Ages: Preschool and
up With audio books, kids can learn to appreciate the art of storytelling before they can read.
In the future, Amazon could also do things like preview chapters of its forthcoming books to sell individually as «Kindle Singles» or package an e-book
together with an audio book and sell it at one price, so that readers can switch between the two formats as they're on the move.
This meant the the digital book market is now bigger than audio book sales for the first time,
with audio book sales for 2009 worth $ 192m, down 12.9 % on the prior year.
With audio books, they can listen to their books instead, and gain valuable knowledge while driving, eating, or completing other tasks.
Being dyslexic makes me a slow, thoughtful reader, and
with audio books, not only am I able to keep up with current bestsellers, but I can also multitask.
That is not where you want to be
with your audio book!
with audio books you can not quote, highlight or print excerpts.
I'm worried though, I love sitting reading with news radio on in the background, I'd lose
that with audio books!