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Audiobooks, e-Books, Paper, etc.?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I want to like audiobooks, but there are two me-problems holding me back:

  1. I feel like a lot of eBooks are distributed at a very low bitrate. Somewhere around 64kbps I think is pretty common, which I know is enough for voice-only, but to me I think most sound pretty bad.
  2. I cannot stop my brain from wandering off and doing other things...

So I tend to prefer reading with my eyes instead of my ears, with a preference towards eBooks due to form factor and the ability to change fonts, font size, margins, etc. if I don't like the publisher's choices. Though from time to time, I'll get a book from the library, a second hand store, or will buy one I really liked which I read digitally. I also have a much easier time choosing a book to read from the library or a second-hand store, probably since there are relatively fewer choices, and having a physical thing to pick up.