Charles Hanson Towne was a well-known editor, author and poet. A local celebrity, he was considered by many to be the quintessential New Yorker. Besides editing such magazines as Smart Set, Delineator, McClure’s, Designer, and Harper’s Bazaar, Towne also taught poetry at Columbia University, his most notable student being author J.D. Salinger. At the age of 63, Town joined the company of the Broadway hit, Life with Father, and at 68 wrote his autobiography, So Far, So Good. ( Nemo)
Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of the first section:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording! START of recording (Intro):
"Section [number] of Beyond the Stars. 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: "Beyond the Stars, by Charles Hanson Towne. [Section name]"
At the end, say: "End of Poem" and leave five seconds of silence.
For the second and all subsequent sections, use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
DURING recording:
• No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
• At the beginning of the recording, read the abbreviated "LibriVox disclaimer":
"[Poem title], by Charles Hanson Towne, read for LibriVox.org by [your name]"
• Then read the poem.
• At the end, say: "End of poem. This recording is in the public domain." and leave five seconds of silence.
At the end of the book, say (in addition):
"End of Beyond the Stars, by Charles Hanson Towne. "
There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.
Example filename beyondthestars_##_towne_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. beyondthestars_01_towne_128kb.mp3)
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.