Anyone who has spent even a few minutes on the LibriVox forums knows Kara, the most tireless of our volunteers, and I suspect the most prolific (according the the New York Times, and they should know, Kara has contributed more than 200 individual chapters to LibriVox!).

Kara also embodies the spirit of LibriVox and everything wonderful about this place: she loves books, loves reading and listening, loves recording, better yet loves organizing things, and she is kind and patient with newbies and crusty vets alike. And she has, since September of 2005, the very earliest days, given so much energy to this project … the unsecret secret is that LibriVox probably never would have gone very far without Kara.

all this as a little intro to say, thank you, and: Happy Birthday Kara!

From Sadie, new listener, new volunteer:

I just wanted to say thank you.

I can’t believe you people have volunteered to put audio stories out on the internet without charging a penny. It’s so easy to get swept up in the profit that can be made on the web, selling nearly everything. As a single disabled mother of one, I have neither the funds nor the ability to go out and buy great books such as the ones you feature.

I thank you most sincerely!

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