Podcasting: The Do-it-yourself Guide

  • Listen up! Podcasting, which has taken the online world by storm, involves recording a broadcast and embedding it in an RSS feed so listeners can download it to their PCs, iPods, MP3 players, or even their cell phones
  • Written by one of the first and most popular podcasters, this cutting-edge book will have readers not only finding, downloading, and listening to podcasts, but creating and broadcasting their own
  • Shows how to find podcasts to subscribe to; use podcasting software including ipodder, doppler, and more; create a podcast with just a PC or Mac; or build a professional studio for recording podcasts
  • Addresses copyright issues and music ownership and offers helpful advice on understanding the "geeky stuff": RSS, XML, and Enclosures
  • Mainstream media, including MSNBC and Time magazine, have recently started advertising on podcasts

Biography

Todd Cochrane describes himself as "a typical geek with a little rebel in me"—the perfect podcaster profile. His weblog at www.geeknewscentral.com gets more than 250,000 visitors each week, and he began podcasting in October of 2004. Todd has a regular job, four kids, and a growing audience for his podcasts, which are so popular they've been noticed by Fortune 500 companies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part I: Listening to the Podcast Revolution.

Chapter 1:What Is a Podcast?

Chapter 2: Choosing Podcatcher Software.

Chapter 3: Finding and Subscribing to Podcasts.

Part II: Joining the Revolution: Your Own Podcast.

Chapter 4: Choosing Your Podcast Format.

Chapter 5: Producing a Podcast with Gear You Own Today.

Chapter 6: The Semiprofessional Podcast Studio.

Part III: Recording Your Podcast and Performing Postproduction Tasks.

Chapter 7: Recording Locations.

Chapter 8: The Recording Process.

Chapter 9: Recording Postproduction.

Part IV: Hosting and Preparing to Publish Your Podcast.

Chapter 10: Finding a Web Host for Your Podcast.

Chapter 11: Podcast Publishing and Distribution Methods.

Chapter 12: The Life Breath of a Podcast: RSS 2.0 with Enclosures.

Part V: It’s Show Time.

Chapter 13: Uploading Files and Publishing Your Show.

Chapter 14: Feedback, Promotion, and Paying the Bills.

Chapter 15:Where Do You Go from Here?

Index.

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