Born into slavery, Frederick Douglass became one of America's great icons. He escaped slavery to become one of our great abolitionists, statesman, writer, orator, all around social reformer and intellectual of our time. He was born in 1818 in the state of Maryland.
Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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BC Admin
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Biography & Autobiography
Keywords that describe the book: slavery, abolitionist, author, african american, equality, statesman, orator
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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 Frederick Douglass A Biography by Charles W. Chesnutt . 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: "Frederick Douglass A Biography by Charles W. Chesnutt. [Chapter]"
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
"Chapter [number] of Frederick Douglass A Biography by Charles W. Chesnutt. 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 Frederick Douglass A Biography by Charles W. Chesnutt , by Charles Chesnutt. "
There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.
Example filename frederickdouglassabiography_##_chesnutt_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. frederickdouglassabiography_01_chesnutt_128kb.mp3)
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Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
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You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: yy - yyyyy
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edit: I shortened the filename to: frederickdouglassabiography_##_chesnutt_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. Long names cause problems.
You will need to write a book summary. The prose you've provided may originally be from a copyrighted source.
Let me know if anything seems amiss.
I just added a ~ before the title in the subject line to let everyone now we are looking for a DPL. We'll stay in the Launch Pad for awhile but may not get an offer until you have posted a section.
Sorry to butt in, but just a small remark: Kirk, the link to your website on your catalog page is not working. Do you have a new link that we should enter?
Cheers, Ava.
Resident witch of LibriVox, channelling
Granny Weatherwax: "I ain't Nice."
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HI, I will PL this book if you would like.
Just to be clear, It does say standard PL right?
In that case I do not compare it to he text, just listen for repeats and volume, correct headings, etc.
Cheryls
Summary is fine. Should you decide to change it before cataloging of the book please post in this thread. The copy used in cataloguing is the one on the project screen not the one shown above. Any change made here must be made by me to the project screen page before cataloguing.
