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[Gesine]

This book is now complete and can be downloaded from the LibriVox catalogue: http://librivox.org/the-second-latchkey-by-cm-and-am-williamson/

The Second Latchkey by Charles Norris and Alice Muriel Williamson

WARNING! This thread contains speculations and spoilers posted by readers. If you haven't listened to all chapters that have come in and would like to claim, you may want to PM me rather than risk having the plot given away.

NOTE: This project has special rules for signing up and deadlines!
I like collaborative project, and usually it doesn't bother me much to read a chapter from the end of a book, even if I don't know the book. However, with mysteries it's different. If one doesn't know the plot, it's much more exciting to read - or listen to - them in sequence.
So here's how this project will run:
Readers sign up for one (or more) chapter. Process as usual, post in the thread and claim. Each chapter is due by a particular date. It is the reader's responsibility to submit the recording ready for that date. Every other day, we will publish that day's chapter (follow the 'Listen' links in the reader list below). So as a reader who doesn't know the book, you can claim chapter 15 and not even look at it until the date it's due. On the previous 14 days, you can listen to the chapters as they come in. On day 15, you record and submit your chapter, it's published, and then you can listen to further chapters as the book unfolds. The old serial novel idea, but as an audio book.
Of course, this can only work if readers can commit to a particular date. If your date is approaching and you have something else on suddenly (it will happen to some people), please post here as soon as you know, so we can find a stand-in.
Of course you can also record (and send) your chapter before your sign-up date!

1. How to claim a part, and 'how it all works' here
   To find a section to record, simply look at point 5. below at the sections. All the ones without names beside them are “up for grabs.” Click "Post reply" at the top left of the screen and tell us which section you’d like to read (include the section number from the left-most column in the reader list, please). Read points 6. to 8. below for what to do before, during and after your recording.
   
   
2. New to recording?
   Please read our Newbie Guide to Recording!
   
   
3. Is there a deadline?
   See note above - recordings are due on the date noted in the list for each chapter. Target completion date of this project: 1 November 2007.
   
   
4. Where do I find the text?
   Source text (please only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18470
   I have indicated the word count of each section in the Notes field; forum discussions have shown that people read on average 130-190 words per minute - so the longest chapter is about 35 mins long.
   
   
5. Please claim sections (the numbers in the first column below)!
   
   
   (Admin link)
   
   
6. BEFORE recording:
   Please check the Recording Notes:
   http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6427#6430
   
   Set your recording software to:
   Bit Rate: 128 kbps
   Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
   
   
7. DURING recording:
   Make sure you add this to the beginning and end of your recording:
   Start of recording (Intro)
   • "Chapter [number] of The Second Latchkey. - This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
   • If you wish, say:
     "Recording by [your name]"
     
   • Say:
     "The Second Latchkey by Charles Norris and Alice Muriel Williamson. Chapter [number]"
   
   End of recording
   • At the end of the section, say:
     “End of Chapter [number]"
     
   • If you wish, say:
     "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
     
   • At the end of the book, say (in addition):
     "End of The Second Latchkey by Charles Norris and Alice Muriel Williamson."
   
   Please leave 5 seconds silence at the end of your recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes!
   
   Also, please remember to check this thread frequently for updates!
   
   
8. AFTER recording:
   Need noise-cleaning?
   Listen to your file through headphones. If you can hear some background noise, you may want to clean it up a bit. The new (free) version 1.3.3. of Audacity (Mac/Win) has much improved noise-cleaning. See this thread for more information.
   
   Save files as
   128 kbps MP3
   secondlatchkey_##_williamson.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is your section number. (e.g. secondlatchkey_01_williamson.mp3)
   
   ID3 V2 tags
   (To find out more about ID3 tags, go to our wiki: http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/WhatIsID3)
   Add the following tags to your .mp3 file (how you do this depends on which software you use – if you are unsure about ID3 tags, send me a message). Please mind upper and lower case!
   
   Title: ## - [Chapter title] (e.g. "01 - A White Rose")
   Artist: Charles Norris and Alice Muriel Williamson
   Album: The Second Latchkey
   
   Please ignore tags for Genre and Track Number - these will be filled in automatically at the cataloguing stage.
   
   Transfer of files (completed recordings)
   Please always post in this forum thread when you've sent a file. Please also post the duration of your chapter!
   • If you have your own server space, post the link here. Please leave the file in this location until the project is catalogued. Even better, upload the file to the LibriVox Uploader, see below.
   • If you don't have your own server space, please upload with the LibriVox Uploader:
     http://upload.librivox.org/
     username: librivox
     password: librivox123
     If this doesn't work, or you have questions, please check our How To Send Your Recording wiki page.
   
   I'll need the following information from you when you submit a recording:
   
   • your name/pseudonym as you want to appear in the LibriVox catalog, and your website URL if you like. These are only necessary if this is your first LibriVox recording.
     
   • the file size of your .mp3 file/duration of the recording.

Any questions?
Please post below or PM me.
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination circles the world." Albert Einstein

[kdgibboney]

Well, I don't want to be a hog, BUT, may I have any or all of these:

Sections 6, 11, 17, 23?

thanks,
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Katie

[Starlite]

May I have section 1 please?

Esther
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“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.” Helen Keller

[Gesine]

Lovely to see you two back already! Thanks, I'll sign you up.

Hope this'll be a good one!
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination circles the world." Albert Einstein

[Gesine]

I guess I could do chapter 03.
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination circles the world." Albert Einstein

[Sibella]

I'll go for 2 and 4, here at the beginning!

I hope this one is good. I"m recording the authors' "It Happened in Egypt" as a solo.
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[Gesine]

Yay! What kept you?

BTW, everyone: Sibella has just started another solo project, another mystery by the Williamsons. EDIT: Sorry, apparently didn't read Sibella's last post completely.
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination circles the world." Albert Einstein

[Sibella]

I was tutoring a high school student for his college admissions exams.
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[Sibella]

I've got four solos going concurrently, and 4 others that I've not even posted as projects yet, but which I"m going to do next. Ans keeps finding the best books to record!
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[kdgibboney]

[Sibella]

Hooray, Katie! That's how I feel. It's soooo much fun.

Where are you from in Arkansas? I'm from Cave City. I bet you don't know where that is...
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[kdgibboney]

[Sibella]

Ooom Hot Springs is so nice. I bet HSV is nice, too! I went to college in Conway, and used to run down for the Arkansas Derby with my grandmama every year.
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Love history? Please come help with Pioneers of France in the New World!!

[Janie No. 5]

Yes! Another mystery

May I have chapter 7?
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She had heard it said that humans are supposed only to use about a tenth of their brains, and that no one was very clear what the other nine-tenths were for, but she had certainly never heard it suggested that they were used for storing penguins.

[Gesine]