>so. Everything is included in my ISP plan.
>I use Camelsystem Powerpost, it does everything automatically, such as creating the par2,
>and other files to go with the mp3 files. I am really happy for the convenience.
>I have so much audiobooks saved on dvds and other media that I want to share.
>I tried a few just to test: Frankenstein, and one named Fifty Grand
>I now have a really cool name of: ALIEN
>I plan to post like crazy!
>Is there a way that I could know if people are really downloading what I share like how I
>can do on torrent?
>Again, thanks for your help.
>Alien (from the mothership above)
If I might suggest.......
There are a couple of things you might do before you post.
1. Check that the book has not been posted (at least recently). This is best acheived by
looking on an NZB site like Binsearch or NZBindex - there are a lot more. Just search for
the book and author you intend to post and if you find it then give that one a miss.
Remember, there are sites like abook.ws which post books on usenet but with coded titles so
the coded titles will not show up on a search.
2. As for finding out if anyone actually wants your posts, there are a couple of things you
might try.
a) Post a list of "soon to be posted" and ask if anyone wants them.
b) Look back at the list of "REQs"
c) Lots of folk download stuff but remain as "lurkers" ie they don't give messages or any
other indication that they download stuff. It is their choice, but that means that some
downloading is done which we will never hear about. There are more conscientious folk who
will say "Thanks" when they download and then you can be sure they appreciate your efforts.
As far as I know...... there is no way to find out how many people downloaded a file from
Usenet like you can on forum sites or torrent sites.
Oh, and do remember that its not exactly legal to post audiobooks on Usenet and your ISP can
see you doing this, if they wanted to - they might just want to if you started uploading
gigabytes of stuff every day......... Use of "separate" uploaders like usenet-news.net (and
many many more) don't usually suffer from this restriction.
Look forward to seeing your posts.............
lanky
I'd give you a piece of my mind, but I'm on the last one
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