Volunteers outside the USA: James B. Connolly died in 1957. The author's work is still protected by copyright in places, like Europe, where copyright is author's death plus 70 years, and Australia (author's death plus 70 years for authors who died after 1955).
The author takes the listener on a tour of various ships used in WW1. He discusses the boats and the seamen who occupy them and their encounters with the German U-boats. It is a collection of short stories, each one complete, about them all. The author was also an Olympic athlete; winning a bronze, silver and gold medal in the Athens Olympics of 1896 and a silver in the Paris games of 1900.(Summary by wtomcho )
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 The U-boat hunters . - 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]"
Say: " The U-boat hunters , by James B. Connolly . [Chapter]"
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
"Chapter [number] of The U-boat hunters by James B. Connolly . This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
If you wish, say: "Recording by [your name]"
Only if applicable, say: "[Chapter title]"
End of recording
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Example filename
uboathunters_##_connolly.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is your section number. (e.g. uboathunters_01_connolly.mp3)
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Title: ## - [Section title]
Artist: James B. Connolly
Album: The U-boat hunters
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Thank you Maria very much for MCing this project for Laura and Me!
I've uploaded section 01 into the MW. I'm assuming that it is not necessary to post the URL and time here but that it's sufficient to just have it in the MW.
I hope I did this first section correctly. This is my first "Solo" completely from the beginning; my previous one being one I picked up from someone else.
Sorry about that, thanks for catching it; those short naps are terrific. The corrected copy as well as a revised time, one second was added, have been posted.
