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MW is giving me a 404 error--is this a problem on my end? It's not you. See here: https://newforum.librivox.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=33734 In short, LV was hacked a while back. Everything's safe, but the catalog and MW are down while our valiant and talented team of White Hats migrate the serve...

Could we take this as text source? http://www.logoslibrary.eu/pls/wordtc/new_wordtheque.w6_context.more_context?parola=0&n_words=1&v_document_code=55843&v_sequencer=36218&lingua=en Perhaps. I hesitate because that looks like a URL very likely to change ... too long and complicated. ...

Thanks, Hning.

Agreed Cori. I'll just provide a generic link to the UVA (Go Cavaliers!) e-text center. Thanks.


Jim


ETA: Sorry, Cori. I accidentally blasted your post. MW updated, though...

There's an announcement about the hack here: http://forum.librivox.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=33563 Locking this thread to prevent a proliferation of posts about the same subject scattered about. Any comments or questions about the hack should be directed here: http://forum.librivox.org/viewtopic....

Hi, LukasCalida. Welcome! People use various sources. Our only requirements are that what you record is in the public domain the US, and (for this collection) is an English-language short story, i.e. a fiction piece 60-minutes or less. The best (easiest and safest) source for public domain material ...

Dennis D. wrote:I would like to read the Tell Tale Heart

Please do! Just follow the instructions in the first post. If you have any questions or problems, feel free to post them here.


Jim

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/hok/shortstory049_myfriendsparling_fc.mp3 Hi - this is from a provincial NZ newspaper but the towns referred to are Australian. I've not been able to track down the author so I tagged it as Anonymous. Thanks Felicity PL OK. Nicely read, Felicity. The NZ acce...

Thanks, Adam and Evan.


Jim

One more to go!


Jim

My totally personal (i.e. non-Admin, definitely non-elder) position is that the language on the homepage, and other public-facing venues, probably should always have the words "free audiobook" prominent in it. If nothing else, it does more accurately reflect what most people will be lookin...

Thanks, Len.

If you're okay waiting for her, that's fine. Or, we can advertise for some PL help. Your call...


Jim

tim bulkeley wrote:Second and (since I can find no more that are clearly out of copyright) last chapter ready for PL.

Thanks, Tim. Have you been in communication with HeartofTexas?


Jim

I just proof-listened to the first story ("A Singer's Romance" by Willa Cather), and it was perfect. As a side note, the reader was very good, especially for this story. I'm new to LibriVox, so I'm not sure what the formal procedure is to officially sign up to proof-listen to a track, and...

I appears to be this one: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2043 It's indexed as The Lock and Key Library by Ambrose Bierce et al. at Gutenberg, but it was probably indexed as Stories by Modern American Authors originally; before they made it part of their Lock and Key Library series. I love Gutenberg...