COMPLETE: South Sea Tales by Jack London -jo

[Sciguyvoice]

South Sea Tales by Jack London (1876 - 1916).

This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page here:

https://librivox.org/south-sea-tales-by-jack-london/

The eight short stories that comprise South Sea Tales are powerful tales that vividly evoke the early 1900’s colonial South Pacific islands. Tales of hurricanes, missionaries, brotherhood and seafaring are intertwined with enslavement, savagery, and lawless trading to expose the often-barbarous history of the South Pacific islands. You will also gain unsparing insight into the life, culture and relations between natives and Westerners during this period. If you like nautical and sea adventures, if you are interested in the history of the South Pacific islands, and especially if you want to read gripping tales set in the exotic lands, then this book will be perfect for you. However, please be forewarned that it does contain racist content. (Warren Kati - compiled from several book reviews)

• Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1208
• Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
  
  
  
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  Magic Window:

  
  
  BC Admin
  
  Genres for the project: Action & Adventure Fiction; Short Stories/Single Author Collections; Nautical & Marine Fiction
  
  Keywords that describe the book: South Pacific, islanders, savagery, adventure, colonialism, trading
  
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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 South Sea Tales by Jack London. 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:
    "South Sea Tales by Jack London. [Chapter]"
  
  
  For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
  • "Chapter [number] of South Sea Tales by Jack London. 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 South Sea Tales by Jack London. "
  
  There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.
• Example filename southseatales_##_london_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. southseatales_01_london_128kb.mp3)
  
  ID3 tags will be added automatically during cataloging.
  
  
  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.
  • Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
    (If you have trouble reading the image above, please message an admin)
  • You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: knotyouraveragejo
  • When your upload is complete, you will receive a link - please post it in this thread.
  • If this doesn't work, or you have questions, please check our How To Send Your Recording wiki page.
  
  Any questions?
  Please post below

[chulsky]

I loved J.London in my childhood! May I please DPL? That would be nostalgic...

[knotyouraveragejo]

I'll MC for you Warren. MW will be along shortly...

Note: I've deleted the extra mentions of the author from the filenames and in the intros and outro.

[Sciguyvoice]

Thank you, Mark and Jo. It will be a pleasure partnering with you on this project.

Warren

[Sciguyvoice]

Mark and Jo,

I have the first short story, Mapuhi's House, ready to submit as a single file of 64 minutes in length. However, Checker failed to pass the file because it is longer than 60 minutes. But I thought that files less than 72 minutes were OK to submit.

I would prefer to submit the story as single file rather than break it into two sections. It is a compelling story and breaking it into two sections would disrupt the flow in my opinion. Please advise me whether you prefer that I submit two 30+ minute sections or a single 64 minute file.

Thanks,

Warren

[knotyouraveragejo]

Well, I wasn't aware that Checker failed files for length, but now it has come up twice this week. You are correct, Warren, that files less than 72 minutes are OK to submit, although at some point I think we were suggesting that readers keep files under 60 min. The 72 minutes is based on the capacity of a (albeit older) CD, in case listeners want to burn files to CD to listen. Bottom line, your 64 min file is OK to upload. Sorry for the confusion.

[Sciguyvoice]

Thanks, Jo. I appreciate the quick response. I will upload the 64 minute file tomorrow.

Warren

[chulsky]

I would prefer to submit the story as single file rather than break it into two sections.

Hi Warren,
Yes, the limit is 70-72 min, and it is your decision how to break your sections.
I usually try to make them under 30-40 min, but that's my personal preference. Many people listen to audiobooks in smaller chunks at a time, therefore an hour-long story might get broken anyway, and likely would disrupt the flow at an even less fitting spot. But I am an experienced audiobook veteran and got used to breaking stories as my commute dictates.
OTOH, if I were doing you previous book, I'd combine the 10-min chapters by two in a section -- but that just illustrates that we have different tastes.
Whatever you decide, I'd be fine, looking forward to the story

[Sciguyvoice]

Mark,

Thanks for the advice. After giving the matter some thought I agree that breaking the story into two smaller sections is the better choice. I think that I found a spot where the break isn't too disruptive, yielding 27 and 38 minute sections. See what you think.

I hope that you enjoy the story and I welcome any PL notes.

Thanks,

Warren

[chulsky]

Thank you, Warren.
I wil start listening shortly, meanwhile I see you have chosen to name your files [solo]southseatales_##_london_128kb.mp3
I never saw LV file names starting with [solo]. I wonder if it is okay with Jo

[knotyouraveragejo]

Good catch, Mark. I missed that in cleaning up the template.

Warren - I will fix these on the server and update the links for you. Please adjust the names going forward to eliminate the [solo], so just southseatales_##_london_128kb.mp3

[Sciguyvoice]

Thank you Mark and Jo. I should have asked about the [solo] myself.

[chulsky]

Sec.1,2 PL OK
Thank you for the pleasure!

[Sciguyvoice]

Thank you, Mark!

Warren

[Sciguyvoice]

Hi Mark,

The 3rd section is now ready for PL. Have a great Labor Day.

Warren