Podcasts
I have listened to the introduction for Podcasts by Suzanne and the webcast by Greg Schwartz [A Beginner’s Guide to Podcasting: Part 1- A Consumers Guide] and even took a few notes.
Went to Podcastalley, Yahoo Podcasts, and Podcastnet and checked out what they had dealing with book reviews. Most of what I saw dealt with comic books. I have to say this podcasts thing has not grabbed my interest to the point I would go out of my way at this time to seek further information on this topic
Although I did add an RSS feed to my bloglines account, my interest would be in an MP3 so I would be able to download a book for listening. Can anyone out there tell me why in the advertisements for MP3’s they are telling me how many songs can be downloaded but not how many hours? I see an MP3 [with a bookmark] as something to save me from fussing with tapes and/or CDs.
I have listened to the introduction for Podcasts by Suzanne and the webcast by Greg Schwartz [A Beginner’s Guide to Podcasting: Part 1- A Consumers Guide] and even took a few notes.
Went to Podcastalley, Yahoo Podcasts, and Podcastnet and checked out what they had dealing with book reviews. Most of what I saw dealt with comic books. I have to say this podcasts thing has not grabbed my interest to the point I would go out of my way at this time to seek further information on this topic
Although I did add an RSS feed to my bloglines account, my interest would be in an MP3 so I would be able to download a book for listening. Can anyone out there tell me why in the advertisements for MP3’s they are telling me how many songs can be downloaded but not how many hours? I see an MP3 [with a bookmark] as something to save me from fussing with tapes and/or CDs.
1 comments:
You seem to have lots of questions and a bit of frustration. Let's see if I can help a bit. There are lots of good book review podcasts including Nancy Pearl's. I'd probably start with NPR (they have quite a few from member stations) and NYTimes. There are also a lot of author interviews and readings from libraries (Seattle Public, LA County, Philadelphia...) and book stores (Powell's, Barnes & Noble). You might want to check the link in the lesson to the Montana Bibliotechies blog for more.
When you refer to MP3s, I take it you're referring at least part of the time to MP3 players. They talk about number of songs instead of hours because that's their primary market. Neither is really helpful because MP3 players have so much storage, how many hours or songs is going to depend on how large the files are. I've gone into MP3 players in fairly excruciating detail on the Montana Bibliotechies blog.
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