[COMPLETE] LM Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 -sj

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Short Stories by Lucy Maud Montgomery, 1896 to 1901
by Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942).


This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: http://librivox.org/lucy-maud-montgomery-short-stories-1896-to-1901-by-lucy-maud-montgomery/

Volunteers outside the USA/Canada: L.M. Montgomery died in 1942. Her work is probably still protected by copyright in places like Europe, where copyright is author's death plus 70 years.
Working summary. Need to check PD status. Lucy Maud Montgomery was born at Clifton (now New London), Prince Edward Island, Canada, on November 30, 1874. She achieved international fame in her lifetime, putting Prince Edward Island and Canada on the world literary map. Best known for her "Anne of Green Gables" books, she was also a prolific writer of short stories and poetry. She published some 500 short stories and poems and twenty novels before her death in 1942. The Project Gutenberg collection of her short stories was gathered from numerous sources and is presented in chronological publishing order. (Summary by Project Gutenberg.)
  1. How to claim a part, and 'how it all works' here
    To find a section to record, simply look at point 5. below at the sections. All the ones without names beside them are “up for grabs.” Click "Post reply" at the top left of the screen and tell us which section you’d like to read (include the section number from the left-most column in the reader list, please). Read points 6. to 8. below for what to do before, during and after your recording.
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  3. Is there a deadline?
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  4. Where do I find the text?
    Source text (please only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24873
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  6. BEFORE recording:
    Please check the Recording Notes:
    http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6427#6430

    Set your recording software to:

    Channels: 1 (Mono)
    Bit Rate: 128 kbps
    Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
  7. DURING recording:
    Please leave no more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of your recording!

    Make sure you add this to the beginning and end of your recording:
    Start of recording (Intro)
    • "Story [number] of Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
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      "Recording by [your name]"
    • Say:
      "Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901, by Lucy Maud Montgomery. [Story title]."
    End of recording
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      End of [Story title]."
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      "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
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      "End of Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901, by Lucy Maud Montgomery."
    Please leave 5 seconds silence at the end of your recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes!

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  8. AFTER recording:
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    Save files as
    128 kbps MP3
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    ID3 V2 tags
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    Add the following tags to your .mp3 file (how you do this depends on which software you use – if you are unsure about ID3 tags, send me a message). Please mind upper and lower case!

    Title: ## - [Section title]
    Artist: Lucy Maud Montgomery
    Album: Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901

    Please ignore tags for Genre and Track Number - these will be filled in automatically at the cataloguing stage.

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      You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: sj - smijen
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Any questions?
Please post below or PM me. :)
Last edited by smijen on July 5th, 2010, 2:22 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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I would love to DPL this book if you have not already requested or preferred someone else!

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Thanks - you're in!
I'd been thinking about doing it myself, but realistically, I don't have the time right now. I really appreciate your offer. :)
I'll add you to the MW and move us over to Short Works tomorrow.
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And, whoosh... here we are. Probably less traffic here than in Books, but I think this is where it properly belongs.
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Post by old-fashionedbookworm »

May I have the first section please? :D
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All yours - thanks!
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May I have section 3? A mistake sounds kinda fun. :wink:
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Sure thing - you are signed up. :)
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The title in my catalog page doesn't link to the project. FYI. :)
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Hi! I'm new to LibriVox, but would love for my first recording to be Section 2. Thanks!
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Welcome, Darcia! Check out the Newbie Guide to Recording (linked in the top post) and post here or PM me if you have any questions. You may wish to submit a test recording to check that all of your settings are correct before recording the whole story, although these stories are quite short. Up to you. Please let me know how you'd like to credited in the catalog - real name or forum name? any personal URL you'd like us to link to? Thanks, and have fun!

Tricia - fixed. :)
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I would like section 13, The Pennington's Girl.

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Great - thanks, bp!
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This will be my first recording! Can I have section 14 - the Red Room?
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Welcome, AnnaLisa! The Red Room is all yours. :)

And I'll repeat what I said above:
smijen wrote:Check out the Newbie Guide to Recording (linked in the top post) and post here or PM me if you have any questions. You may wish to submit a test recording to check that all of your settings are correct before recording the whole story, although these stories are quite short. Up to you. Please let me know how you'd like to credited in the catalog - real name or forum name? any personal URL you'd like us to link to? Thanks, and have fun!
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