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Homepage: http://www.collectedcomicslibrary.com/
RSS/.xml feed: http://www.collectedcomicslibrary.com/rss/...podcast_ccl.xml
e-mail: collectedcomicslibrary "at" gmail DOT com
What is a Podcast?
A podcast is a pre-recorded radio show that are produced and offered as simple .mp3 files that you can download and listen to on your computer, iPod or portable .mp3 player.
How do I listen and subscribe to the Show?
See below for full instruction. But the easiest way is to run iTunes > Advanced .> Subscribe to a Podcast and paste in the RSS/.xml link that you see above.
You can also download the .mp3 file directly from the Website and listen to it on your computer, using a program like Windows Media Player or any .mp3 player. A link to the latest show is always available on our home page, as well as a link to previous episodes.
What is your show about?
Collected Comics Library is a one man podcast hosted by Chris Marshall. It's all about the comic books and the industry and how it pertains to Collected Editions (Trade Paperbacks, Hardcovers) from all companies and from all eras. The show offers weekly news, reviews, listener feedback, and other features. The "CCL" as it is sometimes known by has over 100 episodes and is in it's third year.
How often does a new show come out?
I try to record on Tuesday to get the show up on Wednesday afternoon. I'm a one man show and I do have other responsibilities and sometimes the show comes out on Thursday. The show itself typical runs 20-30 minutes. Although I have had shows as short as 15 minutes and as long as 1 hour.
Does this cost anything?
Only your precious time. The CCL realizes that there is only so many hours and minutes in a given day. I tend not to banter about. I approach my show in a 6:00 news style.
The rundown is usually this:
Introduction
News and information
New Releases of the Week
Listener feedback and questions (includes Forum postings)
Features, Reviews and/or commentary
Show wrap up
What is the Trade Secrets Podcast?
Trade Secrets is a sister production of my regular show Collected Comics Library. This podcast is solely for my conversations with industry professionals, fans of comic books and everyone in between. Every month I do at least one interview with John Mayo, a columnist at Comic Book Resources. John and I discuss the Sales Charts for the Collected Editions each month. There is no set date when this show is published, but when it comes out, it's usually on a Sunday. Trade Secrets is also carried on the Comic Geek Speak podcast RSS feed.
How do I contact you?
I'm always on my e-mail: e-mail: collectedcomicslibrary "at" gmail DOT com
I'm also always glad to receive feedback form listeners. If you have questions, please join up and post on the Forum that you see here. I'll be happy to answer all questions you may have. Also, the people that visit and post on this Forum and ALL the CGS Forums are the friendliest, and most knowledgeable I know.
You can also reach me via Skype "ChrisCCL" and visit my ComicSpace page http://www.comicspace.com/chrisccl/
Press Kits are available upon a professional or corporate request.
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Subscribe and Listen to Podcasts from iTunes.com
With iTunes, you can browse and subscribe to podcasts from within the iTunes Music Store. Podcasts are radio shows or other audio programs that are often episodic and are downloadable over the Internet. From news and information to music and commentary, thousands of new podcasts are available everyday, from around the world, on every subject you can imagine.
You can find and subscribe to your favorite podcasts in the Podcast Directory on the iTunes Music Store, and automatically download them to your computer. You can listen to a podcast from your computer or transfer it to your iPod and listen while you’re on the go.
Tips
Syncing your iPod
If your iPod is set to automatically sync, just connect your iPod to download a new podcast. To specify which podcasts you would like synced to your iPod, open iPod preferences and click the Podcasts tab. Here you can specify which specific podcasts to sync.
Listening to a podcast on an iPod shuffle or iTunes-enabled phone
The Autofill feature of iTunes will not add podcasts to iPod shuffle or iTunes-enabled phone. Instead, you should manually add podcasts to your iPod shuffle or iTunes-enabled phone by dragging them to the proper playlist. Also it’s important to know that Podcasts of type .m4b or AAC will not play on iPod shuffle when it is in shuffle mode. To play a podcast that is on iPod shuffle, set the switch on iPod shuffle to Play in order.
Bookmarking feature
Just like when you listen to an audiobook, when you listen to a podcast on your iPod, and then connect it to your computer and play it in iTunes, iTunes will continue the podcast from where you left off. In addition, when you sync to your iPod, the podcast will start where you left off.
