| My top 6 reasons for selecting an audio book | | | | 3) Audio books give you an opportunity to read and |
| Love reading and learning but just don't have the time? | | | | learn with out having to make time, not just at the end |
| Think again | | | | of the day when concentration and tiredness are |
| Did you know that audio books are becoming more | | | | issues. They are a great way to fill the "dead" wasted |
| and more popular each day? For example, in 2004, | | | | moments we all experience in our lives. |
| over $124 million worth of audio books were sold in the | | | | 4) For older, ill or people recuperating, audio books are |
| UK and $120 million in Germany during 2005. Experts | | | | convenient with the freedom of use they offer. This |
| say that this year the market is expected to rise by | | | | makes audio books an excellent gift that they can |
| 20% in Europe, and audio books seem to be even | | | | enjoy again and again. |
| more popular in the USA. | | | | 5) For blind people, disabled people or people with |
| Here's why an audio "talking" book is the easiest, most | | | | vision impairments the "talking" book can be extremely |
| convenient way to "read a book" | | | | helpful, giving everybody the chance to enjoy a book |
| 1) Saving time - time is precious to all of us, but listening | | | | and in many cases enabling the only method of |
| to an audio book can be done at any time, wherever, | | | | independent reading to such persons. |
| whoever you are and no matter what you're doing - | | | | By using audio books, education can be improved by |
| there are endless opportunities to "read". You can | | | | these people and development of new and old |
| listen while travelling to work, walking the dog, doing the | | | | hobbies and habits, yielding personal and professional |
| housework, gardening, relaxing etc etc. | | | | enrichment of life in all aspects. |
| On average in the USA, a recent survey has shown | | | | 6) Audio books can help stimulate children's reading, |
| that a person is driving or travelling 1 hour 13 minutes | | | | this can be achieved when accompanying a paper |
| daily, contributing to 440 hours each year - this | | | | book, following the written and listening along with the |
| amounts to a huge 11 full time working weeks! Just | | | | audio at the same time, helping to improve skills of |
| imagine, by simply using your MP3 player during this | | | | communication and vocabulary. "Talking" books can |
| time what you can learn, and with the talking book | | | | help to increase your child's love of reading and |
| sites available now it can't be easier. | | | | learning. |
| 2) Carbon - footprints - the manufacturing resources | | | | These few benefits of spoken books of which there |
| saved on Audio book downloads as to printed matter | | | | are many more, should convince you that entering the |
| is fantastic, eliminating great amounts of carbon | | | | world of audio books is the exiting new way to "read |
| emissions throughout the publishing and transporting | | | | and learn". |
| procedure, while using less valuable materials. | | | | |