Hot off the press: Jesse and Scott of SFF Audio invited me onto their podcast for a chat. We talk about audiobooks, LibriVox, open collaborative projects, the web and various other things. Here is the link:
http://www.sffaudio.com/?p=23539

The cover art to LibriVox’s recording of Moby Dick is currently featuring in an ad campaign by the US telecoms company AT&T.
You can see the ad by clicking here. It was directed by Dennis Liu for the ad agancy BBDO.
You can see the shot of the cover art, created by regular LV sleeve contributor Kate [...]

On August 10, 2005 I put up a website, called it LibriVox, and posted the following:
LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to help bring books in the public domain to life through podcasting?
LibriVox is an open source audio-literary attempt to harness the power of [...]

Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #113 with Gesine.

Duration: 25:04
In Community Podcast 113, Gesine explains the ins and outs of the new ‘Thank a reader’ feature on the LibriVox website. Clicking on the link in the right-hand sidebar, listeners can send their thanks to a designated email address, and an admin posts the messages in a [...]

In this, the 100th year of Mark Twain’s (Samuel Clemens) death, we’re fortunate that a newspaper article by Twain about US/China relations, written in 1868, has suddenly become available. LibriVox volunteer John Greenman has recorded the article, and been given permission to use the following introduction from Twain Scholar, Shelley Fisher Fishkin.
“A good candidate for [...]

Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #112 with Cori, Lars, Bart and HokusPokus.

Duration: 12:49
Thoughts on books, a few words about pictures and a brand new LV feature for listeners!
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To Subscribe to the Librivox Community Podcast, go to:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/LibrivoxCommunityPodcast
Or hit this itunes link to [...]

There was some LibriVoxiness on Australian Radio recently … the “Final Draft” show on Radio 2SER FM, Sydney. It’s up on the web:
This week, we’re stepping outside the confines of the printed page and devoting our entire show to the phenomenon of audiobooks. First, we speak to Hugh McGuire, the founder of Librivox, a volunteer-run website [...]

Dear LibriVox supporters, friends, volunteers:
Two weeks ago we sent out a request for donations towards a $20,000 fundraising campaign. We outlined why on this post (with a number of questions answered in the comments thread). You responded with generosity, and we can now close down our campaign.
So:
Thank you!
We got to our target so [...]

UPDATE: Merci, nous avons reussit nos objectifs, alors, on n’a plus besoin d’argent pour l’instant! Mercia à tous.

Votre don soutiendra le travail de nos bénévoles
Le but de notre campagne de levée de fonds est 20 000$. Une fois l’objectif atteint, nous cesserons la campagne. Nous espérons pouvoir continuer notre travail pour environ 4,5 années sans [...]

Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #111 with Cori, Ruth and Lucy.

Duration: 10:00
Oh my goodness! LibriVox needs money?!
In this podcast, Ruth reads Hugh’s blog post announcing our fundraising drive, Lucy says why she thinks this crazy audio project is worth donating to, and a cast of 17 LibriVoxateers sing to charm a dollar or two from [...]