A Brief History of LibriVox
This page records significant dates, events, achievements etc in the life of LibriVox. Pointform is best - date/event/significance.
August 10, 2005 - LibriVox created, by Hugh McGuire, at the URL http://librivox.blogsome.com
August 11, 2005 - first book selected, and fully subscribed: Secret Agent, by Joseph Conrad. Readers include: Hugh McGuire, Neal Foley, Fling93, Branko Collin, Greg Schwartz, Lloyd Davis, Mitchell Dwyer, Michèle Pacey, Gina, Mark Bradford, Derek Elliot, Paula Berinstein
September 12, 2005 - LibriVox posted on Boing Boing
September 15, 2005 - librivox.org domain name registered
September 26, 2005 - LibriVox Forums began with 6 books in progress: Frankenstein, Call of the Wild, Psmith in the City, Notes from the Underground, The Secret Agent, and The Mysterious Affair at Styles.
October 25, 2005 - LibriVox invited by the Internet Archive to attend launch of the Open Library, where LibriVox presents An International Episode, by Henry James.
November 16, 2005 - The Validator (LibriVox MC file upload tool) first becomes available.
January 8, 2006 - The "Proof-Listening" forum is opened.
August 7, 2006 - The Importance of Being Earnest is LibriVox's first audio-play completed and cataloged.
January 4, 2007 - The new LibriVox catalog/search engine is made public.
April 23, 2007 - LibriVox reaches 1000 readers.
October 10, 2008 - The LibriVox catalog totals a full year (8760 hours) of audio.
December 31, 2008 - LibriVox releases its 2000th audiobook. The event is announced in this post.