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Originally Posted by barryem
I wonder if the demeaning of listening is because the first experience of books for most of us is listening to our parents read to us, planting in our minds that being read to is for children.
Barry
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Nobody in this thread has demeaned audiobooks, Barry. All anyone's questioned is whether or not it's reasonable to say that you've read a book yourself when what you've actually done is listened to someone else read it. Some people are happy with that usage, some not. It's a personal choice.