Comments on: Librivox: Open Source Audio Books; You Contribute Your Own Readings

By: Voice Head Heart Hand Foot TLT Group Steven W. Gilbert

Voice Head Heart Hand Foot TLT Group Steven W. Gilbert — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:26:23 +0000

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By: Audio Book Opensource - Dogpile Web Search

Audio Book Opensource - Dogpile Web Search — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 00:10:15 +0000

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By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 01:13:52 +0000

Thanks for the link, Karen. I’ve heard of podiobooks before, but I never fully explored the site. I’ll have to check it out again.

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:51:40 +0000

A new book site just popped up in my Lifehacker feed.
http://www.podiobooks.com/
These are “indie” books read by their author in serialized form. Echoes of Charles Dickens and others who used to come out in serial form before the novel was actually published.

Source: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/audio-books/download-serial-audiobooks-at-podiobookscom-245180.php

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:06:31 +0000

If you contribute an audio clip to Librivox, let me know so I can listen to it!

I agree that returns are often unexpected. This is part of the appeal. You never quite know what’s going to result from your efforts.

By: Heidi

Heidi — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:11:19 +0000

Yes, as with most volunteering, you get unexpected returns from your investment in it. For example, without my involvement in your podcasts, I probably wouldn’t have discovered SparkPeople and started to lose weight. The thing about SparkPeople and Web 2.0 is that it’s fun–like a hobby.
I could definitely see myself adding an audio clip to Librivox. It would be a fun, easy thing to do, and the return would be finding some audio already on the site that I would enjoy.

By: Librivox: Open Source Audiobooks @ Framemaker, FDK and XML Developers Blog

Librivox: Open Source Audiobooks @ Framemaker, FDK and XML Developers Blog — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:25:48 +0000

[...] were contributed last year, and if I had to guess, things are just getting started. Thanks to I’d Rather be Writing for the lead on this interesting phenomenon. I may take a crack at something myself– though to [...]

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:54:51 +0000

Thanks for the note. I thought 37 sounded too small. I corrected it in the post.

By: gmackenzie

gmackenzie — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 03:24:52 +0000

You state that Librivox put out 37 audio books last year…actually, Librivox published 37 audio books this January alone… last year over 300 works were produced.