Audio Books Online - History Repeats Itself

I have tried to convince many friends to listen to audio books online. This really is not any different to reading a regular book, except that someone else's voice does the reading for you. Apparently the move from the 'traditional book' to a compact disc or mp3 has resulted in a large group of skeptical people who doubt that it is possible to truly appreciate a novel by listening, rather than physically reading. Funnily, it is actually the younger people that are harder to convince to give it a go. Because my grandmother had grown up listening to stories told on the radio she was more than willing to listen to audio books online - in fact, she found it a pleasure as she could sit quite comfortably, do her cross stitch or

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