Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com to Buy European@feddit.uk · 1 year agoList of all the companies owned by Bezoswww.thomasnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down11cross-posted to: youshouldknow@lemmy.worldbuyfromeu@feddit.org
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minus-squarewhatsisface@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up47·edit-21 year ago“Amazon must have recognized the potential success, as 73% of people listen to audiobooks daily.” Well that’s a lie. They even posted a reference for the statistic but clearly didn’t bother to read it. The number their source gives is 45% (for US and no mention of daily), with 73% of those people listening during their commutes.
minus-squarewhatsisface@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoAlso, that “Fresh” audiobook statistics article is from 2021, but they slapped “(2025)” onto the title to preserve the freshness.
minus-squareGranbo's Holy Hotrod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoIts so cost prohibative, use your library.
minus-squareSeptimaeus@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoSupport your local library by voting and donating. Support your global library by scanning, ripping, and seeding.
minus-squareDiddlydee@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI can’t deal with audio books as they are spoken much slower than I like to read. If they spoke as fast as I read, however, it would sound awful.
“Amazon must have recognized the potential success, as 73% of people listen to audiobooks daily.”
Well that’s a lie. They even posted a reference for the statistic but clearly didn’t bother to read it.
The number their source gives is 45% (for US and no mention of daily), with 73% of those people listening during their commutes.
Also, that “Fresh” audiobook statistics article is from 2021, but they slapped “(2025)” onto the title to preserve the freshness.
Its so cost prohibative, use your library.
Cost? 🏴☠️🦜
Support your local library by voting and donating.
Support your global library by scanning, ripping, and seeding.
My library is a joke.
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I can’t deal with audio books as they are spoken much slower than I like to read. If they spoke as fast as I read, however, it would sound awful.