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I read faster then I can listen and my life consists of unpredictable interruptions so I find ebooks a better fit as lifting my eyes from the screen to respond to a request is far less disruptive than having to pause an audiobook so that I can pay attention to the request.
I find it easier to read an ebook in the snitches and snatches of time I can grab for myself then to listen to an audiobook.
I think that listening to a book read (or a lecture) may be different then reading the book (or lecture transcript) but I don't think it's necessarily inferior or even easier for everybody. Plenty of the comments here seem to indicate the opposite.
As for cheating, I have problems focusing and following along with lectures even interesting ones so was it cheating to take notes or better yet buy the professor's lecture notes? It was and is worthwhile to work at improving my ability to retain information given orally but that's not quite the same thing and if it's necessary information then it would be remiss of me not to ensure that I have it on me in written form. And if it's just for solitary enjoyment then thoughts of cheating are irrelevant.
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