COMPLETE: Short Nonfiction Collection Vol 016 - jo

[knotyouraveragejo]

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 016

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

http://librivox.org/short-nonfiction-collection-vol-016/


This collection is dedicated to recordings of short nonfiction works on any topic in English.

Please select and record any short essay or other nonfiction piece in the public domain. Try to stick to works that run less than 60 minutes. You are welcome to contribute as many as you wish, and there is no need to "sign-up" before recording...as long as the work is clearly in the public domain, just start recording. Multiple versions are always welcome, so don't worry whether someone else has recorded your selection already; we're happy to hear your version too.

After 15 recordings are submitted, we will prooflisten, catalog and make them available to the public.

Basic Recording Guide: http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/NewbieGuideToRecording

1. RECORD

• Be sure to set your recording software to: 44100Hz, 16-bit
• At the BEGINNING Say: "[Title of Work], by [Author Name]" "This is a Librivox recording. All Librivox Recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit Librivox.org"
• At the END, say: "End of [Title], by [Author Name]"
• If you wish, you may also say: "Read by...your name."
• Please leave 5 seconds of silence at the end of your recording or 10 seconds if longer than 30 minutes.

2. EDIT and SAVE your file:

• Need noise-cleaning?Listen to your file through headphones. If you can hear distracting background noise, you may want to clean it up a bit. The free beta version 1.3.x of Audacity (Mac/Win) has much improved noise-cleaning. See this LibriVox wiki page for a complete guide. Note: Noisecleaning with other versions of Audacity is not recommended.
  
  
• Save or export your recording to an mp3 file at 128kpbs using the following filename and ID3 tag format:
  
• File Name: (lower case, with words separated by underscores): titleofwork_authorlastname_readersinitials.mp3
  
• ID3 Tags:
  • • Title/Name: [Title]
    • Artist: [Author Name]
    • Album: LibriVox Nonfiction Collection Vol. 016

3. SUBMIT your recording:

Please upload your finished recording using the LibriVox uploader (when your upload is complete, you will receive a link - please copy to post in this thread):
http://upload.librivox.org

If you have trouble reading the image above, please send a private message to any admin
You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: jo - knotyouraveragejo.
*If this doesn't work, or you have questions, please check our How To Send Your Recording wiki page.

4. POST the following information in this thread:

• • The link you copied from the uploader to your file
  • Source from which you read (i.e. Gutenberg etext url)
  • Length in minutes and size in MB of your file
  • If this is your first Librivox recording, I will also need your name as you would like it to appear on the catalog page and the URL of your homepage if you have one and would like it linked to your name on the catalog page.

Want to see if what you plan to record has been done already?
http://librivox.org/newcatalog/search.php?
Search by keywords in the Catalog Search
http://librivox.org/newcatalog/
But don't let this stop you from recording your own version!


(BC admin link)

(PL = Proof-Listening; PLC = Proof-listening Complete; PL OK = ready to catalog)

**Please note that the recordings in this collection will appear in the catalog in alphabetical order by title, although they will be initially entered into the magic window in the order they are submitted.

[Nullifidian]

Cool! I'm happy to be the first in on this volume!

My recording is:

"Equal Opportunity in Education" by Mikhail Bakunin (1814 - 1876)
The text URL is: http://flag.blackened.net/daver/anarchism/bakunin/egalite1.html
The MP3 URL is: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/jo/equalopportunityineducation_bakunin_kg.mp3
The duration is: 18:30

[knotyouraveragejo]

Thanks for your recording Nullifidian. I see this is your first recording so you don't have a catalog name listed in the database yet. Please let me know by what name you would like to be crediting in the catalog. This can be your real name, your forum name or another pseudonym, whatever you prefer. Also if you have a personal website that can be linked to your name in the catalog as well.

[Nullifidian]

You're welcome. It was my pleasure.

Please list me by my forum nickname. I don't really have a personal website, just a too neglected blog. Still, I can give you its URL. It's http://theissuejoined.blogspot.com

I might get around to updating it one of these days, if I'm not too busy recording. I can already sense the growing addiction.

