Ah, I’ve discovered one of the things I want to volunteer for after my retirement (113 days!).
I came across the LibriVox site when I read about it in a book just now. They offer free ebooks (which I’ve become interested in, having finally bought an iPod) recorded by volunteers, and which are of books that are in the public domain.
You’ve been able to get the texts of public domain books from Project Gutenberg for quite a while now. It’s nice to be able to get the recorded texts. There’s an active forum of volunteers there (some books are recorded by more than one volunteer–I think I would prefer going the solo route) organizing which books to record.
Someone is already working on TARZAN OF THE APES, by Edgar Rice Burroughs. (You’ll recall my love for the Tarzan books and movies which I have posted about here several times). I’m inclined to volunteer for JUNGLE TALES OF TARZAN–which was the second Tarzan book I read as a kid.
I’ve got several thousand dollars worth of recording equipment–so there shouldn’t be a problem with quality. There are instructions on the site for recording with free software that is available, along with a twenty dollar microphone you could pick up almost anywhere.
It’s worth checking out the site!
June 9, 2007 at 10:36 am |
LibriVox is a wonderful project and, if you can help, better.
Probably you don’t know this, but the LibriVox audio books are added to Project Gutenberg.
June 9, 2007 at 11:52 am |
No, I didn’t know that. I haven’t checked out Project Gutenberg in a while–didn’t realize they had audio books there.
Thanks for the info.
Read more, people!
June 9, 2007 at 4:00 pm |
Sounds cool, but it would be very hard to read a whole book aloud :O
June 9, 2007 at 6:25 pm |
out of curiosity, in what book did LibriVox appear?
June 9, 2007 at 6:26 pm |
oh & @copet: you can just read a chapter if you don’t want to read an entire book.
June 9, 2007 at 7:50 pm |
It was in THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK, by Timothy Ferriss–currently way up there on the bestseller lists. Really enjoyed it. The site is mentioned on page 164.
June 9, 2007 at 10:10 pm |
4-Hour Workweek? Sounds like my job