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LibriVox.org is my favorite place to find free, public domain, audiobooks. They are read by volunteers. I've volunteered as a narrator, too. The selection is vast, and steadily growing.
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Pros:
* Pretty fast and functional on a desktop or laptop.
* You can edit the sidebar on the main gardenweb.com page to make the site easier to navigate. (Please do it as often as desired.)
* There is a wide variety of forums.
* It has a decently large user-base.
* It's been around for a long time.
* They currently allow a lot more slack to the users than before Houzz bought them out. A lot of things were once forbidden that no longer are.
* There's a mobile app for Houzz.
* The registration process is fairly fast.
* Although it requires some enabling, you actually can PM users.
* Email notifications for stuff you post works about as expected.
* You can sort of tag people in posts.
* Posts are indexed by Google.
* The data is public (you don't have to be logged in to see it).
* Has lots of round robins. I've never participated in them, but they have more than any other gardening site, as far as I am aware.
* Seed trading happens.
* You can list your website in your profile.
Cons:
* Has a bunch of bugs on my Kindle Fire HD 8 sixth edition with the Silk web browser. It's very difficult to edit stuff you've already written, because it deletes words after you click away from them. Also, if you take too long writing a post, you have to start over. Sometimes it'll bring back words in your post that you've deleted when you submit your post.
* The forum organization is hard for many people to navigate.
* The name of the forum you're looking for might not be intuitive. For instance, if you want the tomato forum, look for 'Growing Tomatoes'.
* If you want people to be able to PM you, you have to enable that feature.
* Email notifications for thread comments don't email you the full thing (it's truncated).
* Email notifications for PMs don't tell you what they said.
* It's kind of hard to find past PMs if there are no PMs in your recent notification list.
* Tagging people in posts is difficult to do properly.
* A lot of users are confused about how to use the site.
* The mobile app really isn't usable for regular Gardenweb use, but it's fine for participating in threads you've recently posted in.
* There's no dedicated watermelon forum.
* There's no dedicated sweet pepper forum.
* Quoting other users isn't super easy.
* There are neither mini-profiles nor signatures.
Neutral factors:
* It has a clean and simple professional look and feel. Nothing too overwhelming about the color scheme or fonts.
* Threads are not threaded. I consider this a con, but most forums these days aren't threaded.
* Avatars in threads are tiny.
* You can mask your username with a changeable name.
* Has Ideabooks (which are basically like personal posts that show up on your profile; they can be public or private, and you can invite people to them)
* The larger Houzz community is pretty commercial-oriented.
* Some forums can have a strong (and historically competitive) Q/A focus.
* Some people Tomato enthusiasts who used Gardenweb were disaffected with it (a while before Houzz took over), and started a new site called Tomatoville, which became very popular (Tomatoville is currently scheduled to go down, however).
* Advertising on Gardenweb used to be super annoying before Houzz took over.
* Page loads became faster after Houzz took over.
* When Houzz took over, lots of people complained, and more people left (but it seems to have been building back up). I think the navigation changes were probably the primary issue, but I could be wrong.
* Pretty fast and functional on a desktop or laptop.
* You can edit the sidebar on the main gardenweb.com page to make the site easier to navigate. (Please do it as often as desired.)
* There is a wide variety of forums.
* It has a decently large user-base.
* It's been around for a long time.
* They currently allow a lot more slack to the users than before Houzz bought them out. A lot of things were once forbidden that no longer are.
* There's a mobile app for Houzz.
* The registration process is fairly fast.
* Although it requires some enabling, you actually can PM users.
* Email notifications for stuff you post works about as expected.
* You can sort of tag people in posts.
* Posts are indexed by Google.
* The data is public (you don't have to be logged in to see it).
* Has lots of round robins. I've never participated in them, but they have more than any other gardening site, as far as I am aware.
* Seed trading happens.
* You can list your website in your profile.
Cons:
* Has a bunch of bugs on my Kindle Fire HD 8 sixth edition with the Silk web browser. It's very difficult to edit stuff you've already written, because it deletes words after you click away from them. Also, if you take too long writing a post, you have to start over. Sometimes it'll bring back words in your post that you've deleted when you submit your post.
* The forum organization is hard for many people to navigate.
* The name of the forum you're looking for might not be intuitive. For instance, if you want the tomato forum, look for 'Growing Tomatoes'.
* If you want people to be able to PM you, you have to enable that feature.
* Email notifications for thread comments don't email you the full thing (it's truncated).
* Email notifications for PMs don't tell you what they said.
* It's kind of hard to find past PMs if there are no PMs in your recent notification list.
* Tagging people in posts is difficult to do properly.
* A lot of users are confused about how to use the site.
* The mobile app really isn't usable for regular Gardenweb use, but it's fine for participating in threads you've recently posted in.
* There's no dedicated watermelon forum.
* There's no dedicated sweet pepper forum.
* Quoting other users isn't super easy.
* There are neither mini-profiles nor signatures.
Neutral factors:
* It has a clean and simple professional look and feel. Nothing too overwhelming about the color scheme or fonts.
* Threads are not threaded. I consider this a con, but most forums these days aren't threaded.
* Avatars in threads are tiny.
* You can mask your username with a changeable name.
* Has Ideabooks (which are basically like personal posts that show up on your profile; they can be public or private, and you can invite people to them)
* The larger Houzz community is pretty commercial-oriented.
* Some forums can have a strong (and historically competitive) Q/A focus.
* Some people Tomato enthusiasts who used Gardenweb were disaffected with it (a while before Houzz took over), and started a new site called Tomatoville, which became very popular (Tomatoville is currently scheduled to go down, however).
* Advertising on Gardenweb used to be super annoying before Houzz took over.
* Page loads became faster after Houzz took over.
* When Houzz took over, lots of people complained, and more people left (but it seems to have been building back up). I think the navigation changes were probably the primary issue, but I could be wrong.
