namori (@namori)

myrmepropagandist @futurebird@sauropods.win

1y

Books on tape! Books on tape! er or um audio books, I guess. Dang I sound old (but I am old. so i don't care) anyways you can get all kinds of great non-fiction books to listen to at your library or you can do torrents like a criminal (of course you would only get books in the public domain then) Anyways. Listening to books is a great way to broaden your mind.

Libraries are incredible, you can get the book right on your phone and don't even have to go in to pick it up.

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird@sauropods.win

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Try to avoid the Amazon service "audible" because they will lock you in and when you decide you don't want to give any more money to amazon it will be a pain to get away from them.

Possibly speaking from experience.

Buy physical copies of the books you enjoy so you can take notes in them and get them signed by your favorite authors. And it's great to have for reference.

I read much faster than any audio book can talk ... so I think I get more from the audio since it slows me down.

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namori @namori@peculiar.florist

1y

@futurebird Amazon audio books are read by professional actors, whereas books from our audio library are read by benevolent readers (that's ok, but it is not a real pleasure to hear them for hours and hours). And their catalogs are totally different. For my grandma, who can't read anymore, we order audio books from both. I don't pay for anything from Amazon other than that. This service is just what we need. We'll when the times come to stop the subscription.

Personally, I can't focus on audio books, I've tried a few times... But I don't either like much owning books. They're too voluminous and there is no reason to keep them: I never read twice the same book. And I can't see the point of taking notes in them. So I just borrow physical and digital books from the library.

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