(Pew Research Center) Americans are spreading their book consumption across several formats, and the use of audiobooks is rising. About three-quarters (74%) of Americans have read a book in the past 12 months in any format, a figure that has…
(Techwiser) While Audible is one of the best audiobook platforms available, there are alternatives that are cheaper and offer different kinds of access and plans, depending on your need. I liked Scribd better simply because it offers more for less.…
I've been asked this question a lot and I hate it. I’ll describe why in a bit, but for now I’ll just change it to “does your mind do more or less the same thing when you listening to an…
(CNET) Audiobooks are a great way to pass the time on long drives. Audiobook prices, on the other hand, are a great way to drain your wallet. Want to listen to "The Martian" author Andy Weir's new book "Artemis"? It'll…
Educators and municipal officials know that urban, low-income areas suffer from low literacy rates. There have been many initiatives and programs aimed at supporting students in these areas. Unfortunately, these efforts have experienced little success. Audiobooks might be particularly well…
(Mind/Shift) Educators and parents are obsessed with reading; and the emphasis has only grown in recent decades as reading became a defining indicator of academic success on standardized tests. Yet despite the obsession with teaching reading in the early grades,…
(New York Magazine) As is required of all women in their 30s, I am in a book club. At the first meeting of this group, one poor unsuspecting woman mentioned that she had listened to that month’s selection instead of…
(The Edvocate) Every few months a story appears about the declining speech and language skills of children arriving in primary school. The epithet “the daily grunt” was invented by one newspaper to capture the lack of communication between parent and…