- Paperback: 360 pages
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (18 Nov 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0471748986
- ISBN-13: 978-0471748984
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 18.6 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 827,918 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“…Evo Terra,who wrote the book on podcasting, literally; he was co–author of ‘Podcasting For Dummies’” (Observer, March 2007)
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Podcasting is like blogging out loud! It gives you a voice—one that can be heard worldwide on computers, iPods, or other MP3 players. You can podcast to boost your business, promote your passion, share your opinions, or just have fun. The point is to say what you want to say to those who want to hear it. With step–by–step explanations, screen shots, and tons of examples, this guide clues you in on recording, producing, and hosting your very own podcast with info on:
- Finding your voice and your niche, whether you want to talk tech, make your own kinds of music, educate listeners, make people laugh, do soundseeing tours, serialize your novel, or invent a new podcasting genre
- Getting the bare necessities (if you don’t already have them), including a microphone, recording software, and an audio card
- Audio editing software such as Audacity, Cakewalk for PCs, GarageBand for musicality, and Audio HiJack Pro for Macs
- Recording, including understanding dB (decibel levels), capturing or minimizing ambient noise, and more
- Editing with GarageBand or Audacity, adding bed music, and including intros and outros for a signature finishing touch
You want your podcast to be heard. Podcasting For Dummies helps you launch and promote it with info on how to:
- Downsize your audio files with MP3 compression
- Change bit rates and sample rates in Audacity and iTunes
- Create and edit your ID3 tags in Audacity or iTunes
- Post your show notes using Movable Type or Libsyn
- Simplify the RSS 2.0 feed by using blogging software or a podcast–hosting company such as Audioblog.com, Podcastamatic, and Feeder
- Ping for publicity
- Communicate with your listeners on your blog, through online discussion groups such as Yahoo! Groups or Google Groups, or on online forums
Of course, if you want to be a podcatcher (a listener) and subscribe to podcasts, this guide shows you how to do that, too! Complete with a companion podcast—a free weekly audio commentary that will keep you up to speed on the podsphere—this guide helps you get your message heard, loud and clear.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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This comprehensive guide tells you all you need to know about podcasting, from how to buy a microphone to the technicalities of RSS feeds to how to listen to them in the first place. It’s written in familiar Dummies American chatterbox style, which will annoy some, and contains endless sci-fi references, which will annoy others. Nevertheless, it contains tons of very practical advice. At over 300 pages it covers all the necessary subjects and more, including how to fish for listeners. It’s excellent for beginners, and will prove a useful reference tool for those already podcasting. It’s particularly strong on how to make good quality programmes, which is important. It’s also Mac and open-source friendly. I’ve not read other podcasting books to compare it to.
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I was looking for information about podcasting for a blog which delivers Egyptology-related news stories several times a week. I wanted to enable it for people with eyesight problems and podcasting seems a great way to go. Often web-based functionality is best read about on the web itself, but in this case I couldn't find a web source that provided all the information in one place so I bought this book on the strength of one of the two reviews on Amazon. It is my first "for dummies" book and is conversational in tone but a lot less anecdotal and quirky than I was expecting, which is a good thing for me. It is aimed squarely at the beginner but doesn't talk down to the reader. Explanations are clear and well thought out. Nothing in the book left me confused.
The book covers the most basic hardware startup challenges like buying the right sort of microphone for the sort of podcast you're aiming for (there are a number of options and there is a terrific description of which sort to choose, with recommendations). I had no idea what a basic mixing board does and why one would need one but the book explained it perfectly.
Software is also tackled. There are recommendations on what sort of recording software and file uploading software to use, from the free of charge to the seriously expensive. There is also a helpful discussion, plus guidelines for use, of the all important role of RSS. The chapter on RSS is really invaluable.
The need to find an appropriate voice and personality for your topic is identified as a particular challenge, and this is discussed along with issues like how long your podcast should be, and how to ensure that your subject matter remains within the law. There's a whole chapter on how to conduct interviews.
Very few recordings are going to be perfect first time and there is a chapter about how to edit a recording rather than re-doing it, and how to add background music to an existing recording. The basics of the technical aspects of converting your recording into a podcast (mp3 compression, bitrates, sample rates and ID3 tags) are covered in a way that makes them easy to understand and apply.
Promoting your podcast is important and there is all sorts of advice about how to go about this, from providing show notes that will be picked up by search engines. There's also a very practical chapter on benefitting from your podcast financially, and another on podcasting for publicity.
There's only one miniscule problem, which is that some of the instructions for software like Audacity and iTunes are slightly out of date. This really is a tiny problem because all the functionality that has been mentioned has been retained in the software and can be found in its new location with a bit of digging around.
In summary this is a great book for introducing the beginner to podcasting, with guidelines about how to get started, how to present and position your show, and how to get it noticed. It is mainly aimed at those of us who want to create podcasts but there is plenty of help for those who just want to listen to them. An invaluable introductory guide.
The book covers the most basic hardware startup challenges like buying the right sort of microphone for the sort of podcast you're aiming for (there are a number of options and there is a terrific description of which sort to choose, with recommendations). I had no idea what a basic mixing board does and why one would need one but the book explained it perfectly.
Software is also tackled. There are recommendations on what sort of recording software and file uploading software to use, from the free of charge to the seriously expensive. There is also a helpful discussion, plus guidelines for use, of the all important role of RSS. The chapter on RSS is really invaluable.
The need to find an appropriate voice and personality for your topic is identified as a particular challenge, and this is discussed along with issues like how long your podcast should be, and how to ensure that your subject matter remains within the law. There's a whole chapter on how to conduct interviews.
Very few recordings are going to be perfect first time and there is a chapter about how to edit a recording rather than re-doing it, and how to add background music to an existing recording. The basics of the technical aspects of converting your recording into a podcast (mp3 compression, bitrates, sample rates and ID3 tags) are covered in a way that makes them easy to understand and apply.
Promoting your podcast is important and there is all sorts of advice about how to go about this, from providing show notes that will be picked up by search engines. There's also a very practical chapter on benefitting from your podcast financially, and another on podcasting for publicity.
There's only one miniscule problem, which is that some of the instructions for software like Audacity and iTunes are slightly out of date. This really is a tiny problem because all the functionality that has been mentioned has been retained in the software and can be found in its new location with a bit of digging around.
In summary this is a great book for introducing the beginner to podcasting, with guidelines about how to get started, how to present and position your show, and how to get it noticed. It is mainly aimed at those of us who want to create podcasts but there is plenty of help for those who just want to listen to them. An invaluable introductory guide.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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I have read many books on podcasting and this book, Podcasting for Dummies, is the one everyone considering trying their hand at podcasting should read first. It is the bible for beginners and also, importantly, has much to interest the experience podcaster. A great buy. Strongly recommended!
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