New and instantly addicted

spot · Post by **spot** » September 18th, 2006, 1:28 pm

Hi Librivoxers! My name's Andrea. I just discovered Librivox a few days ago (where have you been all my life, Librivox?) and I've been listening to Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey; I'm quite addicted already.

I even pored over the FAQs, installed Audacity the other day and tried my hand at recording something for practice, a little Agatha Christie I was in the middle of reading anyway (I know, not in the public domain). I have a feeling I'll be volunteering for some reading pretty soon here, once I feel like I know the ropes a little bit.

Just wanted to say hi!

anna · Post by **anna** » September 18th, 2006, 1:30 pm

Welcome Andrea.
Have fun here.

ceastman · Post by **ceastman** » September 18th, 2006, 2:00 pm

Hi Andrea! Delighted to have you, and glad you found us.

If you like, you could post a bit (~2 minutes) of your recording you've done so far over in Listeners and Editors Wanted. You'll get quick (and, I'm certain, quite positive) feedback on it.

Looking forward to hearing your voice!

-Catharine

spot · Post by **spot** » September 18th, 2006, 6:38 pm

Oh, thanks for the suggestion. I will probably do that. Would it be acceptable to post part of my Agatha Christie recording there, even though it's not public domain? Or should I read from something else?

DSayers · Post by **DSayers** » September 18th, 2006, 6:48 pm

As it turns out, there are Christie books in the public domain:

The Mysterious Affair at Styles (English)
Secret Adversary (English)

But send what you have, and get a reading. People around here are very helpful and constructive in their advice, I've noted over the last year.

-denny

kri · Post by **kri** » September 18th, 2006, 7:17 pm

Ahhh be careful with Agatha Christie. It is not PD in Canada, and there are people pursuing that avenue with regard to LibriVox because the founder is in Canada.

spot · Post by **spot** » September 18th, 2006, 8:06 pm

Hmm, interesting. Well, I don't want to get involved in a copyright war so I've been playing around with recording a bit of Sherlock Holmes. I'm ready to get a little feedback, but I don't have web space to upload the file. I searched the FAQs and forums and I'm sure I saw something somewhere about this, but I'm at a loss. Where do I put my audio file so people can listen to it?

Thanks for the welcomes and the advice....

jimmowatt · Post by **jimmowatt** » September 18th, 2006, 8:31 pm

Try this:
http://www.yousendit.com
When you've finished uploading you'll see a link generated.
Copy and paste that link into the forums here and we'll be able to download it.

kayray · Post by **kayray** » September 18th, 2006, 9:23 pm

Welcome, Andrea! May your LibriVox addiction be a long and happy one :)