Digital audiobooks pave the way for new forms of reading. Through a smartphone and a couple of headphones, it is possible for the reader to read “on the go” or take part in other activities such as housework, commuting or exercising while consuming audiobooks (Linkis and Pennlert, 2022; Have and Pedersen 2015).Earlier studies have examined the individual reader’s audiobook experiences and...
Audiobooks exercise enormous influence on both the economy and the phenomenology of contemporary literature. As publishers increasingly work to turn texts into recordings, and listeners increasingly read by listening, the nature of the literary event has changed. The ubiquity of the audiobook has given rise to a new set of structures, roles, and reading experiences in the literary field. In...
In recent years, high volumes of streamed audiobooks have been a mark of success of audio literature which thus possibly threaten print books in many countries. In Sweden, the 2024 figures indicated a 33 per cent market share of digital audio streaming. And while the sale statistics provide ample evidence of the popularity pf audio books, there is still little knowledge of readers’ perceptions...