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f00l · 05-26-2008, 10:33 AM

Audiobooks vs e-books....do you love them both, or one experience more than the other?

OK, we use them in different ways and different places (hard to read a book while driving, tho I know some who've tried.)

I drive a lot and my 100G collection of audiobooks on the Ipod Classic saves me from murder charges, I suspect. Audiobooks also work wonderfully when I am doing housework or yard-work, and I can listen while posting annoying threads to forums about reading, as I am now. (HP and the SS, at the moment, for my holiday good mood) And a fantastic narrator can give new life and depth to an old classic I've already read many times.

I don't yet own an Ebook reader, aside from a series of Palm devices. So many physical books to impede my progress around the house already....but having come here, now I want one.

I am deeply intrigued by the many comments about e-book readers profoundly changing and improving the user's life (as my Ipod and the discovery of audiobooks did for me). So I'm researching preparatory to shopping for an e-book reader now. (With new devices, the anticipation and study can be part of the pleasure, ask any drooling Iphone maniac. :>)

I love the comments about how the user has pleasure reading even with just a minute or two to spare. (I use the Ipod while standing in line, but then someone speaks and you have to cut off your earphones suddenly. An e-book might work better.) I also tend not to use the Ipod at bedtime, as I don't want to fall asleep while it keeps playing. An e-book would be lovely for that.

Of course, excepting Ebay, used bookstores, filesharing, and audible.com, audiobooks are expensive, the narration quality varies, and often only major titles make it onto audio. And, for some beach read stuff, the reading time investment is fun, but I would never offer up the time required for listening if the book doesn't matter to me.

So for those who love both e-books and audiobooks, comments, please? Do you prefer one over the other? Love both, for different authors or various activities? Would love to hear personal preferences.

f00l (of a typist)

05-26-2008, 10:33 AM	#1
f00l aka bad typist Posts: 29 Karma: 197836 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Republic of Texas Device: Oasis, iphones, android, old kindles, fire phoned	E-books vs audiobooks, which do you love more? Audiobooks vs e-books....do you love them both, or one experience more than the other? OK, we use them in different ways and different places (hard to read a book while driving, tho I know some who've tried.) I drive a lot and my 100G collection of audiobooks on the Ipod Classic saves me from murder charges, I suspect. Audiobooks also work wonderfully when I am doing housework or yard-work, and I can listen while posting annoying threads to forums about reading, as I am now. (HP and the SS, at the moment, for my holiday good mood) And a fantastic narrator can give new life and depth to an old classic I've already read many times. I don't yet own an Ebook reader, aside from a series of Palm devices. So many physical books to impede my progress around the house already....but having come here, now I want one. I am deeply intrigued by the many comments about e-book readers profoundly changing and improving the user's life (as my Ipod and the discovery of audiobooks did for me). So I'm researching preparatory to shopping for an e-book reader now. (With new devices, the anticipation and study can be part of the pleasure, ask any drooling Iphone maniac. :>) I love the comments about how the user has pleasure reading even with just a minute or two to spare. (I use the Ipod while standing in line, but then someone speaks and you have to cut off your earphones suddenly. An e-book might work better.) I also tend not to use the Ipod at bedtime, as I don't want to fall asleep while it keeps playing. An e-book would be lovely for that. Of course, excepting Ebay, used bookstores, filesharing, and audible.com, audiobooks are expensive, the narration quality varies, and often only major titles make it onto audio. And, for some beach read stuff, the reading time investment is fun, but I would never offer up the time required for listening if the book doesn't matter to me. So for those who love both e-books and audiobooks, comments, please? Do you prefer one over the other? Love both, for different authors or various activities? Would love to hear personal preferences. f00l (of a typist)