Ten years after the Titanic went down, W.T. Stead's daughter Estelle published The Blue Island: Experiences of a New Arrival Beyond the Veil, which purported to be a communication with Stead via a medium. In the book, Stead describes his death at sea and discusses the nature of the afterlife. The manuscript was produced using automatic writing, and Ms. Stead cited as proof of its authenticity the writer's habit of going back to cross "t's" and dot "i's" while proof-reading, which she said was characteristic of her father's writing technique in life. (Summary by WIkipedia)
• This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/the-blue-island-by-w-t-stead/
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/blueislandexperi00stea/page/n30/mode/1up
Target completion date: 2023-07-01
Prooflistening level: Standard
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Genres for the project:
Keywords that describe the book: afterlife, biography, autobiography, spirituality
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
For the first section, say:
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:"Section (or Chapter) # of The Blue Island. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "The Blue Island by W. T. Stead. Section Title."
End of recording:"Section (or Chapter) # of The Blue Island by W.T. Stead. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
Say:
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of The Blue Island by W.T. Stead."
Filename: blueisland_##_stead_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. blueisland_01_stead_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
MC to select: alg1001
Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into the relevant Listen URL field in the Section Compiler, enter the duration in the Notes field, and post in this thread to let your PL and MC know that you have uploaded a file. You may also post the file link in the thread.
