Long chapters??

Nidhogg · Post by **Nidhogg** » March 27th, 2007, 2:07 am

How do you handle long chapters? There is a text that I would like to eventually record over at Gutenberg, but a few of the chapters are 40 to 60 pages in length!! I am thinking about recording them in 10 page increments, which will put them in the 30 to 50 minute range per recording. Would this be a good idea or should I record them separately and then merge them into one big 2 hour long (or longer

) chapter?

Your thoughts.

Nidhogg

jimmowatt · Post by **jimmowatt** » March 27th, 2007, 2:18 am

Really, I reckon, the decision is yours.
I would split the text up as I have in the History of England Project
Each chapter is book length so I just chopped the text into aprox half hour pieces and we read from those. 30 to 50 minutes strikes me as a good length for a section.

Starlite · Post by **Starlite** » March 27th, 2007, 3:15 am

Seeing as I put alot of this on to CD for my mom, I would suggest files of less then 40 mins so that 2 would fit on a cd. If they are too small, though, I don't use the full potential of the cd. ie two files of 30 mins = one hour of listening but my cd has 20 mins blank. As I am a cheapskate, I hate to waste those minutes.
Oh and I prefer the 2 smaller files then one large one of 80 mins because some players just will not fast forward nicely. Imagine holding the FF button down to get the last 10 mins of a recording. < just my 2 cents worth.

Esther

kayray · Post by **kayray** » March 27th, 2007, 8:30 am

Shorter sections are just easier all around -- for listeners, for up-and-downloaders, for proof-listeners, for editors...

Chop them up! :)