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For me its both. OVERALL I prefer Paper Books. Especially for sci fi. I have an extremely vivid imagination and it seems to function better when I read. Though I have enjoyed a good audio book.
For Knowledge based stuff I prefer audio books (I am reading "linked" now 7 hour audio book VERY good so far)
one of the problems with audiobooks is that it has to be WELL DONE. more like television it has to be a production.
otherwise it can be very dry and boring. I read Darwin's Children from audible and LOVED IT.
I tried to read Lucifer's Hammer and would rather dig the ears out of my skull and ear them than listen to 21 hours of that guy. He was utterly horrible. I swear I thought it was COMPUTER READ till I confirmed it was actually a person reading it.
I mean 5 minutes in and I was ready to murder myself than listen to another minute.
OK I am exaggerating but you get the point. production and presentation are CRITICAL in an audiobook. Done well and its a great experience.
One feature I ALWAYS WANT which is always lacking is an AUTO PAUSE feature. I used to have this on my pocket pc phone where it would STOP after 15 minutes and I had to tap the screen to continue for another 15 minutes.
this was awesome since once I fell asleep I would never be more than 10 or so minutes from where I last remember.
in a many many hour audiobook this is a MUST if you goto bed listening. so I pretty much just listen in the car where I am not going to fall asleep :-)
I wish more players had this feature.
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