Carol Milford, a college-educated, progressive, ambitious young woman, is self-sufficient working as a librarian in St. Paul, when she meets a country doctor, Will Kennicott, who convinces her to marry him and move to the rural Minnesota town of Gopher Prairie. She arrives with dreams of beautifying the town, of establishing art and culture, of improving lives and promoting child welfare, but whose spirit is gradually and inexorably crushed by small-town attitudes, ignorance and bigotry. First published in 1920, Main Street is Sinclair Lewis' first major novel, and was a phenomenal success at the time. In 1930 Lewis would be the first American to receive the Nobel Prize for literature. (Mark Nelson)
Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording! START of recording (Intro):
"Chapter [number] of Main Street. 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: "Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis. [Chapter]"
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
"Chapter [number] of Main Street by Sinclair Lewis. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
Only if applicable, say: "[Chapter title]"
END of recording:
At the end of the section, say: "End of [Chapter]"
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 Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis. "
There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes.
Example filename mainstreet_##_lewis_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. mainstreet_01_lewis_128kb.mp3)
Transfer of files (completed recordings) Please always post in this forum thread when you've sent a file. Also, post the length of the recording (file duration: mm:ss) together with the link.
Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
(If you have trouble reading the image above, please message an admin)
You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: TriciaG
When your upload is complete, you will receive a link - please post it in this thread.
I would be happy to be DPL for this project. I have a lot of time between now and the holidays if you think you will get the chapters recorded quickly. After January I'll be off line and won't be available.
Margot
ps I'm currently being added to the system by Carolin for another project.
Yoroshku Margot-san. I have to finish before I have shoulder surgery in mid-Dec, so that will be fine. I have one other project to finish before I start this one, so there won't be any chapters in for about two weeks. I usually submit a chapter about every day once I get started.
Thanks for letting me know your time line. That should work perfectly for us both.
Good luck with your shoulder before your surgery and also for a quick recovery in the New Year of 2018. I'll look up your first recording so I can meet your voice and read the book so I'm familiar with the story.
You are true to your word! I'm a bit busy today and tomorrow and will be back on schedule on Thrusday.
Just want you to know that I got the chapters and can't wait to get started. Somehow my real life keeps getting in the way of my preferred schedule! Thank goodness it is all good, just too many fun things to do!
Margot
ps my Japanese speaking uncle says that this is fine response,
I notice that the beginning of the intro and at the end of the chapters you haven't read exactly what is what is typed in the forum box. Just FYI. You are consistent at each chapter. But just wanted to double check.
For example you are not saying at the end of each section, "this is a librivox recording."
ps. I like the illustration!
I was just double checking the little details before I got started with the real PL.
For a solo recording you have the option of a shorter intro after the first chapter. It's in the instructions. Doesn't mean I didn't make a mistake, however.
