Audiobooks were an awesome discovery for me. I find it to be a much richer experience than reading a book. Especially if the book is read by the author. I think that in the same way that text files are smaller than audio files and audiobook carries that much more information. The subtleties of the readers intonation, their emphasis, where and how long they stop all of these carry important meaning.
Anyway, what is with the abridged audiobooks ? Who buys these ? I think abridged audiobooks come from a fundamental misunderstanding of what audiobooks are. I dont listen to an audiobook to save time. I listen to it because that is a better method of learning for me.
Publishers, please, no more abridged versions.
