This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/nicholas-a-manhattan-christmas-story-by-anne-carroll-moore/
Volunteers outside the USA: Anne Caroll Moore died in 1961. This person's work may still be protected by copyright in countries where copyright duration is determined by the author's death date. In Europe this is 70 years; in Canada it is 50 years; and in Australia it is 70 years for authors who died after 1955.
Narrator/Editor: LCaulkinsThis fanciful children's story was one of the 1925 Newbery Honor books (published in 1924). Moore's novel blends an interesting tour of an early-twentieth-century New York City with U.S. history and magical dream-like scenarios that children will love. (Summary by Lynette Caulkins)
Roles DPL: LCaulkins
Final chapter DPL: Ciufi
Source text (please DPL only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/nicholas-a-manhattan-christmas-story
Deadline: Please submit your recording within 2 months of placing your claim. If you cannot complete the recording within this time, please post in the thread to relinquish your claim or to ask the BC for an extension. If your recording is not completed by the deadline, your claim may be reassigned at the BC's discretion.
Claiming roles: Look in the Magic Window below for the list of available roles. Post a reply in this thread asking for the role you would like to record.
Please note: All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. When you submit your recording, you will be placing your recording in the public domain as well.
Record roles using the prepared scripts. You will find a link for the relevant chapter in the Note for each section in the Magic Window.
Scripts can also be accessed through the folder of chapter scripts.
Cast List Script
New to recording? Please see our Newbie Guide to Recording for further instructions. A quick guide to our required technical settings can be found here. When you post your file, please tell the BC what name you would like to use in our catalog.
Prooflistening level: Special
Prospective PLs, please see the Guide for Proof-listeners.
Please don't download or listen to files belonging to projects in process unless you are the BC or PL. Our servers are not set up to handle the greater volume of traffic. Please wait until the project has been completed. Thanks!
Magic Window:
BC Admin
LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
For individual roles:
Submit one file per chapter. At the beginning of the first file, say:
Leave 5 seconds of space between your lines (room noise, not generated silence)."Character, read by your name."
For narration:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
Say:
At the end of each file say:"Chapter## of Nicholas: A Manhattan Christmas Story, by Anne Caroll Moore. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org."
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of Chapter##."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of Nicholas: A Manhattan Christmas Story, by Anne Caroll Moore."
Filename:
For individual roles: nicholasdr_role_##.mp3 where # is the act number. (e.g. nicholasdr_romeo_01.mp3)
For final files: nicholasdr_##_moore_128kb.mp3 where # is the act number. (e.g. nicholasadr_01_moore_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
(If you have trouble reading the image above, please contact an admin)
MC to select: TriciaG
Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into a new post in this thread along with the file duration (mm:ss). Watch this thread for prooflistening notes.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! Just post in this thread.
