August 2005
Beginner
464 pages
12h 36m
English
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How This Book Is Organized
The book is divided into several chapters, organized by subject:
- Chapter 1, Tuning into Podcasts
The hacks in this chapter teach you how to listen to podcasts through your browser and on a variety of different devices. You’ll also learn how to find good podcasts and share them with your friends, as well as how to tune into videoblogs.
- Chapter 2, Starting Out
This chapter takes you through the basic hardware and software setup required to make high-quality podcasts. It also shows you how professional shows are produced, and how that knowledge can help you build a better podcast for yourself.
- Chapter 3, Quality Sound
The hacks in this chapter cover in depth how to pick the right audio hardware for your podcast, as well as how to reduce noise to get that elusive clean sound.
- Chapter 4, Formats
Having quality sound is one thing, but what do you say? Chapter 4 covers the formats of various shows, and provides examples of formats as well as case studies of many popular podcasts.
- Chapter 5, Interviewing
Interviewing people is a great way to get compelling content for your podcast. Find out how to interview people, and how to edit the interviews, in this chapter.
- Chapter 6, Blogging
This chapter concentrates on the mechanics of posting your podcasts to the Internet. Many options are available, and this chapter will help you sort them out while at the same time avoid being stuck with huge bandwidth bills.
- Chapter 7, Publicity
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I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.