Audiobooks in and from the public domain
By Bryan Alexander
Librivox offers DIY audiobooks presented to the public domain. Download, listen, and mix, or volunteer your readings.
I'm enjoying the Librivox recording of Herman Meville's Typee (1846). It's not as rich, visionary, or audacious as the later novels, but is still a treat. Michael Scherer does a fine job of reading, teasing out Melville's humor and splendid language. You can find the whole text from Gutenberg, or explore Virginia's "fluid text edition."
Link:
infocult.typepad.com/infocul...n_a.html
By Bryan Alexander
Librivox offers DIY audiobooks presented to the public domain. Download, listen, and mix, or volunteer your readings.
I'm enjoying the Librivox recording of Herman Meville's Typee (1846). It's not as rich, visionary, or audacious as the later novels, but is still a treat. Michael Scherer does a fine job of reading, teasing out Melville's humor and splendid language. You can find the whole text from Gutenberg, or explore Virginia's "fluid text edition."
Link:
infocult.typepad.com/infocul...n_a.html
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Re: Audiobooks in and from the public domain
Tue, March 14, 2006 - 3:58 PMHave you had a look at www.podiobooks.com? They offer books for download by the chapter, payment is by donation and the author gets half. I'm halfway through Tannis Island which is a reasonably good book, it sounds a bit like a first book in some ways, but has a good flow. What it does do for me though is illustrate the importance of having a good reader. The guy who reads this book (I believe the author's partner) frustrates the hell out of me and will impact on how much I pay / donate for the book. -
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Thu, March 30, 2006 - 9:11 PMHi Luigi;
I am the author of Tannis Island, and I do apologize for the not so great narration of the Novel, However, That is not my partner... It was me! I narrated an abridged version of Tannis Island in order to learn how to create pod-casts. I had never done anything like that before, so... imagine trying to hold the script in one hand, read it, watch the monitor, and keep the cat off the keyboard all at the same time... Well that was my recording studio, and it did not turn out to be one of the best. However, the novel that the pod-cast was based on, is called "Tannis Island, Legend of the Wind walkers," it will be out in paperback format sometime in September. I also plan on re-pod-casting the book in it's entirety, but I won't be the one reading it.
As far as the donations go on this pod-cast, well... I am not taking any money for it. For me it was a chance to learn how to create them, and I used a script that I created just for that purpose, and it is not exactly like the book it was based on. All the proceeds from the "Tannis Island" pod-cast are used to support PodioBooks.
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Tue, April 4, 2006 - 6:02 PMHi Gavin
I was surprised, but very pleased to hear from you here. I respect what you are doing and hope I haven't offended in my critique. The story itself (which I haven't finished yet) is strong enough to keep me coming back for each new chapter. I subscribe to about 25 podcasts, so each chapter sits in the queue with other things I plan to listen to. Yours is the only book I am subscribing to.
As a songwriter, I definitely understand the challenges of recording uninterrupted:-)
I'm surprised you aren't taking income from it. The FAQ at PodIO says that the writers get 50% and that "the more you pay, the more the writer gets". I'm curious as to why you aren't taking it. Are you a friend of the web host?
I am a songwriter and hoping in the future to get royalties from music downloads, whether I am performing or someone else performs my work. My goal is that eventually I will be able to make a comfortable living from my music (including live performances and other media). The more I can earn from it, the more time IO can devote to it.
Was / is Tannis Island your first book? I am a keen reader and am interested when I read a book, in what stage of a writers career the author was, when they wrote a particular book. -
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Re: Audiobooks in and from the public domain
Sun, April 23, 2006 - 5:05 PMNo offence taken, Luigi, and I was quite surprised as many people liked it as much as they did. It was the first time I had ever tried to make a podcast. However, Tannis is not exactly my first book, but it wasn't really a book at all. I created Tannis Island as a podcast story, and wrote it just for the exersize of creating a podcast. I placed it on the podiobooks site as a place where other family members could listen to the basic plot of the book that "Tannis Island" was based on. That Novel is really called "The lost Legend of Altas Island," but it is quite a bit differant than the audio narration you heard, and it is currently in the publishing phaze. "The Seven Scrolls of Scallose" is another podcast by me, but this is not an abriged work, but a full narration of one of my novels, and it will be out in print sometime later this year. I have two other Novels "Well of Souls" and "Legend of the Wind Walker" that I expect to have out in print within the next 12 months.
Tannis was also intended to be narrated by a women, but I could not seem to find anyone that wanted to narrate it. So... I took a shot at it. That is also why I am not taking any donations for the podcast, it was not the best of narrations. So.. I didn't feel like charging anyone to hear it. However, the "Seven Scrolls" is a male part, and was a bit easyer for me to do myself. Within the next year or so you will find an audio version of all my books on the Podio Books site.
You can also check out some of the artwork from the Novels on my web site.
www.gavinsworld.net
So... Go forth, and enjoy the stories.
Gavin.
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