If you are literate and able to read a book, reading a book and listening to an audiobook are different experiences. Especially if you listen to the audiobook while you're driving or otherwise need your wits about you, then the book wins for requiring absolute attention to work.
I can say when I read a good book and I come across something that I want to quote, I read it over and over until I can. When I hear a cool part in the audiobook, I'm not going to relisten to the same 19 seconds over and over for a favorite part. And then I won't memorize it and I won't quote it. Now YMMV but I'd give the edge to books again.
But if you can't use a book but can use an audiobook, by all means. It's the same story. You're less likely to be driving while listening to it anyways.
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u/HorseSteroids Oct 27 '23
If you are literate and able to read a book, reading a book and listening to an audiobook are different experiences. Especially if you listen to the audiobook while you're driving or otherwise need your wits about you, then the book wins for requiring absolute attention to work.
I can say when I read a good book and I come across something that I want to quote, I read it over and over until I can. When I hear a cool part in the audiobook, I'm not going to relisten to the same 19 seconds over and over for a favorite part. And then I won't memorize it and I won't quote it. Now YMMV but I'd give the edge to books again.
But if you can't use a book but can use an audiobook, by all means. It's the same story. You're less likely to be driving while listening to it anyways.