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Part of the reason I purchased my Sony Reader was for the marvelous experience of listening to an audio book performance while simultaneously reading it. I've done this for years with an MP3 player and a pbook, but I am finding the Sony experience simply marvelous. Somehow simultaneously combining the aural experience with reading is a multi-input experience that really involves me in the book and brings it to life. (I do prefer "professional" readers who perform a reading rather just mouthing it. I'm currently listening to Simon Vance reads the Dickens novels. Wow.)
And as to music, nope. I, too, find it distracting.
Now, I just wish Sony would improve the navigation from audio to book and back, as well as add bookmark capabilities for the MP3 files -- it would make the audio book experience so much easier and less clunky. We can hope!
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