[COMPLETE] The Enemies of Books by William Blades - annise

[commonsparrow3]

The Enemies of Books by William Blades (1824 - 1890).


This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/enemies-of-books-by-william-blades/

The author, an avid book collector, calls for the better protection of books against the "enemies" which lead to their physical destruction. In a series of brief chapters, he details the losses caused by raging fire, floods of water, noxious gases, sheer neglect, ignorant bigotry, invasions of bookworms and other vermin, inept bookbinders, clueless book collectors, clumsy servants, and mishandling by children. ( )

• Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1302
• Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
  
  
  
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  [*] Project Code: tqV4MrZY
  
  
  
  [*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (William Blades) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blades
  
  [*]Link to title on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Enemies_of_Books
  [*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 10
  [*]Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: No
  [*]Original publication date (if known): 1880
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Writing & Linguistics

Keywords that describe the book: books, libraries, book collectiong, biblioclasm, book destruction, book preservation

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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 Enemies of Books. 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:
  "The Enemies of Books, by William Blades. [Chapter]"

For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:

• "Chapter [number] of The Enemies of Books by William Blades. 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 The Enemies of Books, by William Blades. "

There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.

[*]Example filename enemiesofbooks_##_blades_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. enemiesofbooks_01_blades_128kb.mp3)

Transfer of files (completed recordings)
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• Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
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• If this doesn't work, or you have questions, please check our How To Send Your Recording wiki page.

Any questions?
Please post below[/list]

[annise]

I'll set this up - back soon

Anne

All done. Sounds an interesting book

[commonsparrow3]

Thanks, Anne! This is going to be a short fun little project, only a bit over 20,000 words total!

[commonsparrow3]

And here's the first section - Chapter 1 - Fire - (length 17:56)
https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/enemiesofbooks_01_blades_128kb.mp3

Have you heard back from our potential DPL yet? I know you said you were only putting yourself in as DPL temporarily until the other one replied. If your newbie candidate has declined, and you would rather not do it yourself, I can put a ~ in the header to recruit someone. I'm not in a great rush for someone to PL, since it'll be about 5 - 7 days between chapters anyway.

[annise]

No I haven't heard, so I'll put the tilde and stay here a day or so to see who drops in

Anne

[commonsparrow3]

Thanks, Anne!

[Availle]

Ummm... I've just read your conversation about a DPL - if you have anyone in mind already?

If not, I'd love to PL this one.
May take a while though; I cannot start before mid/end next week in any case.

[commonsparrow3]

Ava, you'd be most welcome as DPL! Thank you!
There's no great rush to PL sections right away. If you take a week or so to get around to listening, that's just fine. I'm going to be working at a leisurely pace, anyway, so I might not get back here to look for PL notes until I'm ready to post the next section. I don't mind if two or three sections are waiting to be PL'd, as long as the backlog doesn't accumulate too much. Take your time!

[Availle]

Thank you so much - you've kept me company while I was organising my own books.

section 1 PL OK!

[commonsparrow3]

Thanks, Ava! Here's a quick little 10-minute Chapter 2!
https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/enemiesofbooks_02_blades_128kb.mp3

(Chapter 3 is even shorter, so I'll probably get to that one tomorrow.)

[commonsparrow3]

And here's the tiny little Chapter 3 - (not even 8 minutes!)
https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/enemiesofbooks_03_blades_128kb.mp3

If all the chapters continue as short as these, I'll finish this project sooner than I expected!

[commonsparrow3]

Chapter 4 - (length 10:58)
https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/enemiesofbooks_04_blades_128kb.mp3

[Availle]

I see you keep uploading - excellent!
I need to do some wrapping this weekend (presents and other stuff), so these will keep me company!

[Availle]

chapters 2 and 3 are PL OK!

Now I'm really curious what he has to say about "bookbinders". Interesting their chapter is right after "other vermin".

[commonsparrow3]

chapters 2 and 3 are PL OK!

Now I'm really curious what he has to say about "bookbinders". Interesting their chapter is right after "other vermin".

Thank you, Ava! I hope you got all your presents wrapped!
Yes, he does seem to have already had a few cranky opinions about bookbinders, and he is saving the rest for the chapter ahead!
My sister happens to be a professional bookbinder. She has explained a lot to me about the days when new books were frequently sold unbound, and the purchaser had to pay to have them bound. I suppose a good or bad bookbinder could make or break your library!