Books by Amanda Minnie Douglas (I haven't read any of these, yet, but I'm gathering information about her books and then I plan to gather information about her; the links contain e-books, audiobooks, and/or scanned books that are probably public domain; the dates are publication dates and/or copyright dates that are not necessarily associated with the links):
• A Little Girl in Old Baltimore, 1907: https://books.google.com/books?id=MYzUAAAAMAAJ
• A Little Girl in Old Boston, 1898, 2016: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23786 or https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinoldb00dougiala/page/n4
• A Little Girl in Old Chicago, 1904, 2016: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58410 or https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinoldc00dougiala/page/n6 or https://archive.org/details/cu31924074488747
• A Little Girl in Old Detroit, 1902, 2009, 2015: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20721 or https://archive.org/details/alittlegirlinol01douggoog/page/n7 or https://archive.org/details/alittlegirlinol03douggoog/page/n5 or http://books.google.com/books?id=Af5KAAAAMAAJ or http://books.google.com/books?id=mWQoAAAAMAAJ
• A Little Girl in Old New Orleans, 1901: https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinoldn00doug_0/page/n8
• A Little Girl in Old New York, 1896, 2016: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23780 or https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinoldn00dougiala/page/n6 or https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinoldn00doug/page/n4 or https://books.google.com/books?id=tmYCAAAAYAAJ
• A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia, 1899: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28648 or https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinoldp00doug/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=cYzUAAAAMAAJ
• A Little Girl in Old Pittsburg, 1909: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43769 or https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinoldp00indoug/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=I1hDAQAAMAAJ
• A Little Girl in Old Quebec, 1906, 2015: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23779 or https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinoldq00douguoft/page/n8 or https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinoldq00doug/page/n8
• A Little Girl in Old Salem, 1908, 2015: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20722 or https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinolds00doug/page/n6
• A Little Girl in Old San Francisco, 1905: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42582 or https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinolds00dougrich/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=9J7lAgAAQBAJ
• A Little Girl in Old St. Louis, 1903: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41526 or https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinolds00dougiala/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=lozUAAAAMAAJ
• A Little Girl in Old Washington, 1900: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45045 or https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinoldw00dougiala/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=hjgwAAAAYAAJ
• A Little Girl of Long Ago; Or, Hannah Ann (AKA Hannah Ann: A Sequel to A Little Girl in Old New York), 1897, 1898, 1901, 2008, 2009: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23781 or https://archive.org/details/hannahannsequelt00doug/page/n6 or https://archive.org/details/hannahannaseque00douggoog/page/n6 or http://books.google.com/books?id=-WYCAAAAYAAJ or https://books.google.com/books?id=m9g_AAAAYAAJ
• A Little Missionary, by 1904
• A Modern Adam and Eve in a Garden, 1888, 1889, 2010: https://archive.org/details/amodernadamande00douggoog/page/n9 or https://archive.org/details/modernadamandeve00dougiala/page/n6 or http://books.google.com/books?id=EWIgAAAAMAAJ or https://books.google.com/books?id=EWIgAAAAMAAJ
• A Modern Cinderella, 1913, 2013: https://archive.org/details/moderncinderella00doug/page/n8 or http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28441
• A Question of Silence, 1901: https://books.google.com/books?id=mUkZAAAAYAAJ
• A Sherburne Inheritance, 1901, 1905: https://archive.org/details/sherburneinherit00doug/page/n6
• A Sherburne Quest, 1902, 2008: https://archive.org/details/asherburnequest00douggoog/page/n8 or http://books.google.com/books?id=V8U0AAAAMAAJ or https://books.google.com/books?id=V8U0AAAAMAAJ
• A Sherburne Romance, 1895: https://books.google.com/books?id=8EpBAQAAMAAJ
• A Woman's Inheritance, 1885, 2016: https://archive.org/details/awomansinherita00douggoog/page/n7 or https://books.google.com/books?id=EKQYAAAAYAAJ
• Almost as Good as a Boy, 1900, 1901
• An Easter Lily, 1906: https://librivox.org/an-easter-lily-by-amanda-minnie-douglas/ or https://archive.org/details/easterlily00doug/page/n8
• Bethia Wray's New Name, 1893: https://books.google.com/books?id=zCvSAAAAMAAJ
• Claudia, 1868: https://books.google.com/books?id=jFgrAAAAYAAJ
• Clover's Princess, 1904
• Drifted Asunder; Or, the Tide of Fate, 1876, 2013, 2015: https://archive.org/details/driftedasundero00douggoog/page/n13 or http://books.google.com/books?id=VnMMAAAAYAAJ
• Floyd Grandon's Honor, 1883, 2015: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24376
• Foes of Her Household, 1886, 2016: https://archive.org/details/foesherhousehol00douggoog/page/n1 or https://books.google.com/books?id=XqQYAAAAYAAJ
• From Hand to Mouth, 1878, 1905: https://archive.org/details/fromhandtomouth00doug/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=oodTAAAAYAAJ
• Guilty or Not Guilty: A Novel. The Leisure Hour Library. Vol. III. No. 278. February 15, 1890
• Helen Grant at Aldred House, 1905: https://archive.org/details/helengrantatald00douggoog/page/n10 or https://books.google.com/books?id=umUoAAAAMAAJ
• Helen Grant in College, 1906
• Helen Grant's Decision, 1910
• Helen Grant's Friends, 1904: https://archive.org/details/helengrantsfrien00doug/page/n10
• Helen Grant's Harvest Year, 1911: https://archive.org/details/helengrantsharve00doug/page/n8
• Helen Grant's Schooldays, 1903, 2017: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32496
• Helen Grant, Graduate, 1908: https://archive.org/details/helengrantgradua00doug/page/n8
• Helen Grant, Senior, 1907: https://archive.org/details/helengrantsenior00doug/page/n8
• Helen Grant, Teacher, 1909: https://archive.org/details/helengrantteache00doug/page/n8
