Audio books are now so popular that 28% of Americans are now listening to books on audio. The sales of audio books have increased over 12% in the last two years and in 2007 exceeded the 1 billion dollar mark.
Let us see if we can itemize the benefits of buying an audio edition as opposed to the printed book.
Firstly: They are a great time saver due to the fact that you can listen to them just about anywhere and anytime even when doing other things. I personally like to listen to my favorite audiobook whilst driving to and from work and have used this time to further my education, which in my particular case is learning foreign languages. But you don't have to be driving to listen to you favorite book, you could be out walking the dog, cycling, exercising or doing just about anything. Well not quite anything, it would be a bit difficult to listen to your favorite audio book and watch television at the same time.
This brings us to our second benefit: That is simply that most people love reading but don't have that much time. By listening to audio when you would not be able to read, for example when driving, then you are making good use of otherwise dead time.
If you are ambitious and want to educate yourself to get ahead in your chosen career then using your commuting time and listening to audio on your mp3 player or ipod is a good use of otherwise dead time.
Thirdly: I know this may seem fairly obvious but audio books are absolutely great for blind people or people with impaired vision. With audio anyone with any form of disability can enjoy a book whenever they want.
By listening to spoken books people with visual impairment can learn new hobbies and help to educate themselves and simply enjoy listening to their favorite book.
Fourthly: For people recovering in hospital or even older people who may have problems actually holding a book then the obvious solution would be an audio book.
If we look closer we can find even more benefits of listening to our favorite book on audio, such as helping children with there literacy, but it looks like the spoken word as opposed to the written word is now here to stay with more and more people everyday exploring the exciting world of audio books.
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