do you listen to audio books?

>>9675316
At the moment, I am listing to mein kampf.

I am at Chapter 1 Volume 2.

I would if audible wasn't so overpriced. I can buy a giant stack of books for one month of their service.

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>>9675318

Mein Neger

>>9675316
No, my brain gets confused.

What is a good audio book for an adult who doesn't read? I didn't even read in high school, I just cheated on book reports.

>>9675320
you can find some audiobooks on yt but usualy sound is not good

>>9675316

Yes. They are easier for me to focus on for longer periods of time than actual text.

>>9675318
edgy

>>9675450
Yeah man same here.

Also, how do you guys feel about the idea that the written word is a surrogate for spoken? Words are symbols that represent sounds, ie audio books are better?

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I couldn't find an actual copy that I didn't need to import and wasn't super expensive, so I torrented the audio book of Nixonland by Rick Perlstein.

I listen to it on the bus.

>>9675474

I mean, when you read text, you are hearing what you are reading enunciated in your mind anyways, it's not like the text just goes directly into your brain. It's almost like your mind is its own audioook, and using a real-life audiobook is the same as reading, but you're just experiencing it with a voice that isn't your own.

The idea that an audiobook is some completely different inferior experience is a meme.

How do you guys listen to audioboks? Audible or some other service or app?

>>9676303
You can torrent most of them, and for older/more popular works you might be able to find them in their entirety on youtube.

I wouldn't have been able to suffer through Das Kapital any other way to be honest

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Depends on the material. I'll read some of the more complicated stuff but casual books I listen to.

>mfw trying to listen to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason

I like to listen to short stories. Lovecraft is great for audiobooks

>>9675318
go back

I like audible because of the x2 and x3 speeds. My brain wanders off if it's read slowly at the normal speed. It's also nice to listen while doing mindless chores like the dishes or cleaning or driving to work. It's fun. If anyone has suggestions besides audible that would be great. I just don't want to take files into a program to adjust speed permenantly otherwise I wouldn't have audible.

>>9677286
If you can access the raw MP3 files (or are able to strip off the DRM), overcast's "smart speed" would be great for you. It speeds up the book dynamically, cutting out silences and parts where the author speaks slowly (you can adjust the base speed as well to make the algorithm much more aggressive.)

Costs $10 a year though for audiobooks, as you need to upload the MP3 file to their servers, which is a premium-only option.