Audio Book Project

[mport1]

I have an idea for a small project. As we all know, the main challenge the freedom movement faces is getting the message out there. I feel that one great way to spread the message is through books, which I usually find to be more persuasive than anything else. However, there are many people such as myself that have little time for reading.

As of recently though I've been able to listen to a number of free audio books on the go which have greatly improved my understanding of a number of pro-liberty topics. I think it would be great if we could get more audio books out there both for ourselves and for others so they can more easily "read" some good books. We could easily distribute them to lots of people.

If you guys think this is a good idea, what ideas do you have to get it done? Are there people that have some free time on their hands to be able to record a book or two? Maybe this could all be stored on a website or something? Not sure about copywright stuff, but I'm sure most libertarian authors would be happy to let you record their stuff for free.

In the meantime, here are some of the good (free) ones that I have found. Please post others if you know of them.


The Market for Liberty - Linda & Morris Tannehill - http://freekeene.com/free-audiobook/
The Law - Friedrich Bastiat - http://www.freeaudio.org/fbastiat/thelaw.html
Common Sense - Thomas Paine - http://www.freeaudio.org/tpaine/commonsense.html
Conceived in Liberty - Murray Rothbard - http://mises.org/media.aspx?action=category&ID=105
The Ethics of Liberty - Murray Rothbard - http://mises.org/media.aspx?action=category&ID=95
What has Government Done to our Money? - Murray Rothbard - http://mises.org/media.aspx?action=category&ID=92
For a New Liberty - Murray Rothbard - http://mises.org/media.aspx?action=category&ID=87
Speaking of Liberty - Lew Rockwell - http://mises.org/media.aspx?action=category&ID=86
Economic Calculation In The Socialist Commonwealth - Ludwig von Mises - http://mises.org/media.aspx?action=category&ID=85
Economic Science and the Austrian Method - Hans-Hermann Hoppe - http://mises.org/media.aspx?action=category&ID=85

Also, there are lots of good podcasts from the Mises Institute and good radio shows like Free Talk Live.

[purplechoe]

Mininova links? It's an illegal bittorent site. Please remove.

[newyearsrevolution08]

how can the ron paul book be free?

by all means explain.......

[mport1]

how can the ron paul book be free?

by all means explain.......

Well you can find it online for free to download. However, I removed the link as requested.

[newyearsrevolution08]

Well you can find it online for free to download. However, I removed the link as requested.

I understand the illegal options to STEAL the copies but don't see a FREE OPTION was my point.

[mport1]

I understand the illegal options to STEAL the copies but don't see a FREE OPTION was my point.

Well, that depends whether you believe in intellectual property or not but that is a completely separate discussion.

So back to the original discussion. Does anybody like the idea and/or have ideas about what we could do with it?

[yongrel]

Well, plenty of the more significant books on the subject of liberty are now public domain, so you could easily record and release audiobooks of these. Personally, I would release them under a Creative Commons License, which tends to promote a good ol' community feeling.

If you can find a bloke with a pleasant voice, you could do this all fairly quickly. Buy a high quality microphone at Circuit City (~$150) for your computer, and you should be all set. If you are on a Mac, the Garage Band program will let you record and manipulate the audio very easily (and for free too).

If you set up a site with some decent bandwidth, you could very easily host your own product. Wouldn't be too hard. In my fuzzy math, the whole endeavor probably wouldn't cost you more than 500 bucks to start up (assuming your voice talent works for free out of the goodness of his heart).

[revolutionman]

You can either abstain from knowledge out of principal (thats what the Man wants you to do).

Or

You can do what you gotta do to become a better human being in your time on this earth, and let the critics suck on a rotten egg.

I dont have a bank account or credit cards, I don't feed the zionists or subscribe to credit induced wage slavery, and i live in a place where English language books are hard to come by, so if I want it I'll have to either wait until next time I'm stateside to buy it(could be years), or bootleg it off the internet. I haven't made up my mind yet honestly. I'm familiar with the tennets of the Revolution, and I'm far more interested in furthering the cause than absorbing some one elses thoughts and opinions..

[yongrel]

You can either abstain from knowledge out of principal (thats what the Man wants you to do).

Or

You can do what you gotta do to become a better human being in your time on this earth, and let the critics suck on a rotten egg.

I dont have a bank account or credit cards, I don't feed the zionists or subscribe to credit induced wage slavery, and i live in a place where English language books are hard to come by, so if I want it I'll have to either wait until next time I'm stateside to buy it(could be years), or bootleg it off the internet. I haven't made up my mind yet honestly. I'm familiar with the tennets of the Revolution, and I'm far more interested in furthering the cause than absorbing some one elses thoughts and opinions..

How do you have internet access?