogg Vorbis, mp3 128kb & a zip of the entire book)

Next up (Wednesday): Part 1, Chapter 7, read by Aaron Andradne.
Please [...]

So I still haven’t figured torrents out, but Stephan and Chris have been working hard to launch LibriVox into the world of chopped-up and reassembled files. More info to follow, but we’ve had HUNDREDS of downloads of our torrented books. It’s really quite remarkable. Thank you Stephan and Chris.
You can check, for instance: legaltorrents.
You can [...]

New stuff in the LibriVox library!
Long Works:

Our first Finnish book: Helsinkiin by Juhani Aho

Twain, solo: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

The greatest children’s book ever?: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Religious allegory: The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan

Short Works:

Crane, on war: War is Kind by Stephen Crane
More Carroll!: The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll

And [...]

Notes from the Underground

mp3 audio file: Notes from the Underground – Part 1, Chapter 5

Written by: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Read by: Randy Phillips
Bit rate: 64 kbps

Time: 00:06:39

Gutenberg e-text #600

LibriVox Catalog Page: Notes from the Underground (for Ogg Vorbis, mp3 128kb & a zip of the entire book)

Next up (Wednesday): Part 1, Chapter 6, read by Randy Phillips.
Please [...]

If you read the about page, you’ll note that I acknowledge AKMA’s project to get a collection of volunteers to read Lawrence Lessig’s Free Culture as the prime inspiration for LibriVox. I heard about AKMA’s project just as I was discovering podcasting, and as Omedia.org was launched (providing free server space for Creative Commons [...]