We are putting the final touches on Roy Underhill’s reading of “The Joiner & Cabinet Maker,” the 1839 text that tells the fictional story of young Thomas West’s apprenticeship in a rural English workshop.
The audiobook will be available in two different formats. On Monday, you will be able to purchase it as an mp3 that you can download from the Lost Art Press web site for $22. The mp3 version is more that 200mb, so don’t try it if you have a dial-up connection.
The download will play on all computers and devices, including iPods, Androids, generic smartphones and Kindles. As always, these files will not have any copy protection on them.
We also will be releasing the audiobook as a three-CD set in the next two weeks. We are still negotiating with CD duplicators so we are not sure what the price will be.
The audiobook is 215 minutes long and features Underhill reading the original text of “The Joiner & Cabinet Maker.” I recorded Underhill this Spring at his home in North Carolina. The audio was edited by John Hoffman of Lost Art Press. The final clean-up and mastering was performed by Ben Strano, a Nashville-based engineer, producer and woodworker. I think it sounds tremendous.
In the meantime, listen to this short “commercial” by Underhill where he reads some of the promotional copy for the original book (by the way, this was mastered by me – the audiobook sounds much cleaner).
Update: Crap. The promo cuts out after 2 minutes. I’ll upload a fixed one later. Gotta fill orders.
We will have more information and a sample of the audio of the book on Monday.
— Christopher Schwarz
The question everyone is asking has to be what about those fools wanting both CD & mp3? Since mp3 can be made from CDs, how about a really generous special price for both. In that case I would be proud to pre-order to assure you I won’t bail. Thank you for considering.
I thought the question on everyone’s mind would be will there be a leather bound edition
Roy is more of a cotton and wool tweed kind of guy. Interesting visual, though. 🙂
That was the first question that popped into my head too. I do wish that that Lost Art Press would offer these as bundles more often. The download is good for spot checking stuff at work or reading on lunch, but the book is always must have.
Can’t wait!
Or …….. a vinyl boxset? I know some of you neanders still know what a long player is.
8-track?
Come now, for this period, nothing but Edison wax cylinders will do.
I just purchased the book version last month, Wish I new about the audio at that time
I can’t wait.
An orgasm is already coming to me.
Regards,
Auguste