- 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
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“…this book will help readers choose software, subscribe to the best podcasts, record a podcast…and more…” (Town Oline.com, 13th December 2005)
“…worth a look if you’re just starting out…” (iCreate, No 24, 2005)
From the Back Cover
It's your show, and you can do what you want
Got something to tell the world? Want unlimited listening options? Podcasting makes it happen. It's the hottest communication trend of the twenty-first century, and one of the first guys to jump on board is ready to get you started. Todd helps you choose software, subscribe to the best podcasts, produce one with equipment you already have, record and distribute your shows—even explore the geeky stuff. Whether you're producing a podcast or listening to one, podcasting puts you in charge.
You're on the air
Everything you need to know about:
- Picking a podcatcher
- Finding podcasts to subscribe to
- Developing your show
- Producing a show with gear you already own
- Recording your podcast
- Selecting a provider
- Publishing and distributing
- Setting up a studio
- Paying the bills
- Syndicating with RSS 2.0 and enclosures
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book walks you step-by-step through the process of creating your own podcasts. Todd Cochrane starts out by explaining a little about what podcasts are and how to find and listen to podcasts, then quickly delves into how to create, upload and promote your own shows.
Cochrane has created a realistic guide to podcasting on any budget. Along with recommending equipment for setting up a "semiprofessional" podcast studio, he tells how to get started with what you already own. And, he suggests many free sources for software, hosting and content.
If you are looking for a comprehensive guide to podcasting from someone who has "been there, done that," then you should buy "Podcasting: The Do-it-Yourself Guide."
Cathy Stucker, IdeaLady
Marketing and Publishing Consultant
Cochrane has created a realistic guide to podcasting on any budget. Along with recommending equipment for setting up a "semiprofessional" podcast studio, he tells how to get started with what you already own. And, he suggests many free sources for software, hosting and content.
If you are looking for a comprehensive guide to podcasting from someone who has "been there, done that," then you should buy "Podcasting: The Do-it-Yourself Guide."
Cathy Stucker, IdeaLady
Marketing and Publishing Consultant
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Podcasting is a technology that more of us should be using, but sadly we're not. It's a little like dial-up in 1996: remember Trumpet Winsock? Todd's book goes a long way toward showing you you can quickly participate in podcasting.
For the busy exec or marketing manager this do-it-yourself guide has two benefits. First, (you) don't have time anyway, and this book is a quick read. That's good for you. Second, it shows you step-by-step how to create a low-cost, effective podcast. That's good for your business.
If you're a programmer looking for inner secrets, this book is NOT for you. If however you're part of the other 95% of the business world and would like to find out just how easy it is to get into this new media format, buy it. You won't be dissapointed.
For the busy exec or marketing manager this do-it-yourself guide has two benefits. First, (you) don't have time anyway, and this book is a quick read. That's good for you. Second, it shows you step-by-step how to create a low-cost, effective podcast. That's good for your business.
If you're a programmer looking for inner secrets, this book is NOT for you. If however you're part of the other 95% of the business world and would like to find out just how easy it is to get into this new media format, buy it. You won't be dissapointed.
29 of 37 people found the following review helpful
By Jake McKee
Format:Paperback
I've been podcasting for a while, so some of the intro chapters were a little basic for me. (Of course, they were absolutely perfect for newbies. Can't say enough about how much I wish this book existed late last year when I started my communityguy.com podcast!)
But where the book really shines for me in about halfway through when it starts to get into some of the discussion about issues that every podcaster hears about, but never really gets a good answer to. Stuff like "Do I need a mixer? What is a mixer even for, anyway??"
Great job to the author on this spectacular book.
The best thing about it is that in two nights of casual reading I was able to breeze through it - the true mark of a great technology book!
But where the book really shines for me in about halfway through when it starts to get into some of the discussion about issues that every podcaster hears about, but never really gets a good answer to. Stuff like "Do I need a mixer? What is a mixer even for, anyway??"
Great job to the author on this spectacular book.
The best thing about it is that in two nights of casual reading I was able to breeze through it - the true mark of a great technology book!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Podcasting: Do It Yourself Guide
A very good book but a little too involved. Very small print. Lots of information. Maybe once I get my feet wet then things will make sense. Read more
Published on March 3, 2010 by MoWalid
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pure Gold for the enthusiast
This is a D.I.Y. guide to podcasting. Wikipedia defines podcasting as a digital media file, or a related collection of such files, which is distributed over the Internet using... Read more
Published on November 29, 2007 by A. J. Baltes
3.0 out of 5 stars
Podcasting the do it yourself guide
The cover made me do it. The appealing green shiny cover and great looking microphone sucked me right in on this book. Read more
Published on August 5, 2007 by Lelinda Bourgeois
3.0 out of 5 stars
Unfortunately, out of date...
The tough thing about tech books is that they are out-of-date as soon as they make it to print. While this book gives a great overview of the origins of podcasting and the... Read more
Published on May 31, 2007 by Lois Lain
5.0 out of 5 stars
I looove podcasting
This is the book that got me started. I have a very popular podcast Food for the Soul and this was the book that everyone recommended. Read more
Published on April 22, 2007 by Susan Gregg
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Solid Intro
Worth buying if you're deciding how and why to do podcasts, and not up-to-speed on the technology. I had to do telephone interviews, and this book solved a lot of problems for me.
Published on April 2, 2007 by Ian R. Bruce
4.0 out of 5 stars
Simplistic
A lot of people will find this book overly-simplistic, but it has a lot of valuable infortaion and tidbits of knowledge tucked here and there. Read more
Published on March 22, 2007 by Louie N.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Good for a limited purpose
If your intention is to podcast to a public site, this is a good book, with clear instruction. If you want to set up podcasts from your own website,there is nothing in this book to... Read more
Published on July 15, 2006 by H. Edwin Detlie
3.0 out of 5 stars
Too fast for books- "mktPodcast.com"
By the time a book makes it to press, so many things have changed. The author has done a fine job, for PC users mostly, and he has clear ideas about what form a podcast should... Read more
Published on June 13, 2006 by Stephen St Clair
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Information on Podcasting - No so much on audio quality
I'm a software developer and a guitar player who does a bit of home recording. I bought this book knowing that a podcast was really just a recorded audio file so I asked myself... Read more
Published on May 10, 2006 by K. Ray
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- Audio in Media (with InfoTrac) (Wadsworth Series in Broadcast and Production) by Stanley R. Alten on page 154
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