How long do audiobooks last

An audiobook, at non chipmunk speed, goes by at about words per minute wpm. The average reader reads words on a page at about wpm. Very fast readers, so I understand, read by looking at the text more as a whole - and then by pulling together all the threads to form a narrative.

In other words, very fast readers are less linear in their reading. According to one source I found , the average college professor reads at about wpm, and true speed reader can read at about 1, wpm. You can check your reading speed here.

If you are a nonlinear reader, and your brain requires a very high throughput of information to stay happy, then an audiobook probably will not work for you. The audiobook information delivery is too linear and too slow. Reading with an e-book reader is not so great for people who move through pages quickly - and who may skip around in the book.

The tactile sensations paper reading - turned down pages and the feel of page thickness from the back cover - are key tactile enablers of nonlinear reading.

I recognize some favorites here and anticipate finding more. I love long books to listen to, and especially series. I started listening to the books after the first one because I find that reading dialect slows me down. Jamie and Claire seem like old friends now. I am listening to Fiery Cross now hours! I began listening to the series after reading the first book. I find reading dialect slows me way down, so I enjoy the series much more now. Jamie and Claire seem like family now?

I love long books, audio or print. I listed to Anna Karenina narrated by Maggie Gyllenhaal about a month ago and definitely enjoyed it. I might throw in My Brilliant Friend. And delightfully read by Stephen Fry.

Listened to this this month and loved. Been meaning to reread the entire canon for awhile and this was perfect way to do it. The narrator is so important to listening when your reading is audible. The narrator is everything! I would listen to anything read by him. Robert Glenister is amazing for Cormoran Strike! I usually switch between audio and print to speed things up, but I cant stop listening to him! I love the idea of listening to classics on audio!

Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and now Count of Monte Cristo. Ah, East of Eden. My favorite book. When I was sixteen my Grandma and I read it at the same time and enjoyed deep discussions about family, history, and morality. It holds a special place in my heart. That said, I love the idea of bang for your buck with Audible credits — I must look into some of these.

Agree to the love of amping up the speed on audiobooks. My book group friends heartily disagree, but rarely do books become unintelligible at 1. I usually listen to mine at 1. But most other books are sped up.

I really like that the Libby app allows you to tailor the exact amount you want it sped up by so you can go to wherever works best for you. Thank you for the list and the reviews. I am currently listening to Becoming, and will be adding East of Eden by Steinbeck and several others from your list. Just in the nick of time. I have been listening to The Count of Monte Cristo for 2 months now and still 12 hrs left.

I am enjoying parts of it but so many characters and their alias has become confusing at times. I only began listening to audiobooks in Dec I always assumed I would be too distracted to follow an audiobook. Then I realized I was listening to tons of podcasts and found them engaging, so maybe audiobooks would be the same. This is the most important one. My daughter was diagnosed with dyslexia last summer. During my research I discovered audiobooks would be beneficial for her.

It was always important for me to model reading in front of our children, and I want my daughter to love it as much as I do. And 3. I read on your blog that listening to books and reading books uses the same parts of your brain. It has literally changed my reading life. The first I tried was The Good Life and fell in love with the narration.

Thank you Anne, for showing me the value of audiobooks. Just a note about the dyslexia-we listen to a LOT of audiobooks. On our car rides to school 30 minutes and longer car journeys, we listen to audiobooks. Our dyslexic son follows along with the physical book in the back seat.

It works out quite well. Takes a bit of planning to make sure you have both copies ready, but I like to think he is picking up something from the hard copy-how a word looks or is spelled, punctuation, sentence structure, paragraphs, anything. How old is your son? Our daughter is 7 and was diagnosed with dyslexia last summer.

Dyslexia still feels very new to me but I want to do anything I can to help her. Our son is 12 very young emotionally though. We started out just listening to books back when they were cassette tapes , and have made several graduations-now listening on audible and him following along in the backseat.

All we can do is model the behaviour and encourage. The book English translation—all seven volumes took me three years to read. Loved Lonesome Dove on audio. It is western, but so much more. Great on audio despite being long.

I just bought a doorstopper in the form of a gorgeous, Les Miserable Penguin paperback. I think audiobook will be the best way to do this, too! I chose the 60 hour version narrated by George Guidall and am looking forward to listening very soon. The Stand by Stephen King — the narrator is so good and the plot is really fast paced.

I highly recommend it! I had to wait a few months to get it back but in the meantime encouraged my gym teacher to listen, too. I was definitely involved. How many times did I announce to my family I was off to listen to my viral vampires? Who can say? I wanted to thank you, Anne, for introducing me to Emily Giffin.

My favorite long audiobook is Seveneves by Neal Stephenson. Roughly sci-fi, on what might happen if the Earth were suddenly not livable, good science, good plot, well written. Another by Stephenson, Reamde, a high-tech global adventure story. I liked them so much, I listened twice! Last summer I thoroughly enjoyed Angle of Repose from audible.

I had literally just signed into Audible to hunt for a long book to use my last credit for before again canceling my membership. I am listening to the Count of Monte Cristo right now, and I think it will clock in above 43 hours because the narrator is doing incredibly realistic French and Italian accents for each character. I am loving this complicated story and seeing many interesting parallels and contrasts between Jean Valjean and Edmond Dantes.

Also- The Weight of Ink begs to be read, not heard. I just finished listening to Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese…. And one of them is an ability to listen to audiobooks. Have you ever tried to switch the ebook platform? Decided to move all your Kobo books to Kindle ecosystem or the other way round? The reason is that different audiobook platforms use DRM Digital Rights Management systems to prevent bought files from the unauthorized distribution.

It means that most probably the audiobook you download from one platform can be only opened using apps and devices authorized by this platform. When you buy an audiobook on Audible, you can open it with an Audible iPhone app or an Audible app for Amazon Fire tablet. The last thing shows how tremendous are the possibilities of books that are converted to a digital format. Have you heard of Whispersync for Voice?

How does it work? Imagine you start reading a book in the evening on your iPad, using a Kindle app. When you wake up in the morning and go out jogging, you can use the Kindle app on your iPhone — but this time switch the mode to audiobook playing. The narration will start precisely at the location you stopped at last night.

Cool, huh? Audiobook narration is an option available for over 60, Kindle titles. We removed a comment system to increase your privacy and reduce distractions.

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