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=========================================== This paragraph is temporary and will be replaced by the MC with the list of sections and reader (Magic Window) once this project is in the admin system.
Number of sections (files) this project will have: 18
Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: No
Original publication date (if known):
If you are a new volunteer, how would you like your name (or pseudonym) credited in the catalog? Do you have a URL you would like associated with your name?:
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Genres for the project: Children's Fiction/Action & Adventure; Historical Fiction
Keywords that describe the book: fiction, World War I, Russia, Boy Scout
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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 Boy Scouts in Russia. 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 Russia, by John Blaine. [Chapter]"
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
"Chapter [number] of The Boy Scouts in Russia by John Blaine. 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 Boy Scouts in Russia, by John Blaine. "
There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes.
Example filename boyscoutsinrussia_##_blaine_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. boyscoutsinrussia_01_blaine_128kb.mp3)
Example ID3 V2 tags
Artist: John Blaine
Title: ## - [Section title]
Album: The Boy Scouts in Russia
Transfer of files (completed recordings) Please always post in this forum thread when you've sent a file. Also, post the length of the recording (file duration: mm:ss) together with the link.
OK Kangaroo, your MW is ready for you! Just for future reference, John Blaine is a pseudonym of Harold Leland Goodwin. If you do another project with John Blaine as the author, Harold Goodwin will pop up in the template. Just click it, then change your template when you paste it into your first post. You will have to change everything to reflect the pseudo instead of his real name. I have had to do the same thing with the Herbert Carter Boy Scout series. And I would recommend that you put in the summary that John Blaine is a pseudo of Harold Goodwin, just in case someone gets confused and decides to post an error report.
icequeen wrote:OK Kangaroo, your MW is ready for you! Just for future reference, John Blaine is a pseudonym of Harold Leland Goodwin. If you do another project with John Blaine as the author, Harold Goodwin will pop up in the template. Just click it, then change your template when you paste it into your first post. You will have to change everything to reflect the pseudo instead of his real name. I have had to do the same thing with the Herbert Carter Boy Scout series. And I would recommend that you put in the summary that John Blaine is a pseudo of Harold Goodwin, just in case someone gets confused and decides to post an error report.
I've made the specified changes, but I am not absolutely sure it was written by Goodwin. This book was published by Saalfield, and so was The Boy Scout Aviators. I have read both of these, and I believe that they have a very similar style of writing. Also, this book (and most of the Boy Scout Books by Saalfield) were republished with different names under the authors George Durston, Edward Griggs, Robert Maitland and James Fiske. I am pretty sure that John Blaine was a pseudonym of Georgia Roberts Durtson, just like Col. George Durston. But sadly there is no evidence of that...
icequeen wrote:OK Kangaroo, your MW is ready for you! Just for future reference, John Blaine is a pseudonym of Harold Leland Goodwin. If you do another project with John Blaine as the author, Harold Goodwin will pop up in the template. Just click it, then change your template when you paste it into your first post. You will have to change everything to reflect the pseudo instead of his real name. I have had to do the same thing with the Herbert Carter Boy Scout series. And I would recommend that you put in the summary that John Blaine is a pseudo of Harold Goodwin, just in case someone gets confused and decides to post an error report.
I've made the specified changes, but I am not absolutely sure it was written by Goodwin. This book was published by Saalfield, and so was The Boy Scout Aviators. I have read both of these, and I believe that they have a very similar style of writing. Also, this book (and most of the Boy Scout Books by Saalfield) were republished with different names under the authors George Durston, Edward Griggs, Robert Maitland and James Fiske. I am pretty sure that John Blaine was a pseudonym of Georgia Roberts Durtson, just like Col. George Durston. But sadly there is no evidence of that...
There was a lot of that during that time. The Pony Rider Boys series was written by Frank Gee Patchin, then the Submarine Boys was written by Victor G. Durham, and I saw in one post somewhere on the internet that Frank may have been Victor. It makes life very confusing for us, but such were those wild and wooly days!
I would leave the author as John Blaine, since that is who is listed as author. I just wanted to give you a heads up for the next time, if you put together another project from this series. Sorry if I confused you, do you want me to change it back for you? Since I messed you up?
icequeen wrote:OK Kangaroo, your MW is ready for you! Just for future reference, John Blaine is a pseudonym of Harold Leland Goodwin. If you do another project with John Blaine as the author, Harold Goodwin will pop up in the template. Just click it, then change your template when you paste it into your first post. You will have to change everything to reflect the pseudo instead of his real name. I have had to do the same thing with the Herbert Carter Boy Scout series. And I would recommend that you put in the summary that John Blaine is a pseudo of Harold Goodwin, just in case someone gets confused and decides to post an error report.
I've made the specified changes, but I am not absolutely sure it was written by Goodwin. This book was published by Saalfield, and so was The Boy Scout Aviators. I have read both of these, and I believe that they have a very similar style of writing. Also, this book (and most of the Boy Scout Books by Saalfield) were republished with different names under the authors George Durston, Edward Griggs, Robert Maitland and James Fiske. I am pretty sure that John Blaine was a pseudonym of Georgia Roberts Durtson, just like Col. George Durston. But sadly there is no evidence of that...
There was a lot of that during that time. The Pony Rider Boys series was written by Frank Gee Patchin, then the Submarine Boys was written by Victor G. Durham, and I saw in one post somewhere on the internet that Frank may have been Victor. It makes life very confusing for us, but such were those wild and wooly days!
I would leave the author as John Blaine, since that is who is listed as author. I just wanted to give you a heads up for the next time, if you put together another project from this series. Sorry if I confused you, do you want me to change it back for you? Since I messed you up?
Oh, I'll do it. I don't mind.
P.S. - And I don't think I'm going to do another solo by John Blaine anytime soon, because there aren't many PD texts.