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LibriVox Community Podcast #100

Posted on April 16, 2009 by | Posted in Librivox Community Podcast, News | Comments: 1 Comment on LibriVox Community Podcast #100

Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #100 hosted by Cori Samuel and Sean McGaughey.
[audio:http://www.archive.org/download/librivox_community_2009/librivox_community_podcast_100.mp3]
Duration 22:16

  • Topic: I think the podcast number tells the story. :D
  • Voices: You’ll hear lots, too many to name individually (though if you really need to know, please post and we’ll track’em down for you.)
  • Music: Mostly original compositions, digitaltoast used a royalty-free music-bed, and I’ve melded a splendid Chopin Polonaise from the superb musopen.com, performed by Paul Pitman, with Sean’s voiceover.

LibriVox Community Podcast – Serving the Librivox community since 2006

To subscribe to this podcast use this FeedBurner link – http://feeds.feedburner.com/LibrivoxCommunityPodcast

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Shows 01 – 16 (all released in 2006) can be found at: http://www.archive.org/details/librivox_community_2006

Shows 17 – 67 (all released in 2007) can be found at: http://www.archive.org/details/librivox_community_2007

Shows 68 – 94 (released in 2008) can be found at http://www.archive.org/details/librivox_community

Shows 95 onwards (released in 2009) will be found at http://www.archive.org/details/librivox_community_2009

Archived shownotes for the Librivox Community Podcast can be found at http://librivox.org/category/librivox-community-podcast/


and the rss feed for those shownotes is http://librivox.org/category/librivox-community-podcast/feed


If you are interested in hosting the Librivox Community Podcast, check out the Librivox Community Podcast wiki page

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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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LibriVox Community Podcast #099

Posted on March 31, 2009 by | Posted in Librivox Community Podcast, News | Comments: 2 Comments on LibriVox Community Podcast #099

Listen to LibriVox Community Podcast #99 hosted by Lars Rolander. [audio:http://www.archive.org/download/librivox_community_2009/librivox_community_podcast_099.mp3]
Duration 19:11

  • Program mostly about my way into Librivox, how I “work” with readings, trying to interest other listeners to join, sidetrackings from my life and into reading and retelling.
  • Plugging podcast 98 a bit extra.
  • Mentioning H. Rider Haggard’s “She and Allan“.
  • Talking about some solo projects with a short bit from Selma Lagerloef’s “Invisible Links” and a very short bit from Lagerloef’s: “The Wonderful Adventures of Nils“.

LibriVox Community Podcast – Serving the Librivox community since 2006

To subscribe to this podcast use this FeedBurner link – http://feeds.feedburner.com/LibrivoxCommunityPodcast

Subscribe in itunes at this itunes link

Shows 01 – 16 (all released in 2006) can be found at: http://www.archive.org/details/librivox_community_2006

Shows 17 – 67 (all released in 2007) can be found at: http://www.archive.org/details/librivox_community_2007

Shows 68 – 94 (released in 2008) can be found at http://www.archive.org/details/librivox_community

Shows 95 onwards (released in 2009) will be found at http://www.archive.org/details/librivox_community_2009

Archived shownotes for the Librivox Community Podcast can be found at http://librivox.org/category/librivox-community-podcast/


and the rss feed for those shownotes is http://librivox.org/category/librivox-community-podcast/feed


If you are interested in hosting the Librivox Community Podcast, check out the Librivox Community Podcast wiki page

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Gaiman on the Audiobook/Kindle Controversy

Posted on February 27, 2009 by | Posted in News, on the web | Comments: 23 Comments on Gaiman on the Audiobook/Kindle Controversy

Neil Gaiman on the (silly) hoopla over the Kindle & its ability to “read” books to you, robot-to-human:

As I said first time out, and this is speaking as someone who loves audiobooks, records his own audiobooks, makes a not-insignificant portion of his income from audiobooks and has even won awards for bloody audiobooks… To repeat myself — I think any money that could be spent on legal bills trying to stop people listening to books (or to anything still in copyright) using the text-to-speech functions on their computers, iPhones, Kindles, Androids etc, would be infinitely better used to promote audiobooks, to tell people there are fine audiobooks out in the world, that there are great books and great readers, and that the experience of listening to a book is a wonderful one. Promote the Audie awards. Get the word out. [more…]

I think it’s fair to say, on behalf of the LibriVox community: hear hear!

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