Actually, I have some questions about #AudioBooks
You can't say you've read the book, but having read a book is a common phrase that people understand. 'I've read that book.'
While 'I've listened to that on audio book' is accurate, it doesn't have the conciseness of 'I've read that book'.
Do you think there needs to be a new phrase to describe the act of listening to an audio book?
Like: 'I've audio-read that book.' or 'I've audioed that book'.
Audio-read sounds OK, I think.
@lydiaconwell "I've heard the book" is true, but will sound a bit weird until it gets used more I guess 🙂
I flip between "I'm listening to" and "I'm reading" depending on whether I think anybody really cares, but my personal bias towards clarity means I say "listening to" much more often currently.
I have a friend who is a published author, and she refers to listening to her (professionally narrated) audiobooks as reading them, in her blogposts etc.
(The series I'm currently listening to (The Dresden Files) is read by James Marsters, which was an unexpected bonus when I grabbed the first one.)
Lydia Conwell
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