Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Week 11 Prompt

Audiobooks and ebooks are starting to become more popular within libraries.  For ebooks, they are an electric version of a book, like Kindles.  Audiobooks are books but come with a person reading them.  Each of these devices are useful but in my opinion, in certain ways.  I am more of a person who would rather hold the book in my hands and keep it so I can read it again in the near future.  I am not really into the whole Kindles.  But I think Kindles are great for those who can just read a book on an electronic device and can carry it wherever they can.  They can even change the font and size so they can read it in a style that in comfortable for them.  There are people who have bad eye-sights and it can be a challenge to find books with big fonts, so this would be a big advantage for using ebooks.  Audiobooks are also great for those who are interested in hearing it rather than reading it.  Also great for those with bad eyes.  Hearing it in another person's voice can add more dynamic to the story as well as creating a better image of what is happening.
I admit I have never used any of these, but I would like to sometime in the future, just to get a feel of what it is like to read a book electronically and hearing a book in another person's voice.  These two are great for those who cannot read a book very well as well as for those with bad eye-sights.  For library purposes, they are becoming popular and I think libraries should keep them.  There are people who prefer audiobooks and ebooks rather than holding the actual book.  Everyone has different thought about these two, but the one thing that will never change is people have their own ways of reading.

4 comments:

  1. I definitely agree with you that reader's don't generally change their style unless their eyesight changes or something to that effect. I have used both ebook and audiobook, but I really prefer regular old print.

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  2. I definitely agree with you that reader's don't generally change their style unless their eyesight changes or something to that effect. I have used both ebook and audiobook, but I really prefer regular old print.

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    1. I prefer old print as well because I already stare at a screen all day, so I would like to take a break from that and just read something printed.

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  3. I agree with everything you are saying. I also agree that as long as people are reading, it is a great thing! I love that our culture is changing so people who could once not read, now can - what a wonderful opportunity!

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