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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a literature professor. And not on social media enough to realize that people DON'T consider audiobooks reading. What??? I had no idea this was a thing. Both counting books and debating what counts are new topics to me.

Just throwing in my question: why on earth does anyone find listening inferior?!

As an academic, I find listening to be as much of a lost (or disappearing) skill as reading!  One that needs to be actively worked on and nourished.

I listen to a lot of audiobooks on walks and long drives, but if I am tasked with something dense or challenging, I always pick up a paper copy. It is much easier for me to focus on something complex in print. Am I the only one?  [/quote]

You're not wrong at all, but some refuse to admit that comprehension is less when you multitask.  Dunning-Kruger effect?

Not all "reading" is the same.  If you're listening to genre fiction for entertainment while cleaning or driving, sure.  But if you're reading The Nicomachean Ethics or The Critique of Pure Reason, you can't truly understand just by having it on in the background.  [/quote]

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