COMPLETE Polaris of the Snows by Charles B. Stilson - rap

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Polaris of the Snows by Charles B. Stilson (1880 - 1932)

This project is complete and all audio files can be found in the catalogue: https://librivox.org/polaris-of-the-snows-by-charles-b-stilson/
“In the antarctic wilds ... Polaris Janess ... was born, of a mother he never knew, and grew to manhood's years knowing one human face only, that of his father. When that father died, the young man set his face to the north, to find the world of men ... Journeying through the silent wastes with his dog team [he] found Rose Emer, an American heiress, who had strayed from an exploring party, and who waited death in the icy wilderness … Polaris and the girl came upon the kingdom of Sardanes - a valley girded by volcanic hills which warmed it, and peopled by a lost fragment, some two thousand strong, of the ancient Greeks … The adventures of the man of the snows and the American maid in Sardanes; how they escaped thence; how their love bloomed amid the eternal snows; and how they won at last to America … all these things have been related.” (Summary by Charles B. Stilson)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35426

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Genres for the project: Action & Adventure Fiction
Keywords that describe the book: trilogy, Occult, lost race, microcosmos
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs

Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.

Say:
"Chapter # of Polaris of the Snows. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Polaris of the Snows by Charles B. Stilson. Section Title."
End of recording:
Say:
"End of chapter #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:
"End of Polaris of the Snows by Charles B. Stilson."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: polarisofsnows_##_stilson_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. polarisofsnows_01_stilson_128kb.mp3)

Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
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MC to select: Rapunzelina

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If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! Just post in this thread.
Last edited by BrianFullen on January 5th, 2023, 2:26 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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You have a Magic Window, and I think now's the time to ask, may I DPL?

I will move the other two books in an On-Hold area off the forums to keep them safe until the time comes to launch them.
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Rapunzelina wrote: September 30th, 2022, 8:32 am You have a Magic Window, and I think now's the time to ask, may I DPL?

I will move the other two books in an On-Hold area off the forums to keep them safe until the time comes to launch them.
You're the best! Have I told you that before? Working on MW now. As to DPL: Yes. Please. Thank you.
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MW completed. Thanks for the setup.
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Rapunzelina wrote: September 30th, 2022, 8:32 am You have a Magic Window, and I think now's the time to ask, may I DPL?

I will move the other two books in an On-Hold area off the forums to keep them safe until the time comes to launch them.
Hi Rapunzelina. I have completed the MW and I think the project is ready for Readers Wanted. Thank you. Brian
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Yes! We're now at Readers Wanted!
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Rapunzelina wrote: October 1st, 2022, 5:37 am Yes! We're now at Readers Wanted!
Thanks again for your tireless effort :thumbs:
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Can I claim 1, 2, and 3?
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tjfria wrote: October 7th, 2022, 4:23 pm Can I claim 1, 2, and 3?
They are yours!
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May I claim 4 and 5 please.
Keren :D
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KerenSm1 wrote: October 7th, 2022, 7:17 pm May I claim 4 and 5 please.
Keren :D
Your claim is my command! :thumbs:
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We have a great DPL - and I should not do it - but I just had to listen. Not PL. Just listen. [sorry Rap]. I chose chapter 3.
What a treat! For me, I mean.
I hope you don't mind my asking: do you use a virtual teleprompter?
Actually, there are so many questions I'd like to ask you, but I'll try to restrain myself.
I think you should be teaching people how to make audio books.
Maybe you already do that.
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Of course I don't mind :D if you listened to all of it and it's pl ok, you can mark it so in the MW, too :thumbs: If you haven't listened to it all, I'll get to those withing the next few days. (Weekends are workdays for me, and they're usually busy.)
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