Books on Tape/CD vs. regular books  

I am a fan of traditional books and just can't seem to concentrate on the audio variety. My wife, on the other hand, has never been a big reader but she travels a lot for work and has taken to listening to books on CD and loves them.

I have listened to a few books on tape. I like to use them to help me relax and get to sleep sometimes. But I think that I too mostly prefer to hold a book and flip through it's pages. I think that the trend nowadays of being able to pay to download the text of books online is sad, because eventually it may cause the printed book to die out. And reading a book on one's monitor is just not the same *laugh*

I don't read books, but it's mainly because reading makes me sleepy. Even now reading these discussions trying to find something to respond to is making me somewhat sleepy. So, I think I would prefer books on CDs or tape.

I'm used to regular books and usually when I try to listen to an audiobook, I end up getting bored very fast. I just don't find it all that interesting to be read aloud to, versus reading myself.

The books I have heard on tape in school are so mono-tone. To the point that it justs makes my head jerk back up like I am a bobble head! And if the person reading the story has expression, for some reason, they sound to cheesy. Like a poorly acted movie that you just want to turn off because you are concentrating more on the bad acting then the story!
I like the story playing through my head. I can visualize the story as if it is a movie playing in my own head. Plus, I seem to like the movie playing just for me at my own pace. I just hate it though we someone sees that I am reading a movie and they make me press the pause button. LOL

Most of the time I read books. However I use to work in a garment factory and since I had to be there for 8 hours I often listen to audio books.
I haven't worked there for over a year and haven't listen to a story since then.

I never really got into books on tape until we started driving truck. Then we found out it was a great way to pass the hours and also to read some authors that I'd never been able to really read before.

J.R.R. Tolkien comes to mind. For some reason my brain gets all bogged down when I try to read his works but I can listen to them just fine.

Then when I started knitting I found myself going back to audio books because I just didn't have the time to sit with a book and read. My main problem now is the library having audio books I actually want to listen to but that has also proved to be another experience where I have listened to some authors I wouldn't have normally read just because I needed something to listen to.

It actually depends on what I am doing. When I work a lot of hours and can listen to CDs at work, I prefer unabridge audio books. I would never have time to read any books if I didn't do that. Some of them are quite good, some are not. I don't like to listen while driving or concentrating on other things.

Otherwise, I read books traditionally.

I've only ever listened to one book on tape. Hubby and I went on a vacation together for our 20th wedding anniversary and it was a 10 hour drive. On the way home, we put in a book on tape and listened to the whole thing! It was really a good book and I enjoyed it a lot.

Normally though, I enjoy just reading regular books. I read before I go to bed, and I'm afraid I'd fall asleep and miss too much if I listened to a book on tape!

i also would also like to hold a book and read it but people all over the world recommends me to get a tape recorder to hear because i have trouble understanding words. even with movies, i cant seem to get what they are all about.