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Yes, people respond differently to audiobooks and real books
This position holds that people respond differently to audiobooks and printed books. It argues that a narrator's performance makes interpretive choices for the listener, and that a physical book offers an embodied, multi-sensory experience that shapes how the book is felt and remembered.
Supporting arguments · 2
- A reader's voice can influence the listener's interpretations in audiobooksA voiceover for a character or a narrator may place different emphases on words or speak in a different accent to the one you would have imagined in the book.
- There's just 'something about' traditional booksBooks create a more emotive and personal experience than audiobooks because they are physical, tangible objects that can contain and display art. An audiobook exists in an intangible, digital space.