LibrivoxOur efforts seem to have been detected by Gannett News Services, owner of USA Today, though it looks like we have only turned up in Indystar.com, from Indiana. Say they:
Download free audio books, such as Jack London’s “The Call of the Wild” or Mary Shelly’s “Frankenstein” and listen to them on your Apple iPod or other digital music player. If you like to read aloud, volunteer to make some recordings for this volunteer site.
http://librivox.org
Eileen hosts the wonderful PublicdomainPodcast, one of the first public domain audiolit projects, started right about the same time as LibriVox. I contacted Eileen early in my search for willing Librivox readers, and she jumped in to help out. Over at PDP, you can find Twain, Jules Verne, and Lewis Carroll, among others, and I encourage you to check it out.
Here’s Eileen reading:
Psmith in the City – Chapters 19-21
mp3 audio file: Psmith in the City, Chapter 19-21
Written by: P. G. Wodehouse
Read by: Eileen from PublicdomainPodcast
Bit rate: 64 kbps
Psmith in the City LibriVox catalog page (for Ogg, 128kbps & a zip of the entire book)
Next up (Monday): Chapters 22-24 by our tech guru, Chris Goringe.
Please send us an email (librivox AT yahoo D0T ca) to let us know what you think of our recordings, and note, LibriVox is always looking for NEW VOLUNTEERS…
Volunteer Irishbell saw us in the “New & Notable” section of iTunes, and catalogger-supreme Kara made a screenshot. See it on our forum, here.
Luke reads:
Psmith in the City – Chapters 16-18
mp3 audio file: Psmith in the City, Chapter 16-18
Written by: P. G. Wodehouse
Read by: Aaron A.
Bit rate: 64 kbps
Psmith in the City LibriVox catalog page (for Ogg, 128kbps & a zip of the entire book)
Next up (Friday): Chapters 19-21, read by Eileen of the fabulous Publicdomain Podcast.
Please send us an email (librivox AT yahoo D0T ca) to let us know what you think of our recordings, and note, LibriVox is always looking for NEW VOLUNTEERS…