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Comment on You tell us: Do audiobooks count as reading a book? by Alyssa_Everett

Alyssa_Everett — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:40:26 +0000

Audio books definitely count! Could it be the technology that makes your author friend feel that listening to an audiobook is cheating, since there’s such a clear distinction now between books and newer forms of entertainment like TV and movies? Because before the invention of audio recording, families commonly read aloud to one another in the evenings.

(I’m so glad you’re talking about audiobooks, because I just found out this morning that my new release, Ruined by Rumor, also came out today on audible.com. The narrator, Rosalyn Landor, is a British actress, and I’m tickled to death that I can now hear my regency characters speak with English accents.)

Comment on You tell us: Do audiobooks count as reading a book? by Shawn Kupfer

Shawn Kupfer — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:39:23 +0000

It totally counts. It’s not like seeing a movie and claiming to have read the book — it’s the same content, just delivered differently. It’s like Kindle versus paper, in my opinion. Still the same book, just takes up less space.

Comment on You tell us: Do audiobooks count as reading a book? by Lisa Voisin

Lisa Voisin — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:36:01 +0000

Once you’ve established the ability to read (literacy), I think listening to an audio book counts, as long as it’s the full version and not the abbreviated version. You can hear the language of the story. Some of us spend a great deal of time in front of computers reading for work or pleasure. We’re strongly visual. In that regard, listening to a story might stimulate the brain in new and different ways, making the experience of story a more pleasurable one.

Comment on You tell us: Do audiobooks count as reading a book? by JulieDestry

JulieDestry — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:13:10 +0000

I absolutely think that listening to a book is the same as reading it…actually, I get much more out of listening to it than I do if I were to sit down with a paper/e-copy, since I’m a terrible skimmer. Listening slows things down, and a lot more of the subtext is revealed to me.

Of the 200 books a year I go through, I’m going to say that *maybe* 20 of them are in paper or ebook format. Plus, I have the same heated discussions about what was good or bad about the book with someone who’s read it in paper.

I think saying someone who listens isn’t a reader is the same as saying someone who uses an ereader isn’t a reader–just because it’s not in the traditional paper format!

Comment on You tell us: Do audiobooks count as reading a book? by Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:58:01 +0000

It definitely counts. If a mother reads a book to their child, doesn’t that count as the child having read the book? It’s the same principal. Why is it that some people can be so passionate about reading out loud to children, but turn negative if an adult wants to be read to?

Comment on You tell us: Do audiobooks count as reading a book? by BarkLessWagMore

BarkLessWagMore — Mon, 21 May 2012 17:24:43 +0000

I add them to my Goodreads page too because I am reading them. It takes skill and retraining of the brain to focus on an audiobook while driving, cooking, exercising, knitting, cleaning the house or picking up dog poo. Not everyone can do it. Honestly, I think it’s almost harder than reading a paperback because when I’m reading a pb I am only focusing on doing that. My husband, who barely reads 2 books a years, says I am cheating when I count my audiobooks as books I’ve read. It is the only thing we passionately argue about. He will never understand my side and I’ll never understand his. But there are much worse things we could be arguing about

Comment on You tell us: Do audiobooks count as reading a book? by Sharon Bayliss

Sharon Bayliss — Mon, 21 May 2012 17:22:49 +0000

Sure it counts! I used to do this all the time when I had a long commute. I actually “read” more at the time. Audio books are also great for while you’re cleaning.

Comment on You tell us: Do audiobooks count as reading a book? by Penny Barber

Penny Barber — Mon, 21 May 2012 17:11:57 +0000

For me, audio is as much reading as visual. I sometimes get more out of audio because I can’t skim when I see huge chunks of description. I have some books that I own the paper, Kindle, & audio versions and ‘read’ from all three depending on what else I’m doing.
Audio – even the robotty computer reader – has quadrupled my reading time, at least. I ‘read’ while gardening, knitting/crocheting, cooking,in the pool, on the lawnmower, driving – almost any activity that I can do without thinking too hard about it has now become reading time. That means I get to read a lot more for pleasure instead of just what I have to for work or study. No matter how the info gets into my head, it counts.

Comment on You tell us: Do audiobooks count as reading a book? by Samantha Ann King

Samantha Ann King — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:26:33 +0000

Although I don’t enjoy listening to books, I do count it as reading. My husband reads a lot of audiobooks when riding his bike and exercising. If it weren’t for audiobooks, he would miss out on a lot of good books. He’s planning on listening to my book instead of reading it when it comes out. I’m great with that.

Comment on You tell us: Do audiobooks count as reading a book? by alyslinn

alyslinn — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:20:09 +0000

I read books on paper, on my Kindle, and by listening to them. My daily walks to and from work are a perfect time to take in an audiobook. I’ve been working my way through the classics – Wilkie Collins’ Woman in White, DH Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover, etc. and I mark them on Goodreads as read.