My local library just this month added the epub/pdf formats to their digital section. Prior to that, all that was available from the e-library were downloadable audiobooks and that's how I started with them. Slow going at first, but concentration got better over time. Now I try to check out both and sometimes read along while listening. That generally only lasts a short time as I tend to read faster than the narrator narrates.
I agree that the narrator is key and a bad one can ruin a book. I'm probably being too picky, but it annoys me a bit when a male narrator mimics or immitates a female character's dialogue. It sometimes doesn't ring true...and sometimes will distract me from the plot since I find myself dwelling on it.
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