hey /lit/ first time visiting this board, what is your take on

>>9931047
For genre fiction and such, sure.
For literature, no.

Overall not good. Reading and listening are very different activities. There is the problem of comprehension w audiobooks in that you miss a lot by naturally zoning out periodically but more abstractly I think you also miss a deeper connection with the text and its poetic elements by not reading the words for yourself.

I listen to pop lit like autobiographies while I exercise if the author/subject is narrating though.

>>9931049
It depends on the literature. KJV was written to be heard, as was Shakespeare.

But OP it is definitely not a substitute. It's a different experience. You can say reading a play is no substitute for seeing a play, and you can also say seeing a play is no substitute for reading a play.

>>9931067
>zoning out periodically
This, I get distracted very easily when listening to audiobooks.

It's fine for nonfiction

Don't listen to these guys OP, you're just giving lit what it wants, an opportunity to be snobby and present itself as superior to the proles. The responses you've gotten are predictable to anyone familiar with this board.

Just ask yourself what do you trust more, self important anons or science?
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/08/listening-to-a-book-instead-of-reading-isnt-cheating.html