Between physical or audiobooks, I'd go for physical every other day. However, I used to avoid and even advocate against digital books a couple years ago.... untill I bought a Kindle... and boy oh boy... my opinion has changed! I've got acess to much more books and my reading on a Kindle has made my reading routine far more easy. So... I'd say today that the person should choose whatever media (physical, audio or digital books) she wants as long as she keeps on reading. That's what really matters. Keep on reading.
I prefer AudioBooks to books I have a slight dyslexia and it makes reading hard so audiobooks are a lot easier for me to listen to also get to choose if you want to read an a bridge version or unabridged so it’s nice to know you have a choice to read or listen😊
I personally cannot use audio books even back then with CDs, it would just bore me or take too long. I found enjoyment with eBooks because I can hold so many books or even PDFs in my device and read them whenever. I like physical books the most but digital books make it easy to quickly read.
I am a true advocate of acquiring relevant information through digital audios and recordings (Whether fiction or non-fiction). I also, for time contraints, don't have the chance to read as much as I'd like to. Having said this, I still prefer and enjoy reading a good book even if it takes me weeks to finish one, on certain occasions. Thanks for the video! 👍
I prefer to read a book. But audio books 📚 are good, too. I compare it to my mom or sister reading to me. However, some of the readers are not 🚫 very good at reading aloud. I have only recently started reading ebooks. It's still something to read, but not 🚫 as good as flipping pages. (Plus you have light shining in your 👁️.)
I have an auditory processing disorder so find audiobooks useless. I love reading an actual, text-loaded paper book. I also despise e-books. I don't like being spied upon by them and I don't like the fact that I don't own the book.
I find it harder to switch off and read a book than I used to when I was much younger. Too many intrusive thoughts of things that need doing, I still enjoy it but it's harder. Audiobooks are wonderful, especially on long drives. Part of my brain can focus on the words whilst other parts of my brain are engaged doing manual tasks. Do I prefer it? It's just different, there are somewhere it adds a real dimension to the book, depending on the narrator. Jim Butcher's Dresden Files for instance - James Marsters is so damn good I will hear his voice even if I read them now. Some books really do not translate to audiobook. I tried to listen to one of Scalzi's earlier books and the style just made it like pinpricks. There were a lot of 'X said, Y said, X said, Y said' that my brain would just skip over reading, but really irritated in audio form. I know he's spoken about this and changed his style to correct and I don't think it's a loss to the book readers, but it really helps with the audiobook version. Your mileage may vary, depending on the book and the narrator. I am pleased they exist as a main stream medium which opens up accessibility and availability to more people. That imho is a good thing, consume their words - however works best for you.
I completely agree about the importance of the narrator. The narrator for Dracula was excellent, but I just finished another audiobook and the narrator diminished the experience.
Just wanted to say your videos are awesome and insightful and i think you'll gain a lot of fans over time. Keep it up bro.
Thanks so much!
Between physical or audiobooks, I'd go for physical every other day.
However, I used to avoid and even advocate against digital books a couple years ago.... untill I bought a Kindle... and boy oh boy... my opinion has changed!
I've got acess to much more books and my reading on a Kindle has made my reading routine far more easy.
So... I'd say today that the person should choose whatever media (physical, audio or digital books) she wants as long as she keeps on reading. That's what really matters. Keep on reading.
I prefer AudioBooks to books I have a slight dyslexia and it makes reading hard so audiobooks are a lot easier for me to listen to also get to choose if you want to read an a bridge version or unabridged so it’s nice to know you have a choice to read or listen😊
I personally cannot use audio books even back then with CDs, it would just bore me or take too long. I found enjoyment with eBooks because I can hold so many books or even PDFs in my device and read them whenever. I like physical books the most but digital books make it easy to quickly read.
I am a true advocate of acquiring relevant information through digital audios and recordings (Whether fiction or non-fiction). I also, for time contraints, don't have the chance to read as much as I'd like to. Having said this, I still prefer and enjoy reading a good book even if it takes me weeks to finish one, on certain occasions. Thanks for the video! 👍
I prefer to read a book. But audio books 📚 are good, too. I compare it to my mom or sister reading to me. However, some of the readers are not 🚫 very good at reading aloud. I have only recently started reading ebooks. It's still something to read, but not 🚫 as good as flipping pages. (Plus you have light shining in your 👁️.)
I prefer physical books over audiobooks and Kindle/e-books but I will download the audiobook if the the physical copy has too many pages in it.
I have an auditory processing disorder so find audiobooks useless.
I love reading an actual, text-loaded paper book.
I also despise e-books. I don't like being spied upon by them and I don't like the fact that I don't own the book.
I find it harder to switch off and read a book than I used to when I was much younger. Too many intrusive thoughts of things that need doing, I still enjoy it but it's harder. Audiobooks are wonderful, especially on long drives. Part of my brain can focus on the words whilst other parts of my brain are engaged doing manual tasks. Do I prefer it? It's just different, there are somewhere it adds a real dimension to the book, depending on the narrator. Jim Butcher's Dresden Files for instance - James Marsters is so damn good I will hear his voice even if I read them now.
Some books really do not translate to audiobook. I tried to listen to one of Scalzi's earlier books and the style just made it like pinpricks. There were a lot of 'X said, Y said, X said, Y said' that my brain would just skip over reading, but really irritated in audio form. I know he's spoken about this and changed his style to correct and I don't think it's a loss to the book readers, but it really helps with the audiobook version. Your mileage may vary, depending on the book and the narrator. I am pleased they exist as a main stream medium which opens up accessibility and availability to more people. That imho is a good thing, consume their words - however works best for you.
I completely agree about the importance of the narrator. The narrator for Dracula was excellent, but I just finished another audiobook and the narrator diminished the experience.
Please do The Hobbit and LOTR series!
ruclips.net/video/H36U0vysqz0/видео.html plan on doing LOTR at some point!
Both , both count