LibriVox is a very interesting project I came across not unlike podiobooks in the last post. LibriVox records books in the public domain and releases the audio files back onto the net. There goal is to make all public domain books available as free audio books. They are a totally volunteer, open source, free public domain project. The recordings are available in a range of languages including English, German, French, Chinese and Portuguese (Brazilian)


There most recent addition of text is the mamooth ( the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection,By charles Darwin) which weighs in at a mere 24 hours of audio
.Now although this wouldn’t be my cup of tea, the project has lots of potential

You can read more over at a interview here

Librivox identifys the public domain books through Project Gutenberg (the first and largest single collection of free electronic books) to ensure public domain status of texts.

This made me consider would other publishers start offering there books as podcasts, I know if I had the choice to digest content I would much prefer do it through audio,

But even if its heavily encrypted with DRM, with limited plays my guess is that there would be plenty of other students who would also listen more often , then pick up a book to read, particularly if it’s a tough read,

LibriVox is always looking for new volunteers
“unless someone decides to take on the leadership of a new project, it probably won’t happen. We get all sorts of suggestions all the time, and we’re open to just about all of them, as long as someone is willing to spearhead the effort.”

Currently this guy is organising Ulysses, by James Joyce, check it out here, Any other ideas join the forum and get recording !!!!