Books and my headphones—I listen to audiobooks a lot.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bridgetarsenault/2023/01/25/from-barman-to-general-manager-of-the-mandarin-oriental-hyde-park/

For its next act, Spotify is going to let subscribers listen to 20 hours of audiobooks per month before rolling out any new subscriptions.

Source: https://qz.com/emails/quartz-obsession/1850833708/audiobooks-reading-allowed

Public libraries across the country offered access to over a billion digital e-books and half a billion digital audiobooks in fiscal year 2021.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/28/opinion/letters/therapy-culture.html

The company headed by Tim Cook is aiming to reduce the cost of producing audiobooks for publishers so they can be more enticed to make their literature available on the company’s app.

Source: https://www.business2community.com/tech-news/ai-is-now-taking-over-audio-books-as-apple-rolls-out-madison-02601862

The Delaware Library also offers a digital newsletter with a handful of the newest releases in audiobooks each month.

Source: https://www.delgazette.com/2023/06/21/audiobooks-count-as-reading/

The idea seems to be to give Spotify Premium customers a small taste of audiobooks, in the hopes they’ll become hooked and purchase additional titles on an a-la-carte basis.

Source: https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/spotify-audiobooks-premium-subscribers-15-hours-free-1235743936/

Then, she runs out of the room to continue listening to one of the Harry Potter audiobooks that have been on repeat since the pandemic shutdown.

Source: https://pjmedia.com/culture/benbartee/2023/03/12/unreal-huffpost-personal-propaganda-the-harrowing-tale-of-a-six-year-olds-gender-transition-n1677631

This idea couldn’t be more true, I have listened to a few audiobooks over the past months and years, and I can distinguish each of them with a clear image of the events in the books.

Source: https://www.northerniowan.com/19234/opinion/why-audiobooks-are-better-than-physical-copies/

This time it appears to be Apple’s turn as the Cupertino-based company has rolled out a new product called “Madison” that offers audiobooks narrated by AI-generated human-like voices.

Source: https://www.business2community.com/tech-news/ai-is-now-taking-over-audio-books-as-apple-rolls-out-madison-02601862

Z-library is a vast online library that offers approximately 119 million pieces of books, audiobooks, how-to guides, short stories, articles, journals, textbooks, research materials, magazines, and other digital content you may need.

Source: https://www.pensacolavoice.com/best-online-libraries/