a good audiobook is a performance, not just a reading. You lose the ability to see how things are spelled and of course you can't go at your own pace. Personally, I am a Kindle person - I'd rather do my own voices. But I do recognise that a well-read book is a great pleasure. I loved reading to my children when they were at a receptive age.

I resisted audiobooks for the longest time, but when I finally got around to trying them out I became completely addicted.

At first I thought I'd really only enjoy non-fiction. I came to this conclusion because of the content I'd listen to from Youtube. I gave some fiction a go too though and found that was just as engaging.

One of the frustrations I have with non-fiction on audible is that it's mostly what I call 'pop-non-fiction'. That is, it's pitched at the average person, when I want to listen to more rigorous academic work. That's hardly surprising though given the market for such things is smaller.

The narrator can make or break a book. I can't stand most American narrators for example and I much prefer male to female narrators. Further, some older audiobooks really need to be re-recorded because the quality of the audio itself leaves a lot to be desired.

You do also have the difficulty of not knowing how things are spelt. More of an issue for fiction than non-fiction and you can't really avoid it if you can't read, but it is a thing nonetheless. I also hate how Audible users seem to be all high and mighty about the One True Way to pronounce all words, when in reality pronunciation varies throughout the English speaking world and that's completely normal and fine.

In short: audiobooks are great, but of course if you're like me and can't read you don't have a choice anyway.

I do both. Unfortunately though, I don’t have a well working Braille display at the moment. So I am listening to more audiobooks at the moment. My favorites are those made by GraphicAudio. They are producing their content with music, sound effects, and a full cast.
Sometimes, I also use audible. But, I find it very annoying, that they still encode their stuff in such low quality.

I listen to audiobooks every day! I have a Bluetooth headband that I wear to bed and use the timer on my book in case I fall asleep. I do use audible, mostly because my friend and I listen to the same book and then talk about them and she likes newer books. I used to just get them from the library for free. I think the software for that is called Libby. It's free. If you call your library they will help you. I love audio books!

I find it hard when I have one on, I get distracted when listening then have to go back to hear what I missed. I'd like to learn how not to get distracted when I have a book on!! 😂

Not for technical books, but sometimes for other types of books.

I love audiobooks. I think it is easy to get distracted when listening to a book as opposed to physically reading. Its hard to say It all depends on the narrator!

Personally I love audiobooks, and have preferred narrators. I’ve liked the audiobook versions better than the books themselves in several cases, and vice versa in others, if the voice of a character doesn’t match the one I assigned in my head.

i highly recommend the Harry Potter books narrated by Jim Dale, anything read by Ray Porter, and my all-time favorite is World War Z read by an entire cast including Alan Alda, Mark Hamil, Rob Reiner, and Kal Penn.

I listen to them constantly. It's fantastic. I just wish there was a way to figure out how names were spelt. It's uh... a bit problematic when reading SF/F that makes up alien languages.

The only thing I have picking in audio book is when 1st person narrator goes from speaking to internal monologue.

I’ve listened to over 30 books since November.

Back before my vision lose I read a book a day, now I listen to a book in two or three days.

On a very occasion. But usually not. Usually for me I do braille but occasionally. I did the entire narnia series on audible and trying to get through the silmarillion right now on audible as of like last year but haven’t gone back. Yet.

I do listen to audiobooks but for non-fiction or academic things that I need to read then I go to braille because I just find it goes in better that way.

Braille is like text for the blind and visually impaired. It's a bunch of dots you read with your fingers instead of your eyes. I prefer that to audio books usually.

I do use audiobooks for fiction and non-technical non-fiction. If it's anything technical, I need to read it in large print for my brain to fully absorb it.

I also sometimes choose large print for fiction, if it's a story that I really want to lose myself in, vs. just listen to and be entertained by. I find that I can feel immersed in the story much more thoroughly if I'm reading it than I can when I'm just listening to it.

I'm also someone who revisits books a lot, so sometimes I will buy e-books to read on my Kindle and then get the audio book to listen to instead of doing a re-read later, which means my favorite authors get my money twice.

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Better in some ways, as you can read while doing other things. I don't have time to just sit and read a book very often (along with all the other things I want to get done), but I can listen while getting ready in the morning, or washing dishes. Admittedly though, I've mostly been listening to podcasts recently.

I love love love audiobooks

Haven't really ever tried audio books, but am huge on documentaries. Have Curiosity Stream, Amazon Prime, Magellen TV and Youtube Premium, so have pretty much all the ad free documentaries I want, and keeps me occupied at least.

Have been meaning to grab an Audiable account, but just haven't gotten around to it yet.