• Her Place in the World, 1897, 2015: https://archive.org/details/herplaceinworld00dougiala/page/n8 or https://archive.org/details/herplaceinworld00douggoog or http://books.google.com/books?id=zm8gAAAAMAAJ
• Heroes of the Crusades, 1889, 1892
• Home Nook: Or, The Crown of Duty, 1874, 1893, 1901: https://archive.org/details/homenook00dougiala/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=ves_AAAAYAAJ
• Honor Sherburne, September 1904: https://books.google.com/books?id=bOZEAQAAMAAJ or http://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32435017678095
• Hope Mills: Or, Between Friend and Sweetheart, 1879, 1880: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30436 or https://archive.org/details/cu31924021987346/page/n4 or https://archive.org/details/hopemillsbetw00dougrich/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=laAsAAAAYAAJ or https://books.google.com/books?id=S6UYAAAAYAAJ
• How Bessie Kept House, 1903: https://archive.org/details/howbessiekepthou00doug/page/n8
• In the King's Country, 1894, 2016: https://archive.org/details/inkingscountry00douggoog/page/n9 or https://archive.org/details/inkingscountry01douggoog/page/n7 or https://books.google.com/books?id=PHAgAAAAMAAJ or http://books.google.com/books?id=CwYXAAAAYAAJ
• In the Ranks, 1872: https://archive.org/details/inranks00douggoog/page/n13 or http://books.google.com/books?id=V70WAAAAYAAJ
• In the Sherburne Line, September 1907: https://books.google.com/books?id=DclLAQAAMAAJ
• In Trust; or, Dr. Bertrand's Household. A tale, 1868, 1872, 1891: https://archive.org/details/intrustordrbertr00dougiala/page/n4 or https://archive.org/details/intrust00doug/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=xps0COr6-XMC
• In Wild Rose Time, 1894, 1895, 2015: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36907 or https://archive.org/details/inwildrosetime00doug/page/n8
• Kathie's Aunt Ruth, 1871, 1873, 1883: https://archive.org/details/kathiesauntruth00douggoog/page/n12 or https://archive.org/details/kathiesauntruth00doug/page/n10 or https://archive.org/details/kathiesauntruth00songoog/page/n13 or http://books.google.com/books?id=zGcCAAAAYAAJ or https://books.google.com/books?id=cNsXAAAAYAAJ or http://books.google.com/books?id=UsIXAAAAYAAJ
• Kathie's Harvest Days, 1883, 1889, 2009: https://archive.org/details/kathiesharvestda00doug/page/n6 or https://archive.org/details/kathiesharvestd00douggoog/page/n13 or https://books.google.com/books?id=qOYXAAAAYAAJ
• Kathie's Soldiers, 1871, 1877, 2015: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40525 or https://archive.org/details/kathiessoldiers00doug/page/n8
• Kathie's Summer at Cedarwood, 1898: https://archive.org/details/kathiessummeratc00doug/page/n10
• Kathie's Three Wishes, 1873, 1883, 1898: https://archive.org/details/kathiesthreewis00douggoog/page/n12 or https://archive.org/details/kathiesthreewish00doug_0/page/n10 or https://archive.org/details/kathiesthreewish00doug/page/n10 or https://books.google.com/books?id=4IkZAAAAYAAJ or http://books.google.com/books?id=CWUCAAAAYAAJ
• Kept His Trust; or, The Doctor's Household, 1868: https://books.google.com/books?id=LN0BAAAAQAAJ
• Larry, 1893: https://archive.org/details/larry00douggoog/page/n12 or https://books.google.com/books?id=q7U0AAAAMAAJ
• Lost in a Great City, 1880, 1881, 1908, 2012: https://archive.org/details/lostinagreatcit00douggoog/page/n7 or https://archive.org/details/lostingreatcity00dougiala/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=s14YAAAAYAAJ or http://books.google.com/books?id=1FEMAAAAYAAJ
• Lucia: Her Problem, 1872: https://archive.org/details/luciaherproblem00douggoog/page/n7 or https://archive.org/details/luciaherproblem00dougiala/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=rIogAAAAMAAJ
• Lyndell Sherburne, 1893, 2010: https://books.google.com/books?id=nRBEAQAAMAAJ
• Nelly Kinnard's Kingdom, 1876, 1904: https://archive.org/details/nellykinnardskin00doug/page/n4 or https://archive.org/details/nellykinnardski00douggoog/page/n7 or https://archive.org/details/nellykinnardskin00dougiala/page/n6 or http://books.google.com/books?id=SBMYAAAAYAAJ or https://books.google.com/books?id=i2MYAAAAYAAJ
• Osborne of Arrochar (Arrochan is a typo), 1889, 1890, 2016: https://archive.org/details/osbornearrochan00douggoog/page/n1 or http://books.google.com/books?id=WmMYAAAAYAAJ
• Our Wedding Gifts, 1878: https://archive.org/details/ourweddinggifts00doug/page/n6
• Out of the Wreck, 1884, 1885: https://archive.org/details/outwreckorwasit00douggoog/page/n11 or http://books.google.com/books?id=3oggAAAAMAAJ
• Santa Claus Land, 1873, (also said to be in press in 1883; it looks like the publisher may have published it with other people as the author; and I don't know that it has anything to do with Kathie)
• Seven Daughters, 1874, 2015: https://archive.org/details/sevendaughters00doug/page/n10 or https://books.google.com/books?id=rmUCAAAAYAAJ
• Sherburne Cousins, 1894: https://books.google.com/books?id=d0MZAAAAYAAJ
• Sherburne Girls, 1898, 2016: https://archive.org/details/sherburnegirls00douggoog/page/n7 or http://books.google.com/books?id=OoogAAAAMAAJ
• Sherburne House, 1892, 2015: https://archive.org/details/sherburnehouse00dougiala/page/n8 or https://books.google.com/books?id=1UpBAQAAMAAJ
• Stephen Dane, 1867: https://archive.org/details/stephendane00dougiala/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=e8AsAAAAYAAJ
• Sydnie Adriance: Or, Trying the World, 1867, 1869, 2018: https://archive.org/details/sydnieadrianceo00douggoog/page/n5 or https://archive.org/details/sydnieadrianceor00dougiala/page/n10 or http://books.google.com/books?id=85Um4R-HWakC
• The Children at Sherburne House, 1897: https://archive.org/details/childrenatsherb00douggoog/page/n6 or https://archive.org/details/childrenatsherbu00doug/page/n6 or http://books.google.com/books?id=H2cCAAAAYAAJ
• The Children in the Little Old Red House, 1912: https://archive.org/details/childreninlittle00doug/page/n8
• The Fortunes of the Faradays, 1888
• The Girls at Mount Morris, 1914, 2015: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24070 or https://archive.org/details/girlsatmountmorr00doug/page/n4
• The Heir of Sherburne, 1899: https://archive.org/details/heirofsherburne00dougiala/page/n6
• The Heirs of Bradley House, 1892: https://archive.org/details/heirsbradleyhou00douggoog/page/n9 or https://archive.org/details/cu31924022008571/page/n8 or https://books.google.com/books?id=-W4gAAAAMAAJ
• The Midnight Marriage; or, A Plot to Gain a Fortune, 1890, 1899: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89098022411 or https://books.google.com/books?id=TJcLvwEACAAJ
