Librivox discussion

I became a librarian at goodreads, mostly with the intent of standardizing some Librivox books, because some books from the site are fantastic.

What do people think of having a 'standard' name for a bookshelf for librivox books? I was thinking the bookshelf name could be librivox (brilliant, right?).

Also, in creating librivox editions of books here, what if everybody used the same image? Specifically, the image associated with this edition: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35...

If anybody has created a LibriVox edition of a book, and it's not combined with all the other versions, I'd be happy to combine them.

I have a "librivox" shelf for my LibriVox books. :)

I have to disagree about using identical cover images. It defies the very purpose of cover images: to uniquely identify a book. What I did for the LibriVox editions of Areopagitica and Jude the Obscure was find a relevant public domain image and then edit it to include the LibriVox logo. This way, the cover images are unique, but the edition is recognizably LibriVox.

>>I have to disagree about using identical cover images. It defies the very purpose of cover images: to uniquely identify a book.

Well, there are plenty of book series out in meat world that have nearly identical covers - where the series is very strongly branded, and the only way to tell a book apart is by reading the title. That's especially true with audiobooks (at least at my library). But, good point.

Those graphics you made are nice. I think what I could do is take a 'standard' LibriVox graphic and attach it to public domain images when I create a book, if I can find a public domain image.

What do other people think?

For book covers, I have been creating a cover that includes both the LibriVox logo and the original book cover (when it is available as part of the html version of the text on Project Gutenberg.) Here are some examples:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67...

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62...

Otherwise, I think it is also important for the book titles to be standardized so that LibriVox books can be easily located. I have been consistently adding "(LibriVox Audio)" at the end of the titles that I create. This follows the pattern used by Goodreads to identify different editions.

Betsie wrote: "For book covers, I have been creating a cover that includes both the LibriVox logo and the original book cover (when it is available as part of the html version of the text on Project Gutenberg.)"

That's a good idea for a source. I found mine on Wikipedia (but there one must be careful to ensure the image is in the public domain and not under some other sort of license).

Betsie wrote: "I have been consistently adding "(LibriVox Audio)" at the end of the titles that I create. This follows the pattern used by Goodreads to identify different editions."

Up until recently, yes. But now there's a new "edition" field available when editing books (just below the "format" field) that serves this purpose.

I like Betsie's method. The pictures being added to the LibriVox write ups are beautiful.

I recently became a librarian during the Amazon departure. I am presently adding LibriVox editions I have listened to, to GR. Check out some and let me know how I am doing. I have been using the CD cover art on LibriVox myself.