Tips & Tools for Podcasting
Like a Pro
O'Reilly Releases "Podcasting
Pocket Guide"
Sebastopol, CA--Never before has the term "download this" had
more meaning
than when referring to the latest and greatest podcast.
Podcasting, a
hybrid term that smashes the MP3-playing iPod into broadcasting,
enables
ordinary people to record podcasts of opinions, news coverage,
editorials,
reviews, and features, and post them on the Web. Podcasting
makes
broadcasters of people all around the world by making their
recorded
content available for anyone with access to the Internet. With
thousands
of free podcast offerings being posted daily, listeners need
some help to
sift through all of the "noise." This is where the "Podcasting
Pocket
Guide" (McElhearn, Giles, & Herrington, O'Reilly, US $9.95)
steps in to
provide some much needed guidance.
Small enough to fit in your pocket, this portable and affordable
guide can
help you gain access to opinions and ideas that you'd never find
on the
radio. Now you can find them all--unregulated and
uncensored--on
podcasts.
The "Podcasting Pocket Guide" is available exclusively at
Borders through
this holiday season and available at all stores in January 2006.
This pocket guide is designed to help readers get started in the
world of
podcasting, both as listeners and podcasters. Readers will
learn how to:
-Find, Subscribe and Listen--Easily find and subscribe to
favorite
podcasts
-Download Podcasts--Learn how to download favorite podcasts to
portable
devices and listen to them anytime, anywhere
-Create, Record and Edit a Podcast--Use the most basic
equipment to
create podcasts: a computer, a microphone, and some free
software
-Adopt a Format--Define a style and learn how to arrange a great
podcasting program or show
-Edit Podcasts, Fix Problems--Reduce wind noise, fix a muffled
voice,
remove hiss, simulate a phone, and simulate a radio
You'll also find recommendations on 30 great podcasts, so you
can hear
first-hand what makes a good podcast.
"The 'Podcasting Pocket Guide' is a quick reference for anyone
interested
in all aspects of podcasting," said author Richard Giles. "From
listening, to finding, to creating your own podcast--this book
is a quick
start to the world of unlimited information. Find any niche
topic, or
start one of your own."
