But whereas previous years saw the boom in audio-forward storytelling rise to meet the audio-friendly spaces created by increasingly long commutes and the cultural pressure to consume more content, more of the time, 2020 found most of us at home, bereft of both the moments we might have previously set aside for extended listening, and the mental bandwidth to consume much of any longform audio content at all.Īt least, that was my experience. As has been the case for the last many years, the audiobook scene only got richer and more ambitious as 2020 rolled on. Audiobooks and other audio entertainment are available in schools and libraries and on numerous apps and online marketplaces.Not for the quality, of course. Numerous best-selling writers and celebrity performers are now creating for the medium.
As the medium has gained listeners-with people looking to read while driving, exercising, cleaning house and more-it has expanded past recordings of published books to work crafted exclusively for audio. Spoken audio was first made available in the 1930s on vinyl records and has seen a resurgence in recent years with the proliferation of smartphones and other portable devices. Audiobooks are available in a variety of lengths and formats, most popularly through digital download, which allows people to listen on any smart device. Numerous best-selling writers An audiobook is a recording of text.
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