Getting Into Audiobooks

If you listen to audio versions of books, do you also read them? Why or why not? Or do you never listen and, if not, why not?

Brenda

True confession. I have never listened to an audiobook all the way through. Not even my own.

Nearly all of my books have been made into audiobooks by a couple of publishers and I have links to all of them ... somewhere. I also had a hand in producing two audiobooks from my latest series - Blind Date and When Last Seen. For these two books, I listened to every chapter at least twice as my narrator, the fabulous Heather Williams (evening radio host at CHEZ 106) recorded and shared. Still, I never listened to the final books in their entirety. (Available everywhere)

I guess I don't listen to audiobooks because of the time commitment. The listening takes focus for stretches of time, and I'm not that disciplined. I normally spend a good part of my day writing and on other tasks but never sit too long. My modus operandi is to write, take a break, read a chapter of whatever novel I have on the go, write some more, do housework, read, have coffee with my husband, write... you get the idea. I tried listening to podcasts while working out in the mornings and this went okay, but I never got hooked on any series and still enjoy listening to music while toiling through the exercises. 

Another reason that I don't listen to audiobooks is that I love reading a physical book. Turning pages, rereading passages, enjoying the imagery and vocabulary ... it's a completely different experience to listening to a book read aloud. However, there will likely come a time when I start to include audiobooks in my day. I know that many people enjoy the listening experience, and it's a medium I'm willing to delve into when life settles down. 

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