13288: Is Listening To An Audiobook Less Than Reading A Book?

Raw transcript:

No big thunderous uh support or advice
or how-tos this week. Just one quick
question. Something that has been
popping up recently in my feeds and in
uh news outlets and so on. Stand by. I’m
going to ask you a question. Just tell
me your answer in the comments below in
this episode of the VO Heroes podcast.
So, if you’re watching the the podcast
episode, you’ve seen it in the title. If
you’re just listening, let me repeat it
for you. Are audiobooks less than other
platform books? Is listening to an audio
book less than reading the book?
So, I don’t know why this is a
controversy. I have my own opinions on
it. I think it’s six of one, half dozen
of the other. There’s advantages to one.
There’s disadvantages to others. You can
read when you’re, you know, when you’re
doing some things, you can’t read when
you’re doing other things. You can
listen when you’re doing other things.
You can’t listen when you’re doing
other, you know, I I feel like if
anything, it’s kind of even, but it’s
certainly not a lesser pursuit. But
that’s just me. So, let’s make this
quick and short. I want you to tell me
what your thoughts are. Is listening to
an audiobook cheating? Is listening to
an audiobook somehow less than a regular
book? Is listening to an audiobook an
enhancement of the regular book of the
print version or the visual version of
the book? In the comments on
vioheres.com where this episode lives,
let me know in the comments below. I
want you to rip into it. I want you to
tell me exactly how you feel. Now, I
realize some of you are audiobook
narrators and you might have strong
opinions about this. I want to hear what
you have to say. Some of you may not do
audiobook narration and just might be
consumers of audiobooks. I want to hear
what you have to say. Please let me
know. There was uh you know all kinds of
recent articles. There was all kinds of
on social chatter and everything. But I
want to know what you think. I want to
know what you the people who have come
here for this episode think. So, put
your comments below. Let me know what
your thoughts are. Is listening to an
audio book less than reading the print
version or the e version of the book?
Yeah, let me know. Uh, also forward this
along to uh anybody else that you think
might have a strong opinion about it and
let them come back here. If you’re on
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things. Love if you’d do that. I’m David
H. Lawrence the 17th. I thank you so
much for watching and for listening and
I will see you in the next episode of
the VO Heroes podcast.

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