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New additions to the catalog

Posted on April 24, 2009 by | Posted in about LibriVox, For Volunteers, News, Uncategorized | Comments: 5 Comments on New additions to the catalog

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 just as fast as they can. Keep an eye on the New Releases feed for new audio as it becomes available.

And, gentle listeners, as always LibriVox needs you to point out any problems that may occur with the new process. Please post any observed weirdness in the Error Reports forum.

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Project cataloging temporarily delayed

Posted on April 22, 2009 by | Posted in about LibriVox, News | Comments: 6 Comments on Project cataloging temporarily delayed

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. Once the dust settles at Archive, we’ll begin cataloging the backlog, and the regular audio wonderfulness we’ve all come to expect and love will resume.

Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available.

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New staff picks

Posted on April 15, 2009 by | Posted in about LibriVox, For Volunteers, News, Uncategorized, Weekly Picks | Comments: 3 Comments on New staff picks

A new selection of recordings for you to try!

The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin
2009 is the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth. This is a vivid and exciting travel memoir as well as a detailed scientific field journal, read by various readers.

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Different characters (and readers) in turn take up the narrative of this mystery novel.

The Cosmic Computer by H. Beam Piper
Sci-fi read by Mark Nelson

Märchen 1 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Diese Sammlung umfaßt so berühmte Geschichten wie Rapunzel, Hänsel und Gretel, Rumpelstilzchen.


Rupert of Hentzau
by Anthony Hope
The sequel to ‘The Prisoner of Zenda‘ read by Andy Minter.

Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
A Lord Peter Wimsey who-done-it read by Kristin Hughes and Kara Shallenberg.

Heidi by Johanna Spyri
The classic children’s story read by Kara Shallenberg.

Heretics by G. K. Chesterton
One of the best known of Chesterton’s works of Christian apologetics, read by Ray Clare.

The Fairyland of Science by Arabella Buckley
Perhaps a little twee in places, but there is still good science for children in this book, written and read (by various readers) in a very accessible way.

La Comtesse d’Escarbagnas par Molière
Une comédie-ballet, cette pièce de théâtre est lu en francais par plusieurs lecteurs.

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Thanks from Pierre

Posted on January 25, 2009 by | Posted in about LibriVox, News | Comments: Comments Off on Thanks from Pierre

Hey Librivox
I just wanted to express my gratitude to all those amazing people out there who have taken the trouble to record so many wonderful books. Whilst not everyone’s reading style is to my taste I respect the effort that they put in. I have downloaded many books from Librivox and have spent hours listening to them on my IPod as i drive around or in bed at night as I drift off to sleep.
Here’s to the future
Pierre

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