[Catlady]

Originally Posted by issybird

An opinion piece in the New York Times yesterday weighs in: Is Listening to a Book the Same Thing as Reading It?

This sounds right to me:

It sounds right to me to, and it's pretty much what the listeners in this thread have been saying all along. Without rereading the thread, I believe the pro-listening folks repeatedly said that we are talking about adults listening to books for entertainment, not people who are learning to read or people who are attempting to study and comprehend complex material.