Chronicles of Canada Volume 29 - The Day of Sir John Macdonald: A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion by Sir Joseph Pope (1854 - 1926).
A biography of Sir John A. Macdonald, the first Prime Minister of Canada. It was written by the man who served as Macdonald's private secretary from 1882 to 1891. ( TriciaG)
How to claim a part, and "how it all works" here To find a section to record, simply look at point 5. below at the sections. All the ones without names beside them are "up for grabs." Click "Post reply" at the top left of the screen and tell us which section you would like to read (include the section number from the left-most column in the reader list, please). Read points 6. to 8. below for what to do before, during and after your recording.
Is there a deadline? We ask that you submit your recorded sections within 1-2 months of placing your claim. Please note that to be fair to the readers who have completed their sections in a timely way, if you haven't submitted your recording(s) after two months, your sections will automatically be re-opened for other readers to claim, unless you post in this thread to request an extension. Extensions will be granted at the discretion of the Book Coordinator. If you cannot do your section, for whatever reason, just let me know and it'll go back to the pool. There's no shame in this; we're all volunteers and things happen.Please do not sign up for more sections than you can complete within the two month deadline.
Where do I find the text? Source text (please only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30384Note: I have not included footnotes in the word counts. If the footnotes are interesting to you, record them. If not, don't.
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Channels: 1 (Mono)
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
DURING recording: No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording! Make sure you add this to the beginning of your recording: START of recording (Intro)
"Section [number] of The Day of Sir John Macdonald. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
If you wish, say: "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
Say: "The Day of Sir John Macdonald: A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion, by Sir Joseph Pope. [Section title: for example, "Old Age, part 1"]"
END of recording
At the end of the section, say: "End of Section [number]"
If you wish, say: "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
At the end of the book, say (in addition): "End of The Day of Sir John Macdonald: A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion, by Sir Joseph Pope. "
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sirjohnmacdonald_##_pope_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. sirjohnmacdonald_01_pope_128kb.mp3)
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Thanks, Marcelle! You're in. Let me know if you have any questions.
You can get to your reader page by clicking on your name in the Magic Window. To see what sections you're signed up for, then click on Reader Section Details. Here's a direct link: https://librivox.org/sections/readers/9778
PS -- I just realized I missed a word in the last sentence -- It should be "It is with such object that this little book has been written" but I didn't say 'little'. Should I redo??
It's up to you if you want to change the file for that one word. I'm okay with leaving it out.
If you DO decide to fix it, record the whole sentence or the whole phrase rather than just trying to record the word and sticking it in. One blurted word edited in always sounds weird.
I have no issues with you reading some more for this project. LibriVox is reader-centric; if the project is in Readers Wanted, you're free to claim and record for it. (The only exception is in dramatic works, where in some of the projects, roles are gender-accurate - so you couldn't record the lines for Lady MacBeth or Juliet.)
So if you want to record more of this, feel free! But even with the reader-centric view, your recording is very good, so I'd be very happy if you read some more of it.
