Reading audiobooks is still reading.
If you say you read an audiobook you don't have to "correct" yourself. I'd argue that you /shouldn't/, that you'd get less correct.
There's no need to say "well no I didn't read it" if it was an audiobook. There's no need to put "reading" in scare quotes.
It's reading just as much as reading print is.
I know there are worse problems, but it sucks having my favored reading format denigrated by sighted people, even to the point of them denying it's "real."
@bright_helpings I like to specify that I listened to an audiobook under some circumstances because I feel that the performance brings something extra to the text, but I still count those books as "read."
As I think about that, I realize that I rarely comment on the physical forms of books I read in print versions. Maybe because so many I read now are ebooks and the formatting isn't as obvious. There are some physical books I have to talk about because they're so beautiful it also influences me
@stelepami There's nothing wrong with talking about the format of a book you read, I have Opinions on audiobook narrators and the physical experience of how print books smell/look/feel/etc.
I'm not saying no one should ever comment on how they read a book, just that it's not good to say some formats "count" as reading and some don't.
@bright_helpings I didn't interpret your original post as discouraging discussion of different format experiences at all! I felt compelled to jump in with My Important and Unsolicited Opinion to explain the choices in language I use when I talk about different book formats.
All formats are awesome in their own ways! Many have different drawbacks for different individuals. It's so cool that there are multiple options for consuming books! Yayyyy!
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