The Dark Is Rising Podbook: No Second Coming by aria, read by luzula

[cybel]

See the reader's original mp3 post here.

Cover Artist: cybel

m4b: 55 MB, 1:52:17
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This podbook was compiled with the reader's permission and is being cross-posted to amplificathon.

"No Second Coming", by Aria (The Dark Is Rising)

[luzula]

This was supposed to be my final Amplificathon entry, but it got delayed. Ah well.

Title: No Second Coming
Author: aria
Reader: luzula
Fandom: The Dark Is Rising
Pairing: Bran Davies/Will Stanton, Simon Drew/OFC
Rating: PG
Length: 1 h 52 m 16 s
Author's summary: "But there's only me," Will said in sudden panic. "I have no one --" He stopped abruptly. "I must correct mistakes."
Notes: This is the perfect sequel to the books! The only thing I regret is that it's not book-length itself. Thanks to the author for letting me record it, to andeincascade for very helpful beta-listening, and to miss_zedem for helping me with the Welsh pronunciation (if I've screwed that up anyway, it's entirely my own fault). Also thanks to freesound for the bell clip.

Download at Sendspace.

SPN x Angel the Series Podbook: Redemption is A Four Letter Word by ethrosdemon, read by chemm80

[cybel]

See the reader's original mp3 post here.

Cover Artist: cybel

m4b: 40 MB, 1:20:26
Archive Direct Link: right click and save as

This podbook was compiled with the reader's permission and is being cross-posted to amplificathon.

Advice on a podfic friendly mp3 player

[loriel-eris.livejournal.com]

I'm looking to buy a new mp3 player and was looking for some advice. I'm looking for some fairly specific, kinda podfic related features and figured that this was a good place to look for some advice.

My last mp3 was a Creative Zen: Vision M, bought it for the watching avi videos on the train commute into work, and the mp3 capability was an added bonus. I would still be working with it, except it doesn't work any more.

So. I'm replacing it. This time, podfic is the primary aim (and playing avi/videos would nice but in no way essential).

How I listen to podfic: I listen to podfics as mp3s rather than podbooks (mb4?). I would really like to keep listening that way, as I do a little bit of editing to the files before I listen and I don't think that's feasible for podbooks?

My Killer Feature: The absolute must for me is bookmarking of some sort. And by bookmarking, I mean that it will let me mark the point in the track at which I stopped listening. Handy for when the track is 3 hrs long! The Creative Zen let me mark a bookmark point and stored them in a list. However, I don't mind 'passive' bookmarking (where the player remembers where I last listened to), so long as it doesn't forget as soon as I listen to another track, or when I switch it off, or when the battery runs flat. If it also remembered the playlist, that would be awesome (I've got a few podfics that are multiple track or one of a series) but not quite as essential.

I've done some asking around, both the internet and people I know, but I keep getting funny looks when I talk about bookmarking mp3s; hopefully you guys will know what I mean! And this is primarily why I'm asking here for recs.

Really Nice to have: good volume (to combat noisy environments, and, spoken word is quiet anyway), reasonably compact and I would love battery life > 20hrs.

Other stuff: I'm not too concerned with capacity, probably in the 8GB - 16GB range, but anything over 1GB or 2 GB would be acceptable. Cost is pretty flexible, I'd prefer something on the cheap end (tho, oh god, I will pay for bookmarking if needed). I'd also like something that's going to be pretty reliable, so if you've have good or bad experiences with a brand, feel free to give me that too. Oh, and I'm a Windows user.

In an ideal world: Any associated software will be entirely optional. I should be able to just drag and drop mp3s from my desktop to the mp3 window, to get the basic 'plays mp3s' functionality. Software that provides added extras / cool features, is fine.

My research so far: I'm currently contemplating SanDisc Sansa Fuze 8GB. There is a newer 'plus' version, but it got absolutely slated in the Amazon reviews.

I would really rather avoid ipod/itouch/ipad/istuff, but if you're willing to talk me through why you think i-whatever would work for me, then I will totally have that discussion with you!

So. Any advice, recommendations, opinions etc on mp3 players would be much appreciated.

SPN RPF Podfic: Quarter Century Morality Tale (Sparkle Cock) by arabella_hope

[applegeuse.livejournal.com]

Title: Quarter Century Morality Tale (Sparkle Cock)
Author: arabella_hope 
Reader: applegeuse 
Fandom: Supernatural RPF
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: NC-17
Summary: A short and cracktastic J2 story based on The Little Red Hen. Jared thinks he needs buttsex or he’s going to shrink…and no one wants to help him accomplish his task.
File Type: mp3
File Size: 5.4MB
File Length: 00:09:21
Download Link: mediafire

This is my first attempt at recording cracky humor! I’d really appreciate any feedback you have to offer or any suggestions you have for improvement. :)