LibriVox Product Details

Features:

(This information was taken directly from librivox.org)

Listen

LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain. There are several options for listening. The first step is to get the mp3 or ogg files into your own computer:

Read

Would you like to record chapters of books in the public domain? It’s easy to volunteer. All you need is a computer, some free recording software, and your own voice.

A Brief History of LibriVox

This page records significant dates, events, achievements etc in the life of LibriVox. Pointform is best – date/event/significance.

August 10, 2005 – LibriVox created, by Hugh McGuire, at the URL http://librivox.blogsome.com

August 11, 2005 – first book selected, and fully subscribed: Secret Agent, by Joseph Conrad. Readers include: Hugh McGuire, Neal Foley, Fling93, Branko Collin, Greg Schwartz, Lloyd Davis, Mitchell Dwyer, Michèle Pacey, Gina, Mark Bradford, Derek Elliot, Paula Berinstein

September 12, 2005 – LibriVox posted on Boing Boing

September 26, 2005 – LibriVox Forums began with 6 books in progress: Frankenstein, Call of the Wild, Psmith in the City, Notes from the Underground, The Secret Agent, and The Mysterious Affair at Styles.

October 25, 2005 – LibriVox invited by the Internet Archive to attend launch of the Open Library, where LibriVox presents An International Episode, by Henry James.

August 7, 2006 – The Importance of Being Earnest is LibriVox’s first audio–play completed and cataloged.