Thread: [New York Times] Will Books Survive Spotify?
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Old 01-20-2024, 08:48 AM   #76
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Originally Posted by haertig View Post
In my experience, it takes MORE concentration and focus to listen to an audiobook than to read a paper book or ebook. The narrator doesn't pause for your brain to catch up and mull over or interpret something like you can do when reading.

So to those who can listen to an audiobook and pick up everything that goes past in real time, I tip my hat to you!
What is real time? Most of the time, I up the speed of the audiobook from 1.2x to 1.4x.
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