This rollicking novel captures the minor moral dilemma of thin, shy, nervous, Professor Higginson, psychologist, as he comes under the eye of the enemy of his soul through an encounter with a green overcoat. The quixotic adventure that follows will bring the childlike reader laughter like rainfall. This is Belloc at his Chestertonian best! ( Russ Hobbs)
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 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 Green Overcoat. 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 Green Overcoat, by Hilaire Belloc. [Chapter]"
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
"Chapter [number] of The Green Overcoat by Hilaire Belloc. 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 Green Overcoat, by Hilaire Belloc. "
There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.
Example filename greenovercoat_##_belloc_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. greenovercoat_01_belloc_128kb.mp3)
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KevinS wrote: ↑October 16th, 2019, 2:43 pm
Russ, shouldn't there be more wording here? (What do I know? But it looks different than other submissions.)
Thanks for the heads up. I've corrected it now. I had not copied the entire page.
KevinS wrote: ↑October 16th, 2019, 2:43 pm
Russ, shouldn't there be more wording here? (What do I know? But it looks different than other submissions.)
Thanks for the heads up. I've corrected it now. I had not copied the entire page.
Oh, if you are looking for a DPL, then please place a tilde (~) at the front of your subject line. That's the way we advertise for one. (I wish I could do it but I'm all booked up.)
KevinS wrote: ↑October 16th, 2019, 3:13 pm
Oh, if you are looking for a DPL, then please place a tilde (~) at the front of your subject line. That's the way we advertise for one. (I wish I could do it but I'm all booked up.)
Thanks. I'll do that. I've see the tilde but didn't know what it meant.
m8b1 wrote: ↑October 18th, 2019, 1:24 pm
Well, I decided to DPL it myself. Thought about offering initially, but was afraid of overloading myself on PL jobs. I think it will be fine though!
Moving over to Going Solo!
Thanks so much. That sounds great! This week I have some extra time, so I hope to get some chapters up.
A couple of minor things. Please try to remember to change the assigned column to "Ready for PL". That way if I forget to PL immediately, it will show up on the Proof listening page as waiting to be done!
Also, when chapters have actual title, we do tend to put them in the title slot instead of Chapter 1, Chapter 2, etc. I did the first couple to show you what I mean!
A couple of minor things. Please try to remember to change the assigned column to "Ready for PL". That way if I forget to PL immediately, it will show up on the Proof listening page as waiting to be done!
Also, when chapters have actual title, we do tend to put them in the title slot instead of Chapter 1, Chapter 2, etc. I did the first couple to show you what I mean!
Thanks for pointing these things out, I appreciate it. Chapter 2 is done and I'm hoping to get 3 done this weekend.
Please make sure you post in the thread when you have a chapter ready. I came across this one because it was marked as Ready for PL, but posting in the thread is my first alert that you have something ready!
