I listen to audiobooks all the time, but always in situations where books wouldn't do well. At work at times, in the car a lot...they are fantastic for long commutes.
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Vicky Staubly <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 20 May 2009, Steve at Verizon wrote: > >> Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: >> >>> Books on the other hand are something that has to be read. >>> >> >> Not so. I have books read to me, sometimes by the author. I read a book >> only when it is not available in an unabridged audiobook format. Most are >> ripped from CD audiobooks in our county library but I sometimes buy from >> Audible. >> > > I don't think that would work well for me. My reading speed varies > depending on the content of the book. For most fiction, I zoom through > it faster than someone could read aloud. For programming books, I zip > through the bits that review topics with which I'm familiar, and slow > down when a new (to me) concept is explained. Books explaining some > of the math behind 3D graphics (for example), I plod through to soak in as > much knowledge as possible. > > -- > Vicky Staubly http://www.steeds.com/vicky/ [email protected] > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
