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Hear all about it: The rise in audiobooks
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 พ.ค. 2020
- Smartphones and digital downloads have helped make audio recordings of books a billion-dollar industry, with more than 45,000 new audiobooks recorded last year alone. Correspondent David Pogue talks with actors Laurence Fishburne, Jesse Eisenberg and Scott Brick, and thriller writer Brad Meltzer, about this expanding chapter in book publishing.
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Long before audiobooks there was Recording for the Blind. My dad worked on the recording booths and told me how many actors auditioned to be readers (all volunteer), but very few made the cut. The most challenging books to read were science books where the reader had to narrate charts, tables and graphs. Recording for the Blind provided books for those who were visually impaired, especially college students.
Scott Brick is one of my favorites. I will buy a book just because he is the narrator. I have been a long time audio book listener. They are really good to listen to while cleaning, driving and crafting. Time flies.
Everybody acts like listening to a book being read aloud is a neat new big deal thing, but throughout history, people read aloud for entertainment in very many social contexts and situations. Women from several neighborhood families would gather in the afternoons at each other's houses to do handwork -- sewing and darning of clothes, knitting, embroidery, quilting, etc., -- and they would take turns reading aloud from the latest novel to the rest of the group. It was a thing you did at parties -- couples would gather at other people's houses for an evening's entertainment of listening to someone read aloud or recite poetry. A father or older child would read aloud to the family in the evenings. Some of Charles Dicken's novels were published in serialized format as an ongoing feature of a popular magazine, and people would have parties and have someone read aloud the latest installment. And, in fact, Dickens did readings from his novels to auditoriums full of people on a regular basis.
I got my first audio book in 1986 and have never looked back ..sad it took a Pandemic to bring it to the fore.
I've been listening to these forever. It took me an hour to get to work and I listened to these on the way wonderful.
Same here. I love physically reading a book, but while driving/traveling or cleaning house it's the best thing ever. I first started listening while commuting to work when books were on cassette. Loved it!
I have spent much of my working life driving and audiobooks made the time seem more productive.
I, too, listened to them when my commute work was super long. Now (well, pre-pandemic) my commute to work is 10 minutes and I still listen to them.
@@1kdthompson I don’t commute anymore, I work from home most of the time. But twice a week I have a 30-minute drive. I definitely listen on that drive. I'm doing a total declutter and audiobooks make that so much easier, as well as when I'm cleaning or knitting.
Is there someone that I can email a reel of my voice too? I have wanted to do voiceovers for a long time.
I'm up to over 200 titles on my Amazon Audible account. This pandemic is doing a better job at encouraging folks to read than I ever could! For many of the visually-challenged like myself, audiobooks are so essential! ;-)
listening to a track isn't reading.. dont kid yourself. You and everyone else who pretends you are avid readers by listening to an entertaining voice read a book are not reading. Reading requires the readers inner voice, it's that relationship between written word and inner voice that creates a different sort of comprehension and poetry. You are simply being entertained when you listen to someone read a book to you. Not the same thing.
@@devinmichaelroberts9954 By looking at your comments history it looks like you have some anger issues. No one asked for your opinion and rudeness.
I love Scott brick's beautiful calming voice. i am listening to him narrate "Somewhere in time" heavenly
I've been borrowing a lot of audiobooks from the library over the past few months, and love that I've been able to "read" so many novels during my long commute that I otherwise probably would have never read before. And oddly enough quite a few have been narrated by Scott Brick! He really does have a great voice! :)
I LOVE being able to close my eyes and visualize the story. Something that is a little difficult to do while reading.
Jeffrey Gladden It’s a great idea, but within ten minutes of closing my eyes, I’m asleep!
What a fantastic story!! Scott Brick is AMAZING! Thanks for doing this, CBS.
James Marster in Dresden Files is simply epic
Love Michael Beck he is my favorite. My dad got me in to Audio books back in the day. A road trip and a cassette would take me around the world when drive a 12 hr road trip.
My favorite voices in audio book: Vincent Price and Christopher Lee (sigh)
Mine are JD Robb’s “In Death” series
@Stephanie Logan Vincent Price was raised in Springfield Mo. Kool Eh?
I started listening to audiobooks when I was making a long commute probably 20 years ago. I had gotten to the point where I hated to get in the car and was considering quitting rather than doing it anymore. Having the next part of a book to look forward to got me through it. Now I download them to my MP3 and listen while doing things I dislike like grocery shopping, cleaning house, walking my dog, and especially when I am making a long trip. They have been a godsend!
Scott Brick does the Dune series and mysteries, many others. I pretty much quit watching tv because there are so many books to listen to. My sight is failing and I am grateful that audio books are so plentiful and easy to download from libraries or Audible.
Loooovvve my audiobooks! Great way to pass the time in the car -- I'm hooked!
I have not heard anyone mention George Guidard, he is a fantastic book reader. Many of the classics are read by him.
There used to be (and still is to some extent) a stigma around audiobooks. *“That’s not real reading.”* As if you’re less intelligent or don’t absorb the same information by listening to a book as opposed to reading it. My reading skills are fine, but I’ve found I absorb information much better when I hear it read aloud. Fiction or nonfiction I love it all though. I just wish they weren’t so pricey! Not to mention physically reading a book tends to make me sleepy. 🤷🏼♂️😉 I usually try to get them with free trials though & have my own little collection.
I have had an Audible membership for over 10 years now. I have over 1200 books in my collection. I ONLY listen to Audible. I hardly ever listen to music.
I have a large audible collections, I'm blessed that I can listen at work.
Me too. The lady who I work for loves to listen as well.