• The Mistress of Sherburne, 1896, 2016: https://archive.org/details/mistressofsherbu00dougiala/page/n4 or https://books.google.com/books?id=O543AQAAMAAJ
• The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe; Or, There's No Place Like Home, 1874, 1875, 2014, 2018: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43659 or https://archive.org/details/oldwomanwholive00douggoog/page/n7 or https://archive.org/details/oldwomanwholived00dougiala/page/n8 or http://books.google.com/books?id=GUMYAAAAYAAJ
• The Red House Children at Grafton, 1913: https://archive.org/details/redhousechildren00doug_1/page/n6
• The Red House Children Growing Up, 1916: https://archive.org/details/redhousechildren00doug/page/n6
• The Red House Children's Vacation, 1914: https://archive.org/details/redhousechildren00doug_0/page/n10
• The Red House Children's Year, 1915: https://archive.org/details/redhousechildren00doug_2/page/n8
• There's No Place Like Home, 1875
• What Charlie Found to Do, 1906
• Whom Kathie Married, 1883, 1911, 2016: https://archive.org/details/whomkathiemarrie00dougrich/page/n6 or https://archive.org/details/whomkathiemarri00douggoog/page/n7 or https://archive.org/details/whomkathiemarrie00dougiala/page/n6 or http://books.google.com/books?id=88BLAAAAIAAJ
• With Fate against Him, 1870: https://archive.org/details/withfateagainsth00dougiala/page/n6
• A Little Girl in Old Baltimore, 1907: https://books.google.com/books?id=MYzUAAAAMAAJ
• A Little Girl in Old Boston, 1898, 2016: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23786 or https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinoldb00dougiala/page/n4
• A Little Girl in Old Chicago, 1904, 2016: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58410 or https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinoldc00dougiala/page/n6 or https://archive.org/details/cu31924074488747
• A Little Girl in Old Detroit, 1902, 2009, 2015: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20721 or https://archive.org/details/alittlegirlinol01douggoog/page/n7 or https://archive.org/details/alittlegirlinol03douggoog/page/n5 or http://books.google.com/books?id=Af5KAAAAMAAJ or http://books.google.com/books?id=mWQoAAAAMAAJ
• A Little Girl in Old New Orleans, 1901: https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinoldn00doug_0/page/n8
• A Little Girl in Old New York, 1896, 2016: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23780 or https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinoldn00dougiala/page/n6 or https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinoldn00doug/page/n4 or https://books.google.com/books?id=tmYCAAAAYAAJ
• A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia, 1899: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28648 or https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinoldp00doug/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=cYzUAAAAMAAJ
• A Little Girl in Old Pittsburg, 1909: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43769 or https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinoldp00indoug/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=I1hDAQAAMAAJ
• A Little Girl in Old Quebec, 1906, 2015: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23779 or https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinoldq00douguoft/page/n8 or https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinoldq00doug/page/n8
• A Little Girl in Old Salem, 1908, 2015: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20722 or https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinolds00doug/page/n6
• A Little Girl in Old San Francisco, 1905: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42582 or https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinolds00dougrich/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=9J7lAgAAQBAJ
• A Little Girl in Old St. Louis, 1903: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41526 or https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinolds00dougiala/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=lozUAAAAMAAJ
• A Little Girl in Old Washington, 1900: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45045 or https://archive.org/details/littlegirlinoldw00dougiala/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=hjgwAAAAYAAJ
• A Little Girl of Long Ago; Or, Hannah Ann (AKA Hannah Ann: A Sequel to A Little Girl in Old New York), 1897, 1898, 1901, 2008, 2009: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23781 or https://archive.org/details/hannahannsequelt00doug/page/n6 or https://archive.org/details/hannahannaseque00douggoog/page/n6 or http://books.google.com/books?id=-WYCAAAAYAAJ or https://books.google.com/books?id=m9g_AAAAYAAJ
• A Little Missionary, by 1904
• A Modern Adam and Eve in a Garden, 1888, 1889, 2010: https://archive.org/details/amodernadamande00douggoog/page/n9 or https://archive.org/details/modernadamandeve00dougiala/page/n6 or http://books.google.com/books?id=EWIgAAAAMAAJ or https://books.google.com/books?id=EWIgAAAAMAAJ
• A Modern Cinderella, 1913, 2013: https://archive.org/details/moderncinderella00doug/page/n8 or http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28441
• A Question of Silence, 1901: https://books.google.com/books?id=mUkZAAAAYAAJ
• A Sherburne Inheritance, 1901, 1905: https://archive.org/details/sherburneinherit00doug/page/n6
• A Sherburne Quest, 1902, 2008: https://archive.org/details/asherburnequest00douggoog/page/n8 or http://books.google.com/books?id=V8U0AAAAMAAJ or https://books.google.com/books?id=V8U0AAAAMAAJ
• A Sherburne Romance, 1895: https://books.google.com/books?id=8EpBAQAAMAAJ
• A Woman's Inheritance, 1885, 2016: https://archive.org/details/awomansinherita00douggoog/page/n7 or https://books.google.com/books?id=EKQYAAAAYAAJ
• Almost as Good as a Boy, 1900, 1901
• An Easter Lily, 1906: https://librivox.org/an-easter-lily-by-amanda-minnie-douglas/ or https://archive.org/details/easterlily00doug/page/n8
• Bethia Wray's New Name, 1893: https://books.google.com/books?id=zCvSAAAAMAAJ
• Claudia, 1868: https://books.google.com/books?id=jFgrAAAAYAAJ
• Clover's Princess, 1904
• Drifted Asunder; Or, the Tide of Fate, 1876, 2013, 2015: https://archive.org/details/driftedasundero00douggoog/page/n13 or http://books.google.com/books?id=VnMMAAAAYAAJ
• Floyd Grandon's Honor, 1883, 2015: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24376
• Foes of Her Household, 1886, 2016: https://archive.org/details/foesherhousehol00douggoog/page/n1 or https://books.google.com/books?id=XqQYAAAAYAAJ
• From Hand to Mouth, 1878, 1905: https://archive.org/details/fromhandtomouth00doug/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=oodTAAAAYAAJ
