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Audiobooks centuries old show there’s nothing to be snobbish about – ABC News
Thomas Edison may have invented the first audiobook. He might be pleased to learn that those who sneer at audiobooks could finally be changing their minds.
Has anyone ever given you a sideways glace after learning you listen to audiobooks?
If you’ve picked up on a sense of literary snobberyaround reading with your ears, you’re far from alone.
“There’s sort of a particular form of shame associated with audiobooks; it’s all too often perceived as not being real reading,” says Matthew Rubery, professor of Modern Literature at Queen Mary University, London.
“Audiobooks tend to get criticised today, because they’re seen as kind of a shortcut or a cheat…
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