MT writes:
Hi Hugh,
I am writing this mail just to say thank you for the wonderful project you have started.
I have been introducing Audio Books form LibriVox to learners of English in Japan in the past year, and I have had a great time.
The Secret Garden, Anne of Green Gables, The Winds in the Willows…those are […]

O’Reilly TOC blog has an interview with … me! …. about LibriVox:
LibriVox is a volunteer effort with a big goal: record audiobook editions for every title in the public domain. In the following Q&A, LibriVox founder Hugh McGuire discusses the project’s beginnings, the organic development of the LibriVox community, and the distinctions (or lack thereof) […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.
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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 […]

Christina Laun at Collegedregee.com has a list of 100 Web Tools for Learning with a Disability, including a nod to LibriVox.

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 […]

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 […]

Having fun in Stockholm, at the Stockholm Challenge.