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id="post-37" class="post-wrap post-37 page type-page status-publish hentry"> <h1 class="post-title">About LibriVox</h1> <div class="post-content"> <h2>LibriVox Objective</h2> <blockquote><p>To make all books in the public domain available, narrated by real people and distributed for free, in audio format on the internet.</p></blockquote> <h2>Our Fundamental Principles</h2> <ul> <li>Librivox is a non-commercial, non-profit and ad-free project</li> <li>Librivox donates its recordings to the public domain</li> <li>Librivox is powered by volunteers</li> <li>Librivox maintains a loose and open structure</li> <li>Librivox welcomes all volunteers from across the globe, in all languages</li> </ul> <h3>More Information</h3> <p><a href="#1">What We Do</a></p> <p><a href="#2">Resources and Partners</a></p> <p><a href="#3">In the Press</a></p> <p><a href="#4">Inspirations</a></p> <p><a href="#5">The Beginning</a></p> <p><a href="#6">Contact</a></p> <h3><a name="1"></a>What We Do</h3> <p>LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the <a href="/pages/public-domain/">public domain</a>, and then we <a href="/pages/about-listening-to-librivox/">release the audio files</a> back onto the net for free. All our audio is in the public domain, so you may use it for whatever purpose you wish. <strong>Please note:</strong> Our readers are free to choose the books they wish to record. LibriVox sees itself as a library of audiobooks. Because the books we read are in the public domain, our readers and listeners should be aware that many of them are very old, and may contain language or express notions that are antiquated at best, offending at worst.</p> <p><a href="/pages/volunteer-for-librivox/">Volunteering for LibriVox</a> is easy and does not require any experience with recording or audio engineering or acting or public speaking. All you need is a computer, a microphone, some free recording software, and your own voice. We accept all volunteers in all languages, with all kinds of accents. You’re welcome to volunteer to read any language you speak, as long as you can make yourself understood in it. You don’t need to audition, but we do suggest a <a href="http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/1-Minute_Test">1-Minute Test</a> recording just to check your setup. We’ll accept you no matter what you sound like.</p> <p>We operate almost exclusively through Internet communications on our <a href="http://librivox.org/forum">forum</a>, where all your questions will be answered by our friendly community.</p> <p>For more detailed information, see our <a href="https://forum.librivox.org/viewtopic.php?p=1354#p1354">FAQ</a>.</p> <p>We’d like your help. Click to learn about <a href="/pages/volunteer-for-librivox/">volunteering for LibriVox.</a></p> <h3><a name="2"></a>Resources and Partners</h3> <p>We get most of our texts from <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org">Project Gutenberg</a>, and the <a href="http://archive.org">Internet Archive</a> hosts our audio files (for free!).</p> <p>In early 2010 we ran a fund-raising drive to raise $20,000 for our expenses for the next few years. In July 2013 we launched a new fund-raising drive with the goal of raising $50,000 for short and long term expenses. If you would like to help, please visit our <a href="/pages/how-to-donate/">Donate Page</a>.</p> <h3><a name="3"></a>In the Press</h3> <p>Some press articles about LibriVox have appeared in the following:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.reason.com/news/show/119240.html">Reason Magazine</a></li> <li><a href="http://librivox.org/2006/01/15/la-times-on-librivox/">Los Angeles Times</a></li> <li><a href="http://librivox.org/2006/10/14/montreal-gazette-on-librivox/">Montreal Gazette</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/25/books/25audi.html">New York Times</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.redhat.com/magazine/017mar06/features/librivox/">red hat magazine</a></li> <li><a href="http://librivox.org/2006/02/07/librivox-on-bbcs-the-world/">The World – BBC Radio</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2005/12/69780">wired.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail1783.html">IT conversations (audio)</a></li> <li><a href="http://creativecommons.org/text/librivox">creative commons</a></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Interview_with_LibriVox_founder_Hugh_McGuire">wikinews</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.lesechos.fr/info/innovation/300189432.htm">Les Echos (fr)</a></li> </ul> <h3><a name="4"></a>Inspirations</h3> <p>LibriVox was inspired by <a href="http://akma.disseminary.org/archives/001253.html">AKMA鈥檚 audio volunteer project</a> that brought <a href="http://lessig.org">Lawrence Lessig鈥檚</a> book, <a href="http://www.free-culture.cc/">Free Culture</a>, to your ears.</p> <p>Other inspirations include:</p> <ul> <li>Urban Art Adventures and the podchef</li> <li><a href="http://www.wikipedia.org">Wikipedia </a></li> <li><a href="http://fsf.org/">Richard Stallman & the Free Software movement</a></li> <li><a href="http://gutenberg.org">Project Gutenberg</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.creativecommons.org/">Creative Commons</a></li> <li><a href="http://archive.org">Internet Archive</a></li> <li>Brewster Kahle鈥檚 talk: <a href="http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail400.html">Universal Access to All Human Knowledge</a></li> </ul> <h3><a name="5"></a>The Beginning</h3> <p>LibriVox was started in August 2005, by Hugh McGuire.聽An interview with Paula B from <a href="http://www.writingshow.com/">The Writing Show</a> describing <a href="http://www.writingshow.com/podcasts/2005/08232005.html">LibriVox in its earliest days can be found here</a>.</p> <h3><a name="6"></a>Contact</h3> <ul> <li>If you want to give feedback, please <a href="/pages/feedback/">read this first.</a></li> <li>The best way to get in touch is on our <a href="http://librivox.org/forum">Forum</a>.</li> <li>Send us an email at: <strong><strong><a href="mailto:info[AT]librivox.org">info[AT]librivox[DOT]org</a></strong></strong></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="secondary-content"> <h3>Browse the catalog </h3>  <nav class="main-menu-list-wrap "> <ul id="menu-main" class="main-menu-list"><li id="menu-item-5" class="author-btn menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-5"><a href="http://librivox.org/search/author" title="Brows LibriVox Catalog by Author">Author</a></li> <li id="menu-item-10" class="title-btn menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-10"><a href="http://librivox.org/search/title" title="Brows LibriVox Catalog by Author">Title</a></li> <li id="menu-item-6" class="genre-btn menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-6"><a href="http://librivox.org/search/genre" title="Brows LibriVox Catalog by Genre/Subject">Genre/Subject</a></li> <li id="menu-item-7" class="language-btn menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-7"><a href="http://librivox.org/search/language" title="Brows LibriVox Catalog by Language">Language</a></li> </ul> </nav> <ul class="sidebar-widget-wrap"> <li id="recent-posts-2" class="widget widget_recent_entries"> <h3 class="widget-title">Recent Posts</h3> <ul> <li> <a href="https://librivox.org/2025/02/07/librivox-community-podcast-154/">Librivox Community Podcast #154</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://librivox.org/2025/01/10/librivox-community-podcast-153/">LibriVox Community Podcast #153</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://librivox.org/2024/12/08/librivox-community-podcast-152/">LibriVox Community Podcast #152</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://librivox.org/2024/11/29/librivox-community-podcast-151/">LibriVox Community Podcast #151</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://librivox.org/2024/09/01/everyday-science-for-every-day/">Everyday Science For Every Day</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </section>  <footer class="footer-wrap" id="footer"> <div class="footer"> <a class="license" href="#"><img src="https://librivox.org/wp-content/themes/librivox/images/public-domain-license.gif" alt="public-domain-license" width="88" height="31" /></a> <div class="textwidget"><strong>Librivox</strong> - 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