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by mahne
December 10th, 2018, 5:51 am
Forum: Suggestions, Comments, News & Discussion
Topic: Suggest a "Staff Pick" for archive.org
Replies: 1495
Views: 270932

Re: Suggest a "Staff Pick" for archive.org

This is deducted from ekzemplaros list (which wasn't updated since 10/2016) http://ekzemplaro.org/librivox/catalog/ : https://librivox.org/the-book-of-household-management-by-isabella-beeton/ 58:15:20 group https://librivox.org/old-testament-world-english-bible/ 58:02:02 group https://librivox.org/t...
by mahne
November 23rd, 2018, 8:58 am
Forum: Volunteers Wanted: Other LibriVox Projects
Topic: Covermakers Chat Thread
Replies: 1667
Views: 169126

Re: Covermakers Chat Thread

schrm wrote: November 23rd, 2018, 6:38 am
Carolin wrote: November 23rd, 2018, 3:51 am
This coved is extremely beautiful. Super-well done :9:
agreed: that is stunning!
Thanks a lot!
by mahne
November 22nd, 2018, 1:19 am
Forum: Need Help? Got Advice?
Topic: editing in audacity
Replies: 10
Views: 2019

Re: editing in audacity

Hi!

Here are a bazillion helpful videos: https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Instructional_Videos
There is a section for audacity.
This one is about editing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLdJsoGQc9c

Cheers
mahne
by mahne
November 21st, 2018, 2:09 am
Forum: Volunteers Wanted: Other LibriVox Projects
Topic: Volunteer CD Covers! Working Thread
Replies: 16401
Views: 1570462

Re: New! Volunteer CD Covers! - cont.

Hi, cover for https://librivox.org/the-fisherman-and-his-soul-by-oscar-wilde-2/ is here: https://librivox.org/uploads/covers/fishermansoul_1811.zip Cheers mahne __________________ Took the picture from here: https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/cupid-armed/ First Cupid had to leave the...
by mahne
November 19th, 2018, 9:17 am
Forum: Volunteers Wanted: Other LibriVox Projects
Topic: Covermakers Chat Thread
Replies: 1667
Views: 169126

Re: Covermakers Chat Thread

Hi all, interesting discussion, let me give my 2 ct. I'm at 73 covers till now and I do them because it's fun. Initially I wanted to get the hang with gimp, but now I love to get inspired, come up with an idea and finish the design within one or two days. I don't want to do a "rockstar" co...
by mahne
November 14th, 2018, 2:26 am
Forum: Completed Projects
Topic: COMPLETE[PLAY] The Vampire; or, the Bride of the Isles by J.R. Planche - thw
Replies: 168
Views: 22212

Re: [PLAY: FULL] The Vampire; or, the Bride of the Isles by J.R. Planche - thw

alanmapstone wrote: September 22nd, 2018, 1:31 amIt sounds to me a bit disjointed and out of tune.
Hi folks and sorry for stepping in unasked, but it bugged me how good I could match something like this and I tried my hand at it. Feel free to use it or not:
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/vampire_duet_2.mp3

Cheers
mahne
by mahne
October 30th, 2018, 7:06 am
Forum: Volunteers Wanted: Other LibriVox Projects
Topic: Volunteer CD Covers! Working Thread
Replies: 16401
Views: 1570462

Re: New! Volunteer CD Covers! - cont.

Hi, this: https://librivox.org/uploads/covers/threemusketeers_1810.zip is the cover for 13130 https://librivox.org/the-dartagnan-romances-vol-1-the-three-musketeers-by-alexandre-dumas/ Cheers mahne _________ Took the same picture as version 1 (https://librivox.org/the-three-musketeers-by-alexandre-d...
by mahne
September 4th, 2018, 2:29 am
Forum: Volunteers Wanted: Other LibriVox Projects
Topic: Volunteer CD Covers! Working Thread
Replies: 16401
Views: 1570462

Re: New! Volunteer CD Covers! - cont.

Hi, this: https://librivox.org/uploads/covers/captainstormfield_1809.zip is the cover for: https://librivox.org/extract-from-captain-stormfields-visit-to-heaven-version-4-by-mark-twain/ Cheers mahne _________ took the cover from the book here: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1044/1044-h/images/fpb.jp...
by mahne
August 31st, 2018, 1:19 am
Forum: Volunteers Wanted: Other LibriVox Projects
Topic: Volunteer CD Covers! Working Thread
Replies: 16401
Views: 1570462

Re: New! Volunteer CD Covers! - cont.

Hi, this: https://librivox.org/uploads/covers/storiesofstarland_1808.zip is the cover for: https://librivox.org/stories-of-starland-by-mary-proctor/ Cheers mahne ______________ used a combination of https://pixabay.com/en/starry-sky-milky-way-galaxy-2051448/ and https://pixabay.com/en/black-and-whit...
by mahne
August 30th, 2018, 4:13 am
Forum: Completed Projects
Topic: SOLO It's Your Fairy Tale, You Know by Elizabeth Rhodes Jackson-ans
Replies: 45
Views: 5343

Re: SOLO It's Your Fairy Tale, You Know by Elizabeth Rhodes Jackson-ans

No, Terry, we care about everybody around here, so also about you. That's kind of our philosophy since "Be nice" is not only a style guide for forum posts but also describing the mindset we want to have when librivoxing. And if you want to make covers, there will be a way to do so. One rea...
by mahne
August 27th, 2018, 3:36 am
Forum: Volunteers Wanted: Other LibriVox Projects
Topic: Volunteer CD Covers! Working Thread
Replies: 16401
Views: 1570462

Re: New! Volunteer CD Covers! - cont.

Hi, cover for: https://librivox.org/the-crimson-cryptogram-by-fergus-hume/ can be found here: https://librivox.org/uploads/covers/crimsoncryptogram_1808.zip Cheers mahne ___________ Took picture from here: https://pixabay.com/en/background-blood-blood-stain-1759447/ Turned it, made it darker and som...
by mahne
August 23rd, 2018, 8:23 am
Forum: Volunteers Wanted: Other LibriVox Projects
Topic: Project: Link Wikipedia pages to LibriVox recordings
Replies: 227
Views: 96767

Re: Project: Link Wikipedia pages to LibriVox recordings

Yes, the book template should be placed on the wikipedia article about the book. For an author link there is another template https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Librivox_author which should be used on the wikipedia article about the author. So you found lots of usages of the book template that m...