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Old 10-20-2017, 01:34 PM   #340
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I don't get the attraction of reading a book while someone reads it out loud. Personally, I read at probably 4x the speed that I could read a book aloud, so I'd constantly be getting ahead of the narration. What's the appeal of it?
I don't use immersion myself, but I know some like it. I just really don't see the point of audiobooks on an unwieldy device unless there's some value-added in addition to mere playback.
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