http://librivox.org free public domain audiobooks Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:39:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://librivox.org/2009/07/01/june-is-bustin-out-all-over/ Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #104 hosted by Elli and Neeru. [audio:http://www.archive.org/download/librivox_community_2009/librivox_community_podcast_104.mp3] 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 ... http://librivox.org/2009/06/25/librivox-community-podcast-104/ 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 ... http://librivox.org/2009/06/23/librivox-time-love-books/ Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #103 hosted by Epistomolus, with contributions from GreggMargarite and RuthieG. [audio:http://www.archive.org/download/librivox_community_2009/librivox_community_podcast_103.mp3] 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 ... http://librivox.org/2009/06/18/librivox-community-podcast-103/ One of the reasons I started LibriVox, I think, was so that I could make an audio recording of "The Dead," by James Joyce, from his collection Dubliners. It is a story of such grace and skill; the build up slow and good-humoured and banal, but when that last section finally ... http://librivox.org/2009/06/16/the-dead/ Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #102 hosted by Lars Rolander. [audio:http://www.archive.org/download/librivox_community_2009/librivox_community_podcast_102.mp3] Duration 29:53 Welcome to a cup of tea. Reflections on making voices or characters in reading. Voice-memories from school- and radio-days. An Idea for a Pod discussion. Oh no ! . . . Oscar !!! My first Librivox ... http://librivox.org/2009/06/06/librivox-community-podcast-102/ The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. Four women leave dreary post-WWI London for a month in an Italian castle. Highly recommended by listeners. Read by Diana Kiesners. Multilingual Poetry Collection 004. Poems in Arabic, Chinese, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Latin, Latvian, Portuguese, Russian and Turkish. Deathworld by Harry Harrison. Sci-fi with a gambling hero ... http://librivox.org/2009/04/30/more-ideas-for-listening/ Thanks to the good people at Archive.org, we are now beginning to add the new items that you have been waiting for! :D A number of new works have already been cataloged thanks to our intrepid world-wide and sleep deprived MC volunteers, and they'll continue to chip away at the backlog ... http://librivox.org/2009/04/24/new-additions-to-the-catalog/ Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #101 hosted by Cori Samuel. [audio:http://www.archive.org/download/librivox_community_2009/librivox_community_podcast_101.mp3] Duration 6:04 Topic: Why nothing's been catalogued for a while :O Voices: Peter Yearsley and Anna Simon. Quote from Douglas Adams (the Brit radio play version, though it's likely to be in the HHGTTG book too.) Recently reviewed books at ... http://librivox.org/2009/04/23/librivox-community-podcast-101/ Eager listeners may have noticed we haven’t put much new in the catalog recently. Fear not! The mighty armies of LibriVoxateers are still producing hours of audio daily. However, the Internet Archive (the folks who host LibriVox’s files) are making some changes to the way audio files are derived and presented. ... http://librivox.org/2009/04/22/project-cataloging-temporarily-delayed/