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SHALLA CHATS with author Bob Mayer
First of all, who ’s Bob?
NY Times Bestselling author Bob Mayer has thirty-three books published under his own name and the pen name Robert Doherty. Bob graduated from West Point and served in the military as a Special Forces A-Team leader and a teacher at the JFK Special Warfare Center & School, experiences he drew on to write Who Dares Wins: Special Operations Tactics for Success. He also teaches novel writing for colleges, workshops and conferences based on his Novel Writer’s Toolkit, published by Writer’s Digest. He has over two million books in print including his latest novel, Don’t Look Down, co-authored with Jennifer Crusie.
He lives on a barrier island off the coast of South Carolina. For more information see http://www.bobmayer.org/ or http://www.crusiemayer.com/ for the infamous He Wrote/She Wrote blog.
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Legal, Copyright, and
Podsafe Content Issues
for Staff Wishing to Podcast
(written by Sarah Houghton-Jan, Information and Web Services Manager / content taken in part from Podcasting Legal Guide : Rules for the Revolution)
Podsafe Content Issues
for Staff Wishing to Podcast
(written by Sarah Houghton-Jan, Information and Web Services Manager / content taken in part from Podcasting Legal Guide : Rules for the Revolution)
1. Podsafe Book Content
a. Aesop’s Fables: http://www.aesopfables.com/ (full text of all fables)
b. Bilbliomania: http://www.bibliomania.com/ (2,000 Classic Texts, including fiction, drama, poetry, and short stories).
c. Bookshare.org: http://www.bookshare.org/web/Welcome.html (includes mystery, romance, sci-fi, children’s books, teen books, and a lot more)
d. Classic Authors: http://www.classicauthors.net/ (online versions of well-known books by classic authors)
e. Digitized Juvenile Literature Collection: http://diglib.lib.fsu.edu/ebind/docs/ (a couple hundred children’s titles)
f. FreeBooks.org: http://www.free-books.org/ (browseable by category, includes a lot of literature and children’s books)
g. Google Book Search: http://books.google.com/ (a good place to start to see if a book is available copyright-free online—can do an advanced search to limit to “full view books.”, includes some children’s classics)
h. International Children’s Digital Library: http://www.icdlbooks.org/books/index.html (many languages included)
i. Literature for Children: http://palmm.fcla.edu/juv/ (searchable, or browseable by author and title)
j. Memoware: http://www.memoware.com/ (a number of literature categories, including a Children category)
k. Online Books Page: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/ (huge index of online books; you can browse by subject—includes a number of “children’s literature” titles)
l. Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page (largest collection of online books—includes a large amount of classic literature and children’s titles)
m. Short Stories on the Web: http://www.short-stories.co.uk/ (many categories, including a Children’s category)
a. Aesop’s Fables: http://www.aesopfables.com/ (full text of all fables)
b. Bilbliomania: http://www.bibliomania.com/ (2,000 Classic Texts, including fiction, drama, poetry, and short stories).
c. Bookshare.org: http://www.bookshare.org/web/Welcome.html (includes mystery, romance, sci-fi, children’s books, teen books, and a lot more)
d. Classic Authors: http://www.classicauthors.net/ (online versions of well-known books by classic authors)
e. Digitized Juvenile Literature Collection: http://diglib.lib.fsu.edu/ebind/docs/ (a couple hundred children’s titles)
f. FreeBooks.org: http://www.free-books.org/ (browseable by category, includes a lot of literature and children’s books)
g. Google Book Search: http://books.google.com/ (a good place to start to see if a book is available copyright-free online—can do an advanced search to limit to “full view books.”, includes some children’s classics)
h. International Children’s Digital Library: http://www.icdlbooks.org/books/index.html (many languages included)
i. Literature for Children: http://palmm.fcla.edu/juv/ (searchable, or browseable by author and title)
j. Memoware: http://www.memoware.com/ (a number of literature categories, including a Children category)
k. Online Books Page: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/ (huge index of online books; you can browse by subject—includes a number of “children’s literature” titles)
l. Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page (largest collection of online books—includes a large amount of classic literature and children’s titles)
m. Short Stories on the Web: http://www.short-stories.co.uk/ (many categories, including a Children’s category)
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