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03-09-2018, 08:09 AM | #1 | |
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Nearly one-in-five Americans now listen to audiobooks (3/8/2018; Pew Research Center)
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"Nearly one-in-five Americans now listen to audiobooks" By Andrew Perrin (March 8, 2018) Pew Research Center Excerpt: Quote:
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03-09-2018, 10:31 AM | #2 |
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Looking at the data, it would be impossible for a college student to say they only read digital because their textbooks are usually print. So did they ask if these were books for pleasure or just any book?
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Thanks for posting this. I was hoping there was a new report on American reading habits.
Unfortunately, according to the data, Americans are not reading more despite the newer formats. |
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Indeed (sigh). In contrast, Americans are increasingly "interacting with social media", especially Facebook. |
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03-10-2018, 02:47 AM | #6 |
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Who has time to read when there are so many videos on YouTube and Twitch to consume? /s
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At first I thought audio books were lame till I tried it and now I am addicted. Its a great way to get threw a book faster. For instance I can listen to a few chapters while I work then read later. I am a slow reader so this way I can finish a book several days sooner. Its very good if the book is a hard read so if you get tired or bored you can switch over to the audible. I ca not afford it on all books I buy but I try to get one with the book here and there
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I've got one Audio book, the Dean Koontz "promotional" one that they gave away free (something like "Flash Joe" -- I don't have my Kindle in front of me). I haven't listened to it yet (since I read the book, I probably won't). I don't know why, but the idea of listening to a book doesn't appeal to me, although I have sister-in-law who loves to listen to books. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places, but they seem awfully expensive to me.
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Not this American! I do my bit to make up for the rest of 'em! 😜 I hate Facebook, I don't do much YouTube video watching, and I hardly watch any TV. (Winter Olympics was an exception, but often I go for weeks without turning it on.) I just read. And not audiobooks either ... takes longer to listen than it does to read. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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03-26-2018, 08:45 AM | #12 |
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Ditto on hating or maybe strongly disliking Facebook. I have been steadily subscribing to audible fo over 20 years. Kind of my addiction. Our library also has a pretty good supply of audio books on tape that can be converted to mp3 for my sansa clip. Great for making my daily walks more enjoyable!
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Thanks to lending services such as OverDrive, Axis360, and 3M Cloud Library (not to mention professor's lending libraries such as VitalSource Bookshelf), I read far more borrowed digital books than I do books I own, even though I own numerous books and acquire more daily. I'll never finish my TBR list in my lifetime, and therefore so relate to poor Henry Bemis in Twilight Zone: "Time Enough At Last"; Last edited by Froide; 03-28-2018 at 06:10 AM. Reason: Fixed link. |
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