• Guilty or Not Guilty: A Novel. The Leisure Hour Library. Vol. III. No. 278. February 15, 1890
• Helen Grant at Aldred House, 1905: https://archive.org/details/helengrantatald00douggoog/page/n10 or https://books.google.com/books?id=umUoAAAAMAAJ
• Helen Grant in College, 1906
• Helen Grant's Decision, 1910
• Helen Grant's Friends, 1904: https://archive.org/details/helengrantsfrien00doug/page/n10
• Helen Grant's Harvest Year, 1911: https://archive.org/details/helengrantsharve00doug/page/n8
• Helen Grant's Schooldays, 1903, 2017: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32496
• Helen Grant, Graduate, 1908: https://archive.org/details/helengrantgradua00doug/page/n8
• Helen Grant, Senior, 1907: https://archive.org/details/helengrantsenior00doug/page/n8
• Helen Grant, Teacher, 1909: https://archive.org/details/helengrantteache00doug/page/n8
• Her Place in the World, 1897, 2015: https://archive.org/details/herplaceinworld00dougiala/page/n8 or https://archive.org/details/herplaceinworld00douggoog or http://books.google.com/books?id=zm8gAAAAMAAJ
• Heroes of the Crusades, 1889, 1892
• Home Nook: Or, The Crown of Duty, 1874, 1893, 1901: https://archive.org/details/homenook00dougiala/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=ves_AAAAYAAJ
• Honor Sherburne, September 1904: https://books.google.com/books?id=bOZEAQAAMAAJ or http://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32435017678095
• Hope Mills: Or, Between Friend and Sweetheart, 1879, 1880: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30436 or https://archive.org/details/cu31924021987346/page/n4 or https://archive.org/details/hopemillsbetw00dougrich/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=laAsAAAAYAAJ or https://books.google.com/books?id=S6UYAAAAYAAJ
• How Bessie Kept House, 1903: https://archive.org/details/howbessiekepthou00doug/page/n8
• In the King's Country, 1894, 2016: https://archive.org/details/inkingscountry00douggoog/page/n9 or https://archive.org/details/inkingscountry01douggoog/page/n7 or https://books.google.com/books?id=PHAgAAAAMAAJ or http://books.google.com/books?id=CwYXAAAAYAAJ
• In the Ranks, 1872: https://archive.org/details/inranks00douggoog/page/n13 or http://books.google.com/books?id=V70WAAAAYAAJ
• In the Sherburne Line, September 1907: https://books.google.com/books?id=DclLAQAAMAAJ
• In Trust; or, Dr. Bertrand's Household. A tale, 1868, 1872, 1891: https://archive.org/details/intrustordrbertr00dougiala/page/n4 or https://archive.org/details/intrust00doug/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=xps0COr6-XMC
• In Wild Rose Time, 1894, 1895, 2015: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36907 or https://archive.org/details/inwildrosetime00doug/page/n8
• Kathie's Aunt Ruth, 1871, 1873, 1883: https://archive.org/details/kathiesauntruth00douggoog/page/n12 or https://archive.org/details/kathiesauntruth00doug/page/n10 or https://archive.org/details/kathiesauntruth00songoog/page/n13 or http://books.google.com/books?id=zGcCAAAAYAAJ or https://books.google.com/books?id=cNsXAAAAYAAJ or http://books.google.com/books?id=UsIXAAAAYAAJ
• Kathie's Harvest Days, 1883, 1889, 2009: https://archive.org/details/kathiesharvestda00doug/page/n6 or https://archive.org/details/kathiesharvestd00douggoog/page/n13 or https://books.google.com/books?id=qOYXAAAAYAAJ
• Kathie's Soldiers, 1871, 1877, 2015: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40525 or https://archive.org/details/kathiessoldiers00doug/page/n8
• Kathie's Summer at Cedarwood, 1898: https://archive.org/details/kathiessummeratc00doug/page/n10
• Kathie's Three Wishes, 1873, 1883, 1898: https://archive.org/details/kathiesthreewis00douggoog/page/n12 or https://archive.org/details/kathiesthreewish00doug_0/page/n10 or https://archive.org/details/kathiesthreewish00doug/page/n10 or https://books.google.com/books?id=4IkZAAAAYAAJ or http://books.google.com/books?id=CWUCAAAAYAAJ
• Kept His Trust; or, The Doctor's Household, 1868: https://books.google.com/books?id=LN0BAAAAQAAJ
• Larry, 1893: https://archive.org/details/larry00douggoog/page/n12 or https://books.google.com/books?id=q7U0AAAAMAAJ
• Lost in a Great City, 1880, 1881, 1908, 2012: https://archive.org/details/lostinagreatcit00douggoog/page/n7 or https://archive.org/details/lostingreatcity00dougiala/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=s14YAAAAYAAJ or http://books.google.com/books?id=1FEMAAAAYAAJ
• Lucia: Her Problem, 1872: https://archive.org/details/luciaherproblem00douggoog/page/n7 or https://archive.org/details/luciaherproblem00dougiala/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=rIogAAAAMAAJ
• Lyndell Sherburne, 1893, 2010: https://books.google.com/books?id=nRBEAQAAMAAJ
• Nelly Kinnard's Kingdom, 1876, 1904: https://archive.org/details/nellykinnardskin00doug/page/n4 or https://archive.org/details/nellykinnardski00douggoog/page/n7 or https://archive.org/details/nellykinnardskin00dougiala/page/n6 or http://books.google.com/books?id=SBMYAAAAYAAJ or https://books.google.com/books?id=i2MYAAAAYAAJ
• Osborne of Arrochar (Arrochan is a typo), 1889, 1890, 2016: https://archive.org/details/osbornearrochan00douggoog/page/n1 or http://books.google.com/books?id=WmMYAAAAYAAJ
• Our Wedding Gifts, 1878: https://archive.org/details/ourweddinggifts00doug/page/n6
• Out of the Wreck, 1884, 1885: https://archive.org/details/outwreckorwasit00douggoog/page/n11 or http://books.google.com/books?id=3oggAAAAMAAJ
• Santa Claus Land, 1873, (also said to be in press in 1883; it looks like the publisher may have published it with other people as the author; and I don't know that it has anything to do with Kathie)
• Seven Daughters, 1874, 2015: https://archive.org/details/sevendaughters00doug/page/n10 or https://books.google.com/books?id=rmUCAAAAYAAJ
• Sherburne Cousins, 1894: https://books.google.com/books?id=d0MZAAAAYAAJ
• Sherburne Girls, 1898, 2016: https://archive.org/details/sherburnegirls00douggoog/page/n7 or http://books.google.com/books?id=OoogAAAAMAAJ
• Sherburne House, 1892, 2015: https://archive.org/details/sherburnehouse00dougiala/page/n8 or https://books.google.com/books?id=1UpBAQAAMAAJ
• Stephen Dane, 1867: https://archive.org/details/stephendane00dougiala/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=e8AsAAAAYAAJ
• Sydnie Adriance: Or, Trying the World, 1867, 1869, 2018: https://archive.org/details/sydnieadrianceo00douggoog/page/n5 or https://archive.org/details/sydnieadrianceor00dougiala/page/n10 or http://books.google.com/books?id=85Um4R-HWakC
