Re:Major book publishers sue Amazon’s Audible over new speec...
by mark_l_watson on Monday August 26, 2019 @08:51AM
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I own over 300 Audible audio books, about the same number of eBooks purchased from Google, Apple, and Amazon over the same time period.
As an example of the value of audio books: several years ago I read James Joyce’s “Ulysses” and I did not totally follow the story. The language he used is interesting. A year later I bought the audio book, narrated by four or five excellent actors, and even with the strange language, the story really came to life for me.
I also like to listen to audio books while walking.
BTW, I try to buy books on different platforms so if, for example, I lost my Amazon account, then my entire library would not go away.
As an example of the value of audio books: several years ago I read James Joyce’s “Ulysses” and I did not totally follow the story. The language he used is interesting. A year later I bought the audio book, narrated by four or five excellent actors, and even with the strange language, the story really came to life for me.
I also like to listen to audio books while walking.
BTW, I try to buy books on different platforms so if, for example, I lost my Amazon account, then my entire library would not go away.