Managing your podcasts
In the podcast settings window you can select how many episodes of a particular podcast you will keep in iTunes. From the pull-down menu, you can select All episodes, All unplayed episodes or a specific number of episodes that you want to keep. Also, you can click the Unsubscribe button in the Source list to stop having new episodes of a specific podcast downloaded to iTunes.
What’s the difference between Internet radio, audiobooks, and podcasts?
Unlike Internet radio and audiobooks, podcasts are subscription-based and use the RSS 2.0 file format. By subscribing to podcasts you get to listen to up-to-date content where and when you want.
Locating your downloaded podcasts
To quickly access the podcast page from the iTunes music store, click Podcasts in the source list and then at the bottom of the page, click Podcast Directory.
For more information
To learn more about podcasts and how to create your own podcast, go to the Podcasts webpage.
http://www.apple.com/podcasting/
Steps
Subscribe and listen to a podcast in iTunes
1. Make sure you have the latest iTunes and iPod software installed, open iTunes 4.9 and select Music Store in the Source list.
2. Click the Podcasts link or select Podcasts from the Genre pull-down menu to browse the featured podcasts within the iTunes Music Store.
3. Select a podcast that sounds interesting by clicking it.
4. A list of podcast episodes will appear.
5. Double-click any episode to listen to the entire podcast if you wish.
6. If you like what you hear, click the Subscribe button to have iTunes automatically download episodes of this podcast to your computer.
7. Click Podcast in the Source list to see the Settings button on the bottom. You can use the Settings button to indicate how often you want to check for new episodes, and set which podcasts will be copied to your iPod.
8. You may view and download past podcast episodes. To do this, select Podcasts within the Source list and click the arrow to the left of the podcast name. iTunes will reveal all downloaded and available episodes. To download a particular past episode, click the Get button.
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What is Podcasting? from Podcasting News
Podcasting is delivering audio content to iPods and other portable media players on demand, so that it can be listened to at the user's convenience. The main benefit of podcasting is that listeners can sync content to their media player and take it with them to listen whenever they want to. Because podcasts are typically saved in MP3 format, they can also be listened to on nearly any computer.
The term podcasting was popularized by media entrepeneuar and former MTV VJ Adam Curry. Curry created an Applescript application that automated the process of downloading and syncing audio files to iPods.
Curry's application built on the work of programmer Dave Winer, a pioneer in both the world of web logs and XML development. Winer wrote the RSS 2.0 specification, which is used to deliver information about podcasts. RSS is an XML format that is used to define channels of information that contain elements, which are typically stories or web log entries.
RSS files are often used as a standardized way of publishing meta information about content. For example, web logs are typically user's thoughts about news stories or other web content.
RSS 2.0 supports enclosures, which are URL references to web content. This makes it possible to use RSS files to provide information about web content in a standard XML-based format. Podcasts are simply the application of RSS enclosures to audio files.
Podcasting in 4 Steps
1. Publishers create audio content, and post it to a web server, typically in MP3 format.
2. They publish an RSS file (newsfeed) that contains RSS news items that reference the audio content. Each RSS item provides meta information about an audio file, such as the file's name and description, and contains an RSS enclosure with the URL of the audio file.
3. End-users regularly check for new versions of the newsfeed, using an application like iPodder. When a new version is found, iPodder reads through it, identifies the audio file URLs, downloads them and syncs them to a media player.
4. Users listen to the "podcasted" audio file when it is convenient.
Podcasting has been described as TiVo for Internet audio, because it lets users save content digitally, and replay it at their convenience. This comparison, though, only addresses the idea of time-shifting, and not the idea that podcasting lowers barriers to entry, creates an alternate distribution model for audio content or that it lets publishers extend the reach of Internet content to times when people aren't even connected.
Podcasting can be used for publishing any type of audio, and some developers are exploring the idea of using the same techniques to publish video and other types of content.
Podcasting is spreading quickly because of the rapid adoption of MP3 players, and the desire of owners to have fresh content.
This post has been edited by ChrisCCL: 18 October 2007 - 06:11 PM