• The Children at Sherburne House, 1897: https://archive.org/details/childrenatsherb00douggoog/page/n6 or https://archive.org/details/childrenatsherbu00doug/page/n6 or http://books.google.com/books?id=H2cCAAAAYAAJ
• The Children in the Little Old Red House, 1912: https://archive.org/details/childreninlittle00doug/page/n8
• The Fortunes of the Faradays, 1888
• The Girls at Mount Morris, 1914, 2015: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24070 or https://archive.org/details/girlsatmountmorr00doug/page/n4
• The Heir of Sherburne, 1899: https://archive.org/details/heirofsherburne00dougiala/page/n6
• The Heirs of Bradley House, 1892: https://archive.org/details/heirsbradleyhou00douggoog/page/n9 or https://archive.org/details/cu31924022008571/page/n8 or https://books.google.com/books?id=-W4gAAAAMAAJ
• The Midnight Marriage; or, A Plot to Gain a Fortune, 1890, 1899: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89098022411 or https://books.google.com/books?id=TJcLvwEACAAJ
• The Mistress of Sherburne, 1896, 2016: https://archive.org/details/mistressofsherbu00dougiala/page/n4 or https://books.google.com/books?id=O543AQAAMAAJ
• The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe; Or, There's No Place Like Home, 1874, 1875, 2014, 2018: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43659 or https://archive.org/details/oldwomanwholive00douggoog/page/n7 or https://archive.org/details/oldwomanwholived00dougiala/page/n8 or http://books.google.com/books?id=GUMYAAAAYAAJ
• The Red House Children at Grafton, 1913: https://archive.org/details/redhousechildren00doug_1/page/n6
• The Red House Children Growing Up, 1916: https://archive.org/details/redhousechildren00doug/page/n6
• The Red House Children's Vacation, 1914: https://archive.org/details/redhousechildren00doug_0/page/n10
• The Red House Children's Year, 1915: https://archive.org/details/redhousechildren00doug_2/page/n8
• There's No Place Like Home, 1875
• What Charlie Found to Do, 1906
• Whom Kathie Married, 1883, 1911, 2016: https://archive.org/details/whomkathiemarrie00dougrich/page/n6 or https://archive.org/details/whomkathiemarri00douggoog/page/n7 or https://archive.org/details/whomkathiemarrie00dougiala/page/n6 or http://books.google.com/books?id=88BLAAAAIAAJ
• With Fate against Him, 1870: https://archive.org/details/withfateagainsth00dougiala/page/n6
I started researching her before the other authors, for reasons I should expound when I have better time to do so.
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M6HR-7ZS
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Turner_Curtis
• https://forum.librivox.org/viewtopic.php?t=73407&f=1&sid=558ce7ba449a2c0dcd6d6a3b8ef1afe6#p1545172
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M6HR-7ZS
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Turner_Curtis
• https://forum.librivox.org/viewtopic.php?t=73407&f=1&sid=558ce7ba449a2c0dcd6d6a3b8ef1afe6#p1545172
Edna Adelaide Brown (1875 to 1944)
• A Brief Sketch of the History of Andover
• At the Butterfly House, August 1918, ©1918 (Illustrator: John Goss): https://archive.org/details/atbutterflyhouse00brow/page/n10
• Four Gordons, August 1911, ©1911 (Illustrator: Norman Irving Black; dedicated to Faith Bowen), 2018: https://archive.org/details/fourgordons00browgoog/page/n11 or https://archive.org/details/cu31924014522365/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=zt8lAAAAMAAJ
• How Many Miles to Babylon, ©1941, 1941 (Illustrator: Stephen Ronay; for E. R. R. and for the many children who have asked me to write them another story): https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39076002193691;view=1up;seq=7 or https://www.amazon.com/Many-Miles-Babylon-edna-brown/dp/B000WI06IG
• Journey's End, April 1921, ©1921 (To Harriet and Joe): https://archive.org/details/journeysend00presgoog/page/n15 or https://archive.org/details/journeysend00brow/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=CjAhAAAAMAAJ
• Notes for Miss Putnam, 1939: https://archive.org/details/notesformissputn00brow
• Polly's Shop, ©1931 (Illustrator: Antoinette Inglis; To the little cabin among the pines of Diamond Hill, where this story was written; to the memory of the boy whose youthful treasures still adorn its walls; to the little lady in fur who shared the camp, and to her who loves Diamond Hill the best of all. Thanks are due to the Beacon Press, for permission to use the chapter entitled, "The Old grandpa," which appeared as a short story in "The Beacon."), 2018: https://archive.org/details/pollysshop00brow
• Rainbow Island, 1919 (Illustrator: John Goss): https://archive.org/details/rainbowisland00brow/page/n8
• Robin Hollow, ©1924 (Illustrator: John Goss; Dedicated to Elma): https://archive.org/details/robinhollow00brow
• That Affair at St. Peter's, April 1920, ©1920 (Illustrator: John Goss): https://archive.org/details/thataffairatstpe00brow/page/n8 or https://archive.org/details/thataffairatstp00browgoog/page/n5 or http://books.google.com/books?id=oqwlAAAAMAAJ
• The Spanish Chest, 1917, 2009, 2009, 2010, 2018: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6998
• Three Gates, ©1928 (For Agatha, who wanted me to write this book): https://archive.org/details/threegates00brow
• Uncle David's Boys, 1913, 1918: https://www.amazon.com/Uncle-davids-Boys/dp/B004AY0TSA/
• When Max Came, ©1914, March 1914 (Illustrator: John Goss; Dedicated to J. E. T.): https://archive.org/details/whenmaxcame00brow/page/n6
• Whistling Rock, 1923, ©1923 (Illustrator: Antoinette Inglis; To R. R. A. who likes islands and lighthouses and the people in fur): https://archive.org/details/whistlingrock00brow
Series:
1. The Silver Bear, August 1921 (Illustrator: Antoinette Inglis), ©1921, 2009, 2018: https://archive.org/details/silverbear00brow/page/n8 or https://archive.org/details/silverbear21brow/page/n8
2. The Chinese Kitten, ©1922 (Illustrator: Antoinette Inglis; To Muff, the Dearest Kitten), 2018: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57600 or https://archive.org/details/chinesekitten00brow/page/n10
1. Arnold's Little Brother, April 1915, ©1915 (Illustrator: John Goss; To M. E. R. for "debts of love unpaid"): https://archive.org/details/arnoldslittlebro00brow
2. Archer and the "Prophet", ©1916, 2018 (Illustrator: John Goss): https://archive.org/details/archerprophet00brow/page/n8
• A Brief Sketch of the History of Andover
• At the Butterfly House, August 1918, ©1918 (Illustrator: John Goss): https://archive.org/details/atbutterflyhouse00brow/page/n10
• Four Gordons, August 1911, ©1911 (Illustrator: Norman Irving Black; dedicated to Faith Bowen), 2018: https://archive.org/details/fourgordons00browgoog/page/n11 or https://archive.org/details/cu31924014522365/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=zt8lAAAAMAAJ
