[GROUP] Tales of Terror by Various - rap

[flavo5000]

Tales of Terror, by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849), Bram Stoker (1847 - 1912) et al.

A thrilling collection of spooky and sinister stories of murder, mayhem and mystery awaits within! This anthology collects classics of horror and suspense from authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Guy de Maupassant, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker and more! Pull up the covers, turn down the lights and settle in for a scare or two! (Summary by Ben Tucker)

Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.google.com/books/edition/Tales_of_Terror/DOJIAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1

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Genres for the project: Fantastic Fiction/Horror & Supernatural Fiction; Crime & Mystery Fiction

Keywords that describe the book: horror, spooky, terror, scary

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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:

"Section # of Tales of Terror. 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."] "Section Title by Section Author."

End of recording:
Say:

"End of Section Title by Section Author, Section #." [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 Tales of Terror, by Various"

Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: talesofterror_##_various_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. talesofterror_01_various_128kb.mp3)

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MC to select: Rapunzelina

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[flavo5000]

I thought this would be a fun collection to launch this time of year for folks looking to record some spooky stories.

[Rapunzelina]

I thought this would be a fun collection to launch this time of year for folks looking to record some spooky stories.

My thoughts exactly! Let's do this!

I'll set this up. We can also offer this text source for readers who can't access google books: https://www.loc.gov/item/26000180/

[Rapunzelina]

MW should be ready for you! I've adapted intro/outro & filename a bit, see if you agree or change accordingly

[msfry]

Just in time for Halloween, I will greedily, eeriely, spookily claim "The Torture By Hope" when you have filled in the MW.

[flavo5000]

MW should be ready for you! I've adapted intro/outro & filename a bit, see if you agree or change accordingly

Looks fine. Thanks! MW is filled out and ready to go. We just need a DPL now.

[flavo5000]

Just in time for Halloween, I will greedily, eeriely, spookily claim "The Torture By Hope" when you have filled in the MW.

You've got it!

[msfry]

In your Intro, I presume you want to say "Section Title, by Author"? Same for Outro?

[flavo5000]

In your Intro, I presume you want to say "Section Title, by Author"? Same for Outro?

Yes, should be updated now.

[Rapunzelina]

I was thinking that the section title in the MW would be "story by author". Could that work with "part #", etc?

For outro, I would keep just "End of section #", no titles. I'm not the BC, but just my opinion

[Rapunzelina]

Sorry, cross posted.

Let's stay here for a bit longer so people will see what's launching, and maybe catch a DPL!

[msfry]

I was thinking that the section title in the MW would be "story by author". Could that work with "part #", etc?

For outro, I would keep just "End of section #", no titles. I'm not the BC, but just my opinion

Up to BC of course. I've taken to including title and author in Outro in my short story collections and chapter books (if the chapters have names), to remind people what they just listened to, in lieu of the visual reference of chapter name usually printed at the top of each page in the book.

[flavo5000]

I was thinking that the section title in the MW would be "story by author". Could that work with "part #", etc?

I would think if the metadata I keyed in is correct, then the author should show up displayed correctly on the catalog page, right? Like this for example: https://librivox.org/weird-tales-presents-the-strange-world-of-harry-houdini-by-harry-houdini/
Or the way that you do the Short Ghost Collections.

I think it might look weird if the author name is basically in the section title and author column.

[flavo5000]

Thought I'd get the ball rolling and go ahead and do the Foreward real quick.

[Rapunzelina]

I would think if the metadata I keyed in is correct, then the author should show up displayed correctly on the catalog page, right? Like this for example: https://librivox.org/weird-tales-presents-the-strange-world-of-harry-houdini-by-harry-houdini/
Or the way that you do the Short Ghost Collections.

I think it might look weird if the author name is basically in the section title and author column.

This is an option applied in collections with various text sources. When the text comes from a single book it is tidier to keep it simple. It would look like these:

https://librivox.org/the-boy-scout-book-of-campfire-stories-by-various/

https://librivox.org/the-blue-review-number-3-by-various/