Books vs Audiobooks, What’s The Verdict?

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Books>>>>

I tried audiobooks, and it really made me feel like a complete idiot. Reading just takes you into a whole different element of imagination. You can paint the picture that the writer is trying to provide. Audiobooks are just background noise that could easily be replaced with Pluto TV, some music, or a podcast.

The audiobook that made me go was this:

Near the end it became a big ramble fest that made me feel like if this dude can make a book, maybe I can

 

[Charlie Hustle]

Depends on your learning style. When I was in college. I took notes, never used them for most classes and still got A’s because I’m able to listen and retain information. I listen to audiobooks while I’m at work because of the convenience.

 

[King Eros]

Depends on your learning style. When I was in college. I took notes, never used them for most classes and still got A’s because I’m able to listen and retain information. I listen to audiobooks while I’m at work because of the convenience.

Was going to say exactly that.

My wife loves to watch TV with the subtitles on, and I hate it. I listen to voices and words very well, whereas she has to read to best comprehend.

 

[Mowgli]

With the right actors doing the characters.


fukk books.

 

[SupaVillain]

Been leaning more on audiobooks

 

[xiceman191]

I've been reading a bit the past year or so with my kindle paperwhite but just recently got into doing audio books while I'm working or doing tasks like cleaning the house and I've been enjoying it makes it much easier for me to focus while I'm doing my tasks.

 

[jensyao]

books are long because they have this page requirement from publishers and some authors write down their entire research when half of it is important or the whole premise could be summarized in 3 paragraphs....a lot of books have click bait titles with barely any substance

you can try https://www.blinkist.com/ and get the summary to see if you want to continue further into the book, there are bootlegs online Blinkist Audiobook Download, Free Online Audio Books Torrent Search Result

 

[TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?]

This makes sense

No it doesn't
I have listened to over a hundred audiobooks
Mostly fiction..thrillers,mystery, sci-fi etc
When it comes to non-fiction jawns,I prefer reading

 

[Yehuda]

Books > audiobooks.

 

[010101]

reading & writing is a unnatural human invention meant for torture ha..........*

 

[SupaHotIce]

Prefer books. Reading in silence lets my mind form pictures

 

[IIVI]

Both, although I prefer reading.

If I'm doing something active but still want to get some reading in, audio books.

When I really need to focus and learn something efficiently, regular books.

Additionally people straight up fooling themselves if they think they're digesting something listening to it at x2 speed. That's why you have a bunch of naive psuedointellectuals thinking they know more than they do. Surface level understanding at most maybe.

On the other side, plenty of books have too many words and can be compressed exponentially.

Tablets and stylus for annotating pdf's along with audio options, then mind mapping >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

[Max Power]

Books/ebooks EASILY

 

[Mister Terrific]

I use both. If I want to get lost in the world with no distractions, I read. If I’m cleaning or out and about I do an audiobook. Never had a problem retaining information with an audiobook besides facts and figures.