• How Many Miles to Babylon, ©1941, 1941 (Illustrator: Stephen Ronay; for E. R. R. and for the many children who have asked me to write them another story): https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39076002193691;view=1up;seq=7 or https://www.amazon.com/Many-Miles-Babylon-edna-brown/dp/B000WI06IG
• Journey's End, April 1921, ©1921 (To Harriet and Joe): https://archive.org/details/journeysend00presgoog/page/n15 or https://archive.org/details/journeysend00brow/page/n6 or https://books.google.com/books?id=CjAhAAAAMAAJ
• Notes for Miss Putnam, 1939: https://archive.org/details/notesformissputn00brow
• Polly's Shop, ©1931 (Illustrator: Antoinette Inglis; To the little cabin among the pines of Diamond Hill, where this story was written; to the memory of the boy whose youthful treasures still adorn its walls; to the little lady in fur who shared the camp, and to her who loves Diamond Hill the best of all. Thanks are due to the Beacon Press, for permission to use the chapter entitled, "The Old grandpa," which appeared as a short story in "The Beacon."), 2018: https://archive.org/details/pollysshop00brow
• Rainbow Island, 1919 (Illustrator: John Goss): https://archive.org/details/rainbowisland00brow/page/n8
• Robin Hollow, ©1924 (Illustrator: John Goss; Dedicated to Elma): https://archive.org/details/robinhollow00brow
• That Affair at St. Peter's, April 1920, ©1920 (Illustrator: John Goss): https://archive.org/details/thataffairatstpe00brow/page/n8 or https://archive.org/details/thataffairatstp00browgoog/page/n5 or http://books.google.com/books?id=oqwlAAAAMAAJ
• The Spanish Chest, 1917, 2009, 2009, 2010, 2018: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6998
• Three Gates, ©1928 (For Agatha, who wanted me to write this book): https://archive.org/details/threegates00brow
• Uncle David's Boys, 1913, 1918: https://www.amazon.com/Uncle-davids-Boys/dp/B004AY0TSA/
• When Max Came, ©1914, March 1914 (Illustrator: John Goss; Dedicated to J. E. T.): https://archive.org/details/whenmaxcame00brow/page/n6
• Whistling Rock, 1923, ©1923 (Illustrator: Antoinette Inglis; To R. R. A. who likes islands and lighthouses and the people in fur): https://archive.org/details/whistlingrock00brow
Series:
1. The Silver Bear, August 1921 (Illustrator: Antoinette Inglis), ©1921, 2009, 2018: https://archive.org/details/silverbear00brow/page/n8 or https://archive.org/details/silverbear21brow/page/n8
2. The Chinese Kitten, ©1922 (Illustrator: Antoinette Inglis; To Muff, the Dearest Kitten), 2018: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57600 or https://archive.org/details/chinesekitten00brow/page/n10
1. Arnold's Little Brother, April 1915, ©1915 (Illustrator: John Goss; To M. E. R. for "debts of love unpaid"): https://archive.org/details/arnoldslittlebro00brow
2. Archer and the "Prophet", ©1916, 2018 (Illustrator: John Goss): https://archive.org/details/archerprophet00brow/page/n8
27 Oct 2018 at 11:28pm
I had an epiphany, today. One way to get practice writing more descriptively is to write what you see. I mean, you can watch a movie, or a show, and write down what you see like it's a written story, with special focus on the things that aren't just scripted dialog. Of course, you shouldn't save your work in most cases, because the video is most likely copyrighted—but then you can practice visualizing your own work (not a movie transcription) more—and maybe that will help with the descriptions as well.
Plus, you'll probably get more insight into whatever it is that you're watching if you do this, and learn more about people and their body language.
I tried this out, today, for the first time, and I really liked it. I like that it gives me a lot of realistic ideas on how to describe character interaction, and body language—plus, the scenery, clothes, hair, visual personality, visual feelings, etc.
I had an epiphany, today. One way to get practice writing more descriptively is to write what you see. I mean, you can watch a movie, or a show, and write down what you see like it's a written story, with special focus on the things that aren't just scripted dialog. Of course, you shouldn't save your work in most cases, because the video is most likely copyrighted—but then you can practice visualizing your own work (not a movie transcription) more—and maybe that will help with the descriptions as well.
Plus, you'll probably get more insight into whatever it is that you're watching if you do this, and learn more about people and their body language.
I tried this out, today, for the first time, and I really liked it. I like that it gives me a lot of realistic ideas on how to describe character interaction, and body language—plus, the scenery, clothes, hair, visual personality, visual feelings, etc.
LibriVox (librivox.org) is a place where you can volunteer to narrate public domain audiobooks (for everyone to use for free as if the recordings themselves were public domain). You can also download and listen to audiobooks that others have recorded.
Useful links:
* https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/1-Minute_Test (You need to do this test and get approved before you can start recording audiobooks for LibriVox.)
* https://forum.librivox.org/viewforum.php?f=21 (You can post your 1-Minute tests here.)
* https://cgjennings.ca/checker.html (This is the checker software to see if your files pass the technical specifications tests; yes, the checker is available for Linux, too; yes, you can use this on your 1-Minute Test MP3 to help you see if it's in order; however, someone still has to approve your test.)
* https://forum.librivox.org/viewtopic.php?p=6430#p6430
* https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Amplifying#3.1_Normalize (volume should be between 86 and 92 dB according to the checker; the wiki says ~89 dB)
* https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Noise_Cleaning
* https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Newbie_Guide_to_Recording
You may find that your files have a sample rate different from the desired 44,100hz (mine with my digital voice recorder are 48,000hz). To change that without changing the pitch of your voice, import your file into Audacity. Then look at the bar at the bottom of the screen. There should be an option to change the sample rate there (in the lower left of the screen). Once you change it then after you export to a 128kbps constant bitrate mono MP3, the MP3 should be 44,100hz. If you change the sample rate through the thing higher up on the left side, it will change the pitch of your voice.
