Audiobooks/TTS great for shifting reviews backlog

[pstjmack]

I review a great number of dark/weird titles for various outlets. Recently I've had a huge backlog pile up on me. And I've found the best way to shift this is either to use text-to-speech on the go, or to go to audio where the book has a packaged audio track.

Today's TTS options, Readium, Amazon, whatever, are still somewhat robotic but definitely bearable. Amazon's especially is pretty good at producing a bearable audio version of Kindle titles. My favourite EPUB platform, meanwhile, Bookari Premium, manages rather stilted but bearable readbacks of PDFs, let alone EPUB files.

As a result, I'm able to plough through my to-review backlog while walking, commuting, cooking, shopping, anything. Of course, a dedicated audiobook still works far better when available. But when not, this definitely runs a close second best.