[knotyouraveragejo]

I can already sense the growing addiction.

Yes indeed, it is quite addicting. Here is a thread if Off Topic you might enjoy reading.

You know you are addicted to LV when...

I've added your catalog name and blog url to the database. You can see it here on your catalog page which also lists all the sections you have signed up for or submitted.

http://librivox.org/newcatalog/people_public.php?peopleid=4741

Welcome to Librivox! (May be habit-forming)

Jo

[Nullifidian]

By the way, I just noticed that your "link to text" URL in the magic window is actually the URL to the MP3 recording.

[knotyouraveragejo]

Thanks. It's fixed.

[lchoate]

Hi, I've not read for librivox yet but your project looks fun. I went looking for material to read but I have questions about what to read.

Should I read the foot notes, introduction, photo captions or text like this:
CHAPTER VIII
PHYSICAL CONDITIONS: MOUNTAINS, TABLELANDS, AND FLORA AND FAUNA

Geographical conditions—Tehuantepec—Yucatan—Boundaries and area—Population—Vera Cruz—Elevations above sea-level—Latitude—General topography—The Great Plateau—The Sierra Madres—The Mexican Andes—General structure—The coasts—Highest peaks—Snow-cap and volcanoes—Geological formation—Geological scenery—Hydrographic systems—Rivers—Navigation—Water-power—Lakes—Climate and temperatures—The three climatic zones—Rainfall—Snowfall—Flora and fauna—Soil—Singular cactus forms—The desert flora—The tropical flora—Forest regions—Wild animals—Serpents, monkeys, and felidæ—Sporting conditions—Birds.

A little instruction on this would be great. Looking forward to doing a book!

Thanks,
Lucas

[knotyouraveragejo]

Hi Lucas. Welcome to LibriVox.

Some of this will be up to the reader, but we don't read captions for photos or illustrations. Footnotes can be optional but as a rule of thumb, I would include them if they add something useful to a listener but not if they are just citations of references. If you read them, probably the best way to do this is where they occur in the text (or at the end of a sentence or paragraph if that makes more sense) by saying "Footnote" before and "End of Footnote" at the end of each one. An introduction, preface or dedication to a book can be read or not - again this is somewhat left up to the reader and in my opinion will depend on the content. I think most people include these. You would read the Chapter number and title, but the chapter summary list can be, and often is, omitted, although some people do choose to include them. Also most people do not read table of contents, glossaries and appendices unless they add important and interesting info. Personally, I try to look at this from the perspective of the listener and consider whether I would want to listen to these when deciding whether to include them. The main body of the text, however, must be read as originally written.

Jo

[Julila]

Dear Jo,

I found this little gem a while ago and decided to read it: Silly Novels by Lady Novelists by George Eliot (text, recording at 1:04:46 and 59,3MB). Snark ahoy

Cheers!

[knotyouraveragejo]

Julie,

Sounds delightful! Thanks.

Jo

[Bill Mosley]

Ahoy, mates! How about a short voyage in rough weather to spice up your day? Sign on with the author of *Two years Before the Mast*.

• The link http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/jo/thegale_dana_bm.mp3
• Source http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Gale
• Length 21:57 and size 20.1 mb


Hope you like it.

Bill

[knotyouraveragejo]

Got it. Thanks Bill.

[RuthieG]

How the Memory may be Improved from Mind, matter and motion; with directions for good health in old age (1896) by Adam Miller (1810-1901)

Upload URL: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/jo/howthememory_miller_rg.mp3
Text URL: http://www.archive.org/details/mindmatterandmo00millgoog
Duration: 20:13
Size: 18.5 MB

As this appears to have been published when he was 85, it seemed to work for him...

Ruth

[knotyouraveragejo]

As this appears to have been published when he was 85, it seemed to work for him...

Ruth

Sounds like this is one perhaps I should listen to myself!

Thanks for your contribution to the collection, Ruth. It's in the MW.

Jo