The digital voice recorder I use can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KBWN8L1/ (it's the 16GB black version). I don't particularly recommend this device for LibriVox recordings, but it does seem to be quite functional for the purpose if you're willing to do some adjustments with Audacity afterward. (I record in the highest quality WAV, edit in Audacity, and then export to MP3 when I'm done.)
For noise reduction, in Audacity, highlight a portion of your recording where you're not reading; then, you can go to Effect->Noise Reduction->Get Noise Profile. Then select the whole recording; then go to Effect->Noise Reduction and click okay. These are the settings I use for my files from my digital voice recorder (your ideal settings may vary):
Noise reduction (dB): 8 (the default of 12 made mine sound synthetic a bit)
Sensitivity: 6.00 (this was the default for noise reduction)
Frequency smoothing (bands): 3 (this was the default for noise reduction)
Using the built-in microphone, I don't seem to need to amplify the sound.
Also, you may find that the LibriVox wiki says you need your sample size to be 16-bit. I'm not sure what they mean by that, but it sounds like they want the WAV files to have the format of 16-bit PCM instead of 32-bit float. I don't know if that matters for the exported MP3 or not. Anyway, Audacity probably defaults to 32-bit float and says that no matter what the format of your original file was. So, you can change the setting in Audacity once and it should stay that way. Open Audacity, go to Edit->Preferences->Quality->Default Sample Format. I'm not sure if the checker checks the sample size.
After putting the checking program where you want in Linux, you can run this command to put it in your path (change PATH to the actual path to your checker program):
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/checker checker PATH 0
Useful links:
* https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/1-Minute_Test (You need to do this test and get approved before you can start recording audiobooks for LibriVox.)
* https://forum.librivox.org/viewforum.php?f=21 (You can post your 1-Minute tests here.)
* https://cgjennings.ca/checker.html (This is the checker software to see if your files pass the technical specifications tests; yes, the checker is available for Linux, too; yes, you can use this on your 1-Minute Test MP3 to help you see if it's in order; however, someone still has to approve your test.)
* https://forum.librivox.org/viewtopic.php?p=6430#p6430
* https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Amplifying#3.1_Normalize (volume should be between 86 and 92 dB according to the checker; the wiki says ~89 dB)
* https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Noise_Cleaning
* https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Newbie_Guide_to_Recording
You may find that your files have a sample rate different from the desired 44,100hz (mine with my digital voice recorder are 48,000hz). To change that without changing the pitch of your voice, import your file into Audacity. Then look at the bar at the bottom of the screen. There should be an option to change the sample rate there (in the lower left of the screen). Once you change it then after you export to a 128kbps constant bitrate mono MP3, the MP3 should be 44,100hz. If you change the sample rate through the thing higher up on the left side, it will change the pitch of your voice.
The digital voice recorder I use can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KBWN8L1/ (it's the 16GB black version). I don't particularly recommend this device for LibriVox recordings, but it does seem to be quite functional for the purpose if you're willing to do some adjustments with Audacity afterward. (I record in the highest quality WAV, edit in Audacity, and then export to MP3 when I'm done.)
For noise reduction, in Audacity, highlight a portion of your recording where you're not reading; then, you can go to Effect->Noise Reduction->Get Noise Profile. Then select the whole recording; then go to Effect->Noise Reduction and click okay. These are the settings I use for my files from my digital voice recorder (your ideal settings may vary):
Noise reduction (dB): 8 (the default of 12 made mine sound synthetic a bit)
Sensitivity: 6.00 (this was the default for noise reduction)
Frequency smoothing (bands): 3 (this was the default for noise reduction)
Using the built-in microphone, I don't seem to need to amplify the sound.
Also, you may find that the LibriVox wiki says you need your sample size to be 16-bit. I'm not sure what they mean by that, but it sounds like they want the WAV files to have the format of 16-bit PCM instead of 32-bit float. I don't know if that matters for the exported MP3 or not. Anyway, Audacity probably defaults to 32-bit float and says that no matter what the format of your original file was. So, you can change the setting in Audacity once and it should stay that way. Open Audacity, go to Edit->Preferences->Quality->Default Sample Format. I'm not sure if the checker checks the sample size.
After putting the checking program where you want in Linux, you can run this command to put it in your path (change PATH to the actual path to your checker program):
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/checker checker PATH 0
Here is a selection of websites and resources that I’ve personally found useful in finding free e-books and audiobooks (note that some free books offered at some of these sites may not be family-friendly):
• Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ (large selection of primarily [#]public_domain e-books, in various formats)
• LibriVox: https://librivox.org/ (large selection of public domain, volunteer-read, human-read audiobooks)
• The Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/texts (large selection of scanned public domain books, among other things)
• Google Books: https://books.google.com/advanced_book_search (large selection of scanned public domain books, among other things)
• Hathi Trust Digital Library: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?type=author&inst= (has a good selection of scanned public domain books, among potentially other things)
• https://manybooks.net/ (Similar to Gutenberg, but smaller, and somewhat different selection)
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: https://www.lds.org/study/lib?lang=eng (you can get free e-books and audiobooks for scriptures, Church magazines, Church manuals, and many other publications; there is quite a selection; also see the Gospel Library app for mobile devices for another nice way to access e-books and audiobooks)
• https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media-library/ebooks?lang=eng (another place to find e-books on the Church’s website)
• Online libraries that your local libraries let you use (I've used at least one of these for audiobooks; you don't get to keep these forever, but they're free for a while).
• Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ (large selection of primarily [#]public_domain e-books, in various formats)
• LibriVox: https://librivox.org/ (large selection of public domain, volunteer-read, human-read audiobooks)
• The Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/texts (large selection of scanned public domain books, among other things)
• Google Books: https://books.google.com/advanced_book_search (large selection of scanned public domain books, among other things)
• Hathi Trust Digital Library: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?type=author&inst= (has a good selection of scanned public domain books, among potentially other things)
• https://manybooks.net/ (Similar to Gutenberg, but smaller, and somewhat different selection)
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: https://www.lds.org/study/lib?lang=eng (you can get free e-books and audiobooks for scriptures, Church magazines, Church manuals, and many other publications; there is quite a selection; also see the Gospel Library app for mobile devices for another nice way to access e-books and audiobooks)
• https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media-library/ebooks?lang=eng (another place to find e-books on the Church’s website)
• Online libraries that your local libraries let you use (I've used at least one of these for audiobooks; you don't get to keep these forever, but they're free for a while).
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