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SXSW Panel: When Every Book Is Connected

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

My colleague, co-founder, and the chief architect and getter-doner at Book Oven, Stephanie Troeth has proposed a moderated panel at SXSW this year called:
Beyond Publishing: When Every Book is Connected to Everyone
We have an all-star line-up who have agreed to join us (if SXSW agrees to give us some space to talk):

Kassia Krozser co-founder [...]

BookList’s Audiobooker on LibriVox

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

There is an interview up over at BookList’s Audiobooker Blog, with Mary Burkey:
The home of 2,557 audiobooks in 26 languages – all FREE. Hugh McGuire launched the volunteer-effort audiobook publishing model LibriVox on August 10th, 2005. Hugh is this week’s Inside the Audiobook Studio guest, ready to share the background on this amazing project. Want [...]

LibriVox’s Fourth Anniversary (and Community Podcast #106)

Monday, August 10th, 2009

It’s our Fourth Anniversary! LibriVox started with an optimistic blog post on 10th August, 2005 … and then grew and grew and …We now have a catalog of 2,557 books in 26 languages. And our catalog is growing every day.
You too can volunteer! Or perhaps just pop in to say hi on the forum.
And [...]

Do you enjoy listening to books?

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

A young guy named Todd sings the praises of LibriVox on Youtube (FYI the cut-off for public domain in the US is 1923, though it’s a bit more complicated than that):

July: mmm… summer, strawberries and audiobooks in the sun.

Saturday, August 1st, 2009

What delicious offerings did we have for you in July? A wide range, as usual:
“Doc” Smith’s space opera Triplanetary, eagerly awaited by all fans of reader Mark F. Smith.
The Sea Wolf and The Scarlet Plague by Jack London.
Eight recordings for children, including By Pond and River by Arabella Buckley, Baum’s The Magic of Oz and [...]

LibriVox Community Podcast #105

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #105 hosted by Cori Samuel.

Duration: 26:45
I’m talking about :
Our 2,500th recording is complete and catalogued!
It’s Lars’ birthday – Neeru and Elli enlist Ben Jonson and Barry to help celebrate!
All about the LibriVox policy welcoming multiple versions of the same text – our Choice of Voice!
Voices heard, in [...]

June is bustin’ out all over!

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

We are pleased to announce that June 2009 was our third most productive month ever, with 93 recordings added to the catalogue.
You may see all the new additions here.
June provided us with a veritable feast of recordings, including:

The second volume of Hapgood’s English translation of Hugo’s Les Misérables.
Another convoluted plot from Wilkie Collins, brimful of [...]

LibriVox Community Podcast #104

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #104 hosted by Elli and Neeru.

Duration 50:56
We are talking about :
The one complaint of all librivoxateers- librivox is too addictive!
LV invading dreams and making imagination running wild!
How does the (non)addict – Lars Rolander manage to stay un-addicted?
How does a librivoxateer know he/she is addicted?
Test yourself [...]

LibriVox: Time, Love & Books

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

This is my presentation at the BookNetCanada Tech Forum in March, titled: LibriVox: Time, Love & Books. Sorry, there is 1 slide only, for you Powerpoint buffs.
I talk about audiobooks, time acquisition, LibriVox, Google, the link, and the digital archaeology of love. And Hinton, Alberta.

Link to the vid.

LibriVox Community Podcast #103

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #103 hosted by Epistomolus, with contributions from GreggMargarite and RuthieG.

Duration 19:22
Epistomolus makes some suggestions for those recording here at LibriVox … Gregg talks to recording folk also, about inhibitions and the benefits of easing out of them … and Ruth answers the generally very sensible question (to a non-LibriVoxer, [...]