Does Listening to a Book Count as Reading It? Debate Roils Literary World.
Audiobook fans bristle at suggestion they are multitaskers prone to missing big plot pointsBy Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg
Dec. 27, 2024 5:30 am ET
ILLUSTRATION: ALEXANDRA CITRIN-SAFADI/WSJ; ISTOCKBrittany Lowry has devoured more than 80 books this year. The twist?
The social-media creator in Alberta, Canada, hasn’t read a word.
“I count them as books I’ve read,” Lowry, 34, said of her audiobook consumption.
“I count them as books I’ve read,” Lowry, 34, said of her audiobook consumption.
“Who doesn’t want to slay a dragon while washing the dishes?”
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