Interview on Publishing Talks
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011David Wilk invited me to his Publishing Talks Podcast, to about LibriVox, iambik, libraries, PressBooks, and general future of publishing stuff.
Here is the link.
And here is the audio [mp3].
David Wilk invited me to his Publishing Talks Podcast, to about LibriVox, iambik, libraries, PressBooks, and general future of publishing stuff.
Here is the link.
And here is the audio [mp3].
May has arrived, and this time we present 10 gems on and about love from the depths of our catalog.
Let’s start at the beginning with First Love, of which most of us have fond memories. In Ivan Turgenev’s novella, Vladimir Petrovich recounts his turbulent first romance…
If you don’t want troubles to happen in your [...]
You may not know that LibriVox has a catalog API: that is, a way for other developers to access our whole catalog to build apps & other services on top of our audiobooks. You can find info about it here:
http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/LibriVoxAPI
This has resulted in numerous audiobook apps for the iPhone, Android, as well as a few [...]
March 2nd is National Reading Day in the US. A perfect excuse – as if we needed any – to present 10 old and new gems from our mysterious catalog.
Let’s start by celebrating World Math’s Day on the first Wednesday in March. Henri PoincarĂ© explains logic and mathematics in his book Science and Hypothesis [...]
Large parts of the northern hemisphere are covered in snow. What better reason to sit down with a blanket and hot tea and enjoy 10 gems from our catalog.
Wearing socks and scarves is always a good idea to keep warm. Why not make them yourself, using our recording of Cornelia Mee’s Exercises in Knitting? [...]
Today LibriVox welcomed the 4000th project to her catalog.
It’s: The Battle of Marathon by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
Read by Nathan
Dedicated Proof-Listener: Betty M.
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Nadine Eckert-Boulet
All details are on the catalog page.
You’ll find all other 3999 books over here.
Another year is ending, and we at librivox celebrate the holidays and wrapped up 10 gems from our catalog.
In the German speaking countries in Europe, it is the custom to count the days until Christmas by opening one door daily of the ‘Adventskalender‘. We hope that you enjoy our acoustic one just as much [...]
Misty November has arrived, and who knows what’s lurking in its fogs… Nobody can know all the gems hiding in our catalog, but our flashlights light up 10 of them.
November starts with All Saints and All Souls Day. Listen to our Poems and Prose for the Departed to remember your loved ones.
More remembrance [...]
Autumn has arrived and we have dug deep into our catalog to present 10 gems for your listening pleasure.
October starts out with children’s book week, and what better book to celebrate this than Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. His classic book about the short-nosed, long-nosed marionette has been a kid’s favorite for over 100 years. [...]
Today Dutch Librivoxateers got together to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Librivox. We met in Utrecht in a cafe, we visited the Utrecht University Library and we went to a secondhand bookshop, to look for new material to record.
We took our new books to a volunteer’s home (where we had a lovely dinner) and started [...]