09-03-2019, 11:29 PM | #16 |
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eStories has 27 titles and most of them are priced at $0.38 (member) and $0.54 (non-mem). Additionally, eStories is DRM-Free.
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09-04-2019, 12:11 AM | #17 | |
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Anyway, if the quality is there (formatting, narration, etc), they're a great deal and Audible will let you return them if you're not happy. I'm not done trying to figure out who they are... |
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09-05-2019, 03:24 AM | #18 | |
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We might be amazed at how much of that kind of thing goes on--making undisclosed cooperative (sometimes benign, however) deals, surreptitious product rebranding, taking alias business names (sometimes _many_ of them), etc. Good luck digging up info about the Oregan company. |
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09-05-2019, 08:52 AM | #19 | |
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Go here: https://www.estories.com/audiobook/2...ree-Musketeers Listen for approx. 30 seconds. Narrator: Daniel Duffy Go here: https://librivox.org/the-three-muske...exandre-dumas/ Listen for approx. 30 seconds. Narrator: Mark F. Smith My conclusion: The same voice |
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09-05-2019, 09:09 AM | #20 |
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For "Mark F. Smith" (whoever the hell he might really be), if you enjoy his voice and narration, here are some additional audio books by him as listed on his Blog site (via LibriVox):
http://techsmiths-librivox.blogspot.com/ |
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09-05-2019, 12:00 PM | #21 | |
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From what limited research I've done, FrontPage Publishing and Page2Page appear to be fronts for selling LibriVox recordings. Since what they're doing doesn't violate any of LibriVox's policies, they get away with it. Still, I find the practice despicable because they're passing these works off as their own and not crediting LibriVox. The fact that Audible and eStories are selling these books only compounds this shady practice. So if you (generic) see public domain works being sold on the cheap by some "unknown" publisher, chances are it's a LibriVox recording. See this thread: LibriVox books at Audible and a short discussion starting here. . |
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09-05-2019, 02:58 PM | #22 |
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There's a thread around here about "what narrators do you love / hate" .... which has commented that narrators sometimes use different names at different places. So is it possible that it's the reader who has renamed themselves, and removed the LibriVox header?
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09-05-2019, 08:17 PM | #23 | |
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I have no problem with narrators who use aliases, but I have a major problem with unknown publishers who take public domain recordings and sell the works as their own productions. It's quite deceptive. If unknown publishers wish to get into the business of selling audiobooks of public domain works, then they need to hire their own narrators and record the books themselves. |
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09-05-2019, 09:55 PM | #24 | |
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09-06-2019, 03:22 PM | #25 |
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For ebooks, I'll side load, but for audio recordings (and for my style of use) I find it easier to stay mostly in the Audible sandbox. I have a bunch of other recordings, but I mostly don't use them, cuz Audible is easier. So anyway, I bought the GKChesterton set. The worst part will be keeping the chart of chapter number vs. short story start handy when I'm listening in the car, and only want one story.
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