Well, actually, not really, I've never listened to an audiobook in my life so I'm not in the least offended, but I didn't want to disappoint your desire for controversy. 
View original postListening to audio books is not "reading" books and doesn't in any way truly impart the same experience as actually reading a book. It's as passive as watching television; just taking in information without the positive action required in real reading. Plus, you're almost always doing something else while listening, so you're not getting the same immersive experience.
Some of my friends in my book club listen to our books as audiobooks, or do a mix of both listening and reading - sounds weird to me but apparently it works for them. Can't say I've noticed any difference in how much they seemed to have taken away from the books in question.
But yeah, it's not for me either, same thing as with podcasts: I don't want to listen to texts when I could just be reading them instead. Not unless it's poetry (read by a good reader), good debate (i.e. not the political kind), or other speech that really gains a lot from being heard out loud.
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- 07/03/2024 02:57:39 PM
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Oooh, those are fighting words!
- 07/03/2024 10:00:30 PM
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Well, my conclusive answer is "it depends"
- 10/03/2024 10:29:10 AM
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Oh, I never meant it was the same as watching a movie of the book.
- 10/03/2024 05:31:05 PM
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Also, a followup: are you saying blind people can't read unless they find novels in braille? *NM*
- 16/03/2024 03:03:14 AM
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Reading a book requires text to read. It is an active action.
- 18/03/2024 01:21:04 PM
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It definitely isn't.
- 18/03/2024 02:11:19 PM
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Oh I agree. Some others in this post dont have a basic command of the English language.
- 20/03/2024 12:29:28 PM
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*NM*