On weekdays, the most common time that Audible members
listened to audiobooks in 2016 was while commuting.
In fact, there are over 55 million people who
listened to audiobooks in 2014.
Overdrive will soon be ushering in a new way to read and
listen to audiobooks in your web - browser that you borrow from the library very soon.
Other people
listen to audiobooks in their car or wherever.
Amazon recognizes this, and has used its Audible acquisition to make it easy to switch seamlessly between reading an e-book and
listening to an audiobook in its Kindle apps for iOS and Android.
Many people find
themselves listening to audiobooks in their home with on a smartphone, tablet or via laptop speakers.
Today, Overdrive has just announced that they now have support to
listen to audiobooks in a web browser too.
Michelle Cobb of the Audiobook Publishers Association stated, «26 % of the US population has
listened to an audiobook in the last 12 months.
The 2017 survey asked about voice - enabled wireless speakers (such as Amazon Echo or Google Home) for the first time, with 19 % of all listeners reporting using them to
listen to an audiobook in the last year.
It might be getting easier to
listen to audiobooks in your vehicle with the recent announcement that Audiobooks.com is partnering with Android Auto.
While audiobook consumption has increased significantly in recent years, only 18 percent of American adults say
they listened to an audiobook in the past 12 months.
In January 2018, 18 % of American adults claimed they have
listened to an audiobook in the last 12 months.
If you want to
listen to an audiobook in the car, good luck getting that to work.
Did you know what percentage of the American public
listens to audiobooks in a given year?
And as it is, only 24 % of the American public
listens to audiobooks in a given year, according to a recent Audio Publishers Association survey.
They are also more likely to have listened to an audiobook: 22 % of device owners
listened to an audiobook in the past year, compared with 14 % of all those 16 and older who read a book in the past year.
Those who are audiobook consumers are particularly likely to rely on the library for their recent books: 24 % of those who
listened to an audiobook in the past year had borrowed a book from the library, compared with 12 % of those who didn't consume audiobooks.
Not exact matches
I downloaded the
audiobook when I was
in Mexico earlier this year and was actually looking forward
to our long bus rides
to different attractions so I could
listen to it.
Bradshaw: I'm a huge fan of
audiobooks myself, because I can
listen to them
in the car and on the plane.
While driving
in your car, working out at the gym or walking the dog, you can be
listening to that ebook, effectively turning any ebook into an
audiobook.
I've been known
to sit on the lawn
in the sun and make doctor appointments, and I
listen to fun
audiobooks while driving
to pick up kids and while cleaning the house (I just
listened to A Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes and I highly recommend it).
Morning walks are my time
to listen to an
audiobook with one earbud
in.
If one child decides
to talk
in the middle of an
audiobook recitation, the others will probably enforce the peace so that they can
listen undisturbed.
Encourage children
to listen to audiobooks and kids» podcasts
in order
to better develop their auditory learning skills.
Perfect for any use - whether
listening to music, watching TV,
listening to audiobooks, or playing games, they will come
in handy
in any occasion and deliver an outstanding experience.
My typical reading schedule now starts
in the morning, as I
listen to an
audiobook on my smartphone while I hike with my dog.
Chastened, I decided
to listen to the
audiobook of King's Hearts
in Atlantis, read by William Hurt, and found myself driving around the block because I didn't want
to park the car until a chapter was over.
Certainly there are things
to love; Bilbo's character progression and his untimely addiction
to one precious ring is welcome (although not nearly as prominent as it ought
to be), the set design and telescopic vistas are almost as epic as ever, seeing the majesty of gold - diggin» dragon Smaug realized
in impressive CG tantalizes the little boy
in me (the one who
listened to The Hobbit
audiobook until it wore out), and one particularly fun scene involving dwarves
in a barrel is a blatant film highlight; but other elements that ought
to stand out fall flat on their face and never recover.
I'd like
to share a Web site called LibriVox, which provides free, downloadable
audiobooks from the public domain: Users download the
audiobooks in MP3 format and
listen to them on their computer or copy them onto an MP3 player.
While driving home, teachers
listen to audiobooks, call a friend, or sit
in silence
to decompress.
«Developers should reduce mental distractions by designing systems that are no more demanding than
listening to the radio or an
audiobook,» Doney said
in a statement.
Get directions, make calls and
listen to audiobooks and music — all using the built -
in color touch - screen.
Get directions, make calls and
listen to audiobooks and music — all using the built -
in color touch screen.
Get directions, make hands - free calls and
listen to audiobooks and music — all using the built -
in color touch - screen.
I like the ability
to plug
in a headphone jack so I can
listen to Spotify or an
audiobook.
I happen
to love
audiobooks because it allows me
to listen to stuff
in the car when I would otherwise be bored
to death from radio commercials.
Finally the big selling point on the new Oasis is the ability
to purchase and
listen to audiobooks from the built
in Audible store.
Or rather, I haven't given
audiobooks a chance since my days of long family trips, when my grandparents wanted
to listen to thrillers
in the front seat and I wanted
to read Nancy Drew
in the back.
This demographic has also
listened to an average of 15 books
in the last year, and most of them have stated that they agreed or strongly agreed that «
audiobooks help you finish more books.»
Not only are
audiobooks compatible with the Play Books app, but you can also
listen to them
in vehicles that have Android Auto.
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In 2015
audiobook consumers
listened to an average of 5.8
audiobooks for the entire year.
Audiobook listeners read or
listened to an average of 15 books
in the last year, and 77 percent of frequent listeners agreed or strongly agreed that «
audiobooks help you finish more books.
Profits from the
audiobook will go
to ANSA, Artists for a New South Africa, a nonprofit working
in South Africa and the U.S.
to combat HIV / AIDS, and The Nelson Mandela Chidren's Fund, so while you and your family
listen to these entrancing stories, you'll be contributing
to a very good cause.
The percentage of Americans who have ever
listened to an
audiobook continues
to grow, and now stands at 43 %, which is up from 41 %
in 2015.
The big draws on the DX was the free 3G internet access that works
in over 300 countries and the speakers
to listen to audiobooks or take advantage of text
to speech.
In addition
to your monthly dues
to read all the e-books you want, you can also
listen to one
audiobook title a month for free, and then pay $ 8.99 if you want an additional one.
In Libby, readers can listen to audiobooks at up to 3x the speed, set custom sleep timers and cycle through different time displays (total time elapsed in the audiobook, time left in current chapter and total progress as a percentage).&raqu
In Libby, readers can
listen to audiobooks at up
to 3x the speed, set custom sleep timers and cycle through different time displays (total time elapsed
in the audiobook, time left in current chapter and total progress as a percentage).&raqu
in the
audiobook, time left
in current chapter and total progress as a percentage).&raqu
in current chapter and total progress as a percentage).»
Penguin Random House is currently partaking
in a number of initiatives
in order
to draw attention
to audiobooks and
to promote it
to people who have never
listened to one before.
It has a new streamlined interface that has a built
in audiobook player,
to listen to any titles you borrow from the library on the fly.