We’re in the process of getting it onto Audible and plan to get it onto iTunes as well to get it in front of the widest audience as possible.
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Kickstarting the audio version of the upcoming book “The Sequences”
Second major sequence now available in audio format
Reductionism sequence now available in audio format
The Promoted Posts and the Metaethics sequence now available in audio
Audio Version of “How to Actually Change Your Mind”
Audio version of Rationality: From AI to Zombies out of beta
I guess I should have inserted in there that “We can’t run a business and do CC-BY-SA”. Of course we could use that license but then everyone would just share the recordings for free.
We are not trying to be greedy we just want to build a viable business that provides a valuable service. If you see a clever way to do that and still use the CC-BY-SA license then please let us know. We are still new and are willing to consider different business models.
Seeking a reader for LessWrong sequences
We definitely hear you. We’ll pass that suggestion and positive feedback onto George, he’s the reader. The subject material can certainly be dense, you definitely do not want to hit the 2X speed button on your iPhone!
Thanks for the offer Robin but we’ve decided to go with professionals. Early on we auditioned people from the LessWrong community and we decided that having a well produced reading with a professional voice actor makes a big difference on the listening experience.
The first major sequence is “Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions”; however, the wiki suggests to start with the minor sequence “Map and Territory”. Links to all three below.
Map and Territory: http://castify.co/channels/4-less-wrong-map-and-territory http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Map_and_Territory_(sequence)
Mysterious Answers To Mysterious Questions: http://castify.co/channels/1-less-wrong-mysterious-answers-to-mysterious-questions http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Mysterious_Answers_to_Mysterious_Questions
A Human’s Guide to Words: http://castify.co/channels/16-less-wrong-a-human-s-guide-to-words http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/A_Human%27s_Guide_to_Words
Licensing discussion for LessWrong Posts
You get a podcast feed link which you can add to iTunes or to any podcast catcher program you choose to use. There are some benefits of doing it this way, the files are bookmark-able (your last listening place is remembered) and you can set your podcast software to automatically sync the 5 least recent unplayed files for example.
If you are anti-podcast though we could certainly share the files with you in a zip. Just shoot an email through to support@castify.co and we’d be happy to do that for you.
PS: If you’d like to test it out, just sign up for the Free essay from Eliezer here: http://castify.co/channels/3-eliezer-yudkowsky-the-simple-truth
So we’ve talked through the implications of having some posts under the CC-BY-SA licence and others under the CC-BY license and we think we could incorporate both into a single podcast feed as Viliam_Bur suggested.
Actually I don’t now that I’ve had a closer look at the articles to be included. I was worried about posts like Entangled Photons but the editors putting it together have done a really good job of selecting posts, arranging them in a coherent manner, and even editing some posts where needed. My hat is off to them.
I’ve changed the title, hopefully that brings everyone into the discussion.
Sorry about the confusion over the “subscription” of what is a one-time payment for a Core Sequence. The “subscription” status of this first Core Sequence was a result of the way we originally set up things with PayPal. We are working to change the one-time purchases to a “buy” option not a “subscription”.
Our goal is to do exactly what you said at the end of your post. We will have a single subscription option where you can subscribe to all new promoted posts from Less Wrong. This will be a monthly recurring payment model. Then there will be a list of Core Sequences available for purchase (like buying an audiobook). You’d buy them individually.
We will have some additional core sequences coming out shortly and hope to get the promoted posts subscription option up and running very soon. Thank you for your feedback!
It will be on Audible, I’m not sure if they have restrictions on where it will be available globally. Do you know more Metus? This will be the first book that we’ve personally put onto Audible. We certainly want it to be available globally. It will also be available on iTunes.
FYI. Any purchase of an audiobook will come with the corresponding ebook version.