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2. LibriVox - Wikipedia

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   It was founded in 2005 by Hugh McGuire to provide "Acoustical liberation of books in the public domain" and the LibriVox objective is "To make all books in the public domain available, for free, in audio format on the internet". [third-party source needed]

3. Wikipedia:Public domain resources - Wikipedia

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   LibriVox – free public domain audio books; Music. Public Domain Information Project – Hosts information about public domain music – see information about the website; Bach Cantatas and Other Vocal Music; Internet Archive: Open Source Audio (most under licenses but some in the public domain)

4. Audiobook - Wikipedia

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   An audiobook (or a talking book) is a recording of a book or other work being read out loud. A reading of the complete text is described as "unabridged", while readings of shorter versions are abridgements. Spoken audio has been available in schools and public libraries and to a lesser extent in music shops since the 1930s.

5. Talk:LibriVox - Wikipedia

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   I added some factual info to the intro, as follows: "Librivox is a digital library of free public domain audio books, read by volunteers. The project started in August 2005, and as of July 2006 has a catalog of about one hundred full length, unabridged books, and numerous shorter works.

6. Project Gutenberg - Wikipedia

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   Project Gutenberg ( PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, as well as to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks ." [2] It was founded in 1971 by American writer Michael S. Hart and is the oldest digital library. [3] Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of books or individual stories in ...

7. United States Copyright Office - Wikipedia

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   On June 9, 1790, the U.S. District Court of Pennsylvania registered the first work, the Philadelphia Spelling Book by John Barry. [4] In 1870, copyright functions were centralized in the Library of Congress under the direction of the then Librarian of Congress - Ainsworth Rand Spofford .