LibrivoxThe newest LibriVox New Releases Podcast, with
select samples of audiobooks released in May 08 is
now available for download. Hosted by volunteer FNH,
this smooth, relaxed podcast samples but a few of
the great 115 new releases for May 2008! Listen now!
The podcast for releases in May 2008 is downloadable HERE.
We’ve had a pretty extraordinary May. We cataloged our 1,500th book, James Baldwin’s children’s history book, Four Great Americans, which was a great accomplishment. (Considering seven months ago we were at 1,000).
But we also had an impressively productive month: we released 115 (!) audiobooks into the public domain, almost four per day. Our previous record for monthly production was 77, reached in July 2007.
For those looking for some suggestions, here are a few gems from the catalog:
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Listen to Librivox Community Podcast Show #81 – 31st May 2008 [audio:http://www.archive.org/download/librivox_community/librivox_community_podcast_81.mp3]
Duration 20:57
Your host this week is Cori Samuel.
The Astonishing Statistics of May! Featuring valiant attempts to hit a fast-moving target by ductapeguy.
An interview by Andy Minter, with gloriana.
Music: From Sousa’s Band, Hippodrome March and Trombone Sneeze.
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LibriVox catalog just reached 1,500 items, the lucky audiobook, Four Great Americans, by James Baldwin wins two free tickets to the next LibriVox reading of James Joyce’s Ulysses!
This was the 96th book published this month, and we are pretty close to getting a 100-book month, smashing our previous record of 77 books set in July 2007. Will we make it? Stay tuned.