Ruth, I was prompted to do a search of the EBAY sellers to see which ones do credit us. I found these:
Big Tex Audiobooks
Nice cheap collection This is a DVD and will not play on cd players.
wyndham_books
And one of my favorites:
coopaudiobook.
I've been looking at the ebay sellers so I could get large amounts of audio to my mom. The collection up there is nice but will only play on a computer.
I say boycott the sellers that don't mention us. (I considered emailing all of them saying that since they don't credit us, we are boycotting them as there are enough sellers who Do credit us.
Esther
Some Librivox Recordings On Audible
I got a bit of a snotty reply, but she did say:
(Well, reasonably politely ) To her comment that "Once its in the public domain you can't take it back" I must admit I did rather tear in... not dreadfully keen on being lectured on the public domain by an eBayer, especially as I had suggested nothing of the sort. I explained that we welcomed eBay selling our stuff so that it was more widely available.
Ruth
I replied that that is all I wanted really, though I did (politely) take issue with her claiming that she was the creator.I will start adding links to librivox in all my listing shortly.
(Well, reasonably politely ) To her comment that "Once its in the public domain you can't take it back" I must admit I did rather tear in... not dreadfully keen on being lectured on the public domain by an eBayer, especially as I had suggested nothing of the sort. I explained that we welcomed eBay selling our stuff so that it was more widely available.
Ruth
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Interesting thread given I've generated a few of the Librivox M4B audiobooks. I looked at the ALL IN DEALS amazon pages and found the image used for "Time Machine Mp3 [MP3 CD] by H G Wells" is an extract from the 1960 movie poster. I wonder if it is still under copyright?
I'm bringing up a REALLY old thread. When Audible takes Librivox books, what does that mean exactly? Should I be thrilled that they have one of mine in their catalog? Have I "arrived," or did they simply gank a book in the public domain, like they do with thousands of others?
Should I brag, or not?
Probably not, right?
Should I brag, or not?
Probably not, right?
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Librivox recordings are in the public domain, so Audible isn't really "taking" or "ganking" them. Whoever posted them there owns the recordings just as much (or, well, as little) as you do. That's the point. You can brag if you want to. They liked it enough to spread your work further. That's great. ^^Nedge wrote: ↑March 30th, 2019, 6:51 am I'm bringing up a REALLY old thread. When Audible takes Librivox books, what does that mean exactly? Should I be thrilled that they have one of mine in their catalog? Have I "arrived," or did they simply gank a book in the public domain, like they do with thousands of others?
Should I brag, or not?
Probably not, right?
Mike