Summary to be added before cataloging. (Kangaroo692)
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"Chapter [number] of The Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
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Say: "The Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw Or, In the Wake of War, by George Durston. [Chapter]"
END of recording
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128 kbps MP3
boyscoutswarsaw_##_durston_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. boyscoutswarsaw_01_durston_128kb.mp3)
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Okay. This project has a lot of moderate sized chapters, that I hope will attract new readers. And it is also very exciting, too, and has lots of action and adventure.
I've shortened the file-name from "boyscoutsinfrontofwarsaworinthewakeofwar_01_durston_128kb.mp3" to "boyscoutsinfrontofwarsaw_01_durston_128kb.mp3"
And about the second name, should I keep it, or should I remove it from the title post (and/or the disclaimer)?
I'd suggest leaving it in the catalog as the full title, but modifying the intro slightly to make it a bit shorter:
"Chapter [number] of The Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw. 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 Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw; Or, In the Wake of War, by George Durston. [Chapter]"
And the final outro would still have the whole title.
You could shorten the file name a little more by just putting boyscoutswarsaw (getting rid of "infrontof"). Your choice.
Tricia, can you help me clarify the PD status of this in countries other than the U.S. (for non-American readers). I'm in the U.S., so I can BC this, but I'm not sure about other countries.
The pseudonym for the author is George Durston. I'm not sure of the actual writer's name, but it's probably Georgia Roberts Durston. Still, I don't know for sure.