Is there a list of descriptions of audio books that is easy to access? If anyone knows please respond🙏😇Blessings,
These are a great blessing and huge boon to people whose vision has become---or always was---compromised. Or non-existent.
Sadly, I have never developed a reading habit. Two and a half years ago I downloaded Audible. Just completed The Vanishing American Adult which makes 21 books total
I have actually bought books from Audible simply based on the reader. Scott Brick is a fantastic reader.
I won’t lie this makes me jealous (not only of his awesome job!) but his smooth voice. I hate my voice personally. It doesn’t sound very masculine it sounds kind of light & shallow. Sometimes I wonder if I should see some sort of vocal coach or something because my voice is so often sore & strained (and I’m not a singer). It’s odd.
because you can be doing other things while listening
I own a lot of audiobooks but a bad narrator forced you to read it. And your own imagination is always better than another’s inflection.
True....a good narrator can make or break the experience.
Stephen King Dragon Tales was my first Audip Book and it was sinister and awesome as I was doing electrical work with head phones
It amazes me how the readers can pull you into the story and play each of the different characters, convincing you that each one is totally different living, breathing entity. I think listening to a book is much better than reading it yourself. I love Audible!!!!
check out overdrive or libby for FREE ones from your library.
But... but... where was Will Patton? I can't read James Lee Burke without hearing Will's voice. And there is no better interpretation of Motherless Brooklyn than Steve Buscemi's reading (that I haven't been able to find since my cassette recording died)!!
Marc Thompson is an amazing reader of books I love. Star Wars Canon and Legends books.
I can't listen to these because I used to do data entry and I couldn't do that with books. I listened to music only as I need the speed and distraction.
I wish he had talked more about borrowing digital audiobooks via the library. I’m a big fan of Libby and Hoopla. Free digital books and audiobooks with my library card!
I highly recomend stephen king's Dark Tower audio book series. The story and narration is great!
This is on my wish list. I will get is some day. Right now I am trying to get through the Outlander series.
Lincoln in the Bardo....one of the best audio books. Multiple readers...including David Sedaris and Nick Offerman.
How do I get started?
Me too!
www.narratorsroadmap.com/
I love audiobooks!
I Love audiobooks!!
I am listening to fewer audiobooks now because I am not commuting to work.
5:32 - 5:45
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Curious what the earnings are for some of these narrators....
Scott Brick is the best!
Give me an actual book any day.
Jacob Morgan is the best voice for romantic
This is my dream job.
The Libraries in Maryland do not have a plethora to choose from
I can't listen to audiobooks. I prefer podcasts. They hold my attention better.
If you listen to a book, can you claim “I read that book?”
Rogan does it all the time. So yes
I love audiobooks. Jim Dale's performance is the ONLY reason I finished all of the Harry Potter books. My brain couldn't latch on the written version.
thanks for understanding that its a performance.. you are being entertained the same way theater or a movie would.. you are not reading.
@@devinmichaelroberts9954 I prefer to think of it as a new version of audio plays without sound effects.
A VO performance makes or breaks a book.
My pet peeves are:
Bad accents, heavy breathing/wet mouth sounds, a VO reading not acting (or bad acting), and monotone.
I love JIm Dale's performance on Harry Potter books too, especially while driving. I also love reading the books. Both ways are great for me!
Selamm
Who keeps giving Jesse Eisenberg work?
Lol!
Jesse Eisenberg
I love him!
Who would listen to a book read by him? His voice is so annoying!
This is sad. Just downright sad. You can tell yourself you are well read all you want but without the relationship between written word and your inner voice all you are doing is being entertained the same way you would watch a movie. Someone reading to you is entertainment, its not the same as you reading written words and the nuance of the language and its symbiotic relationship to your inner emotions and thoughts.
I download all my audiobooks for free. I will not pay the outrageous fees these companies ask for. 30 plus dollars for an audiobook? I don't think so.
Also, the audiobook industry will be completely dead within the next 10 years. Voice synthesis technology has grown by Leaps and Bounds in just over the past five years. Google has bought out text to speech companies that sound so realistic you would be very hard-pressed to tell the difference between it and an actual human reader. Audiobook distribution must be priced fairly or suffer the same fate as Blockbuster and all physical related media.
Audible is very cheep and they give loads of free books if you are a member.
aren't human brains wired to better comprehend reading a book than listening to it? though i think an audio conversation is better than email. i don't think audio books are evil. maybe i am so used to reading books i simply can't imagine listening to one
It's like when your parents use to read to you.
@@moviediva but back then i could not read
@@moviediva they would read to you for entertainment.. thats exactly the point. Reading and being read to are two completely different things. Notice how everyone on here comments on the readers as performances and entertainers. Its a completely different experience when you are using your inner voice and emotions in relationship to written words. People who think they are avid readers because they listen to a person creating a performance art out of a book are not readers!
@@devinmichaelroberts9954 I am an avid reader, because my parents read to me,and taught me to read. I always have a book with me, I use my imagination when I listen to an audible book, when I read let's say Harry Potter, I see him under the stairs, I see when the owls come, and when I listen to Jim Dale, I see things differently , and when I watch the movie, I see what they want me to see. Don't put people down who use audio books, at least they are exposed to books, audio books are a wonderful tool, and for some who don't know the joy of cracking open a new book, it's the only way they will be exposed. My 2 cent thanks for reading.
@@moviediva Any way to read a book is great by me! I enjoy reading books, also hearing audio books, and I also enjoy movies made from books. It's interesting to see if there are differences. Sometimes I like the book best, sometimes I really like the way the reader on an audio book expressed the emotions of a scene, and sometimes I like the way a movie can do a scene with great special effects or great acting! I can enjoy all of it!
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The Libraries in Maryland do not have a plethora to choose from