Open Source, Community and Audiobooks: Q&A with LibriVox Founder Hugh McGuire

November 20, 2008 | Filed Under Public Domain Books |

LibriVox is a volunteer effort with a big goal: record audiobook editions for every title in the public domain. In the following Q&A, LibriVox founder Hugh McGuire discusses the project’s beginnings, the organic development of the LibriVox community, and the distinctions (or lack thereof) between “professional” and “amateur” efforts. How did LibriVox start? LibriVox came about in August 2005, when I was looking for free, full-length audiobooks online for a long car trip. I went to gutenbe

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