Comments on: Synchronicity, Or Close Enough For Government Work

By: Booksquare

Booksquare — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 16:22:06 +0000

Ouch — I have a British friend who is desperately trying to master the California accent. I have faith that someday she’ll succeed; then to move on to the old South…

Steve, you’re making me think it’s time to stop needing the speed. I thought we were supposed to gain free time with all this technology stuff?

By: Steve Clackson

Steve Clackson — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 22:09:39 +0000

History of English Speaking Peoples Volumes 1&2 – Winston Churchill
There has been a lot of talk about Audiobooks. The “need for speed” as in everything else we seem to do these days. We “multi-task”, and if we take the kids to swimming, hockey or to the mall then why not zone out on the way and enjoy a good book.

the rest at Sand Storm

By: Bill Peschel

Bill Peschel — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 22:02:10 +0000

In one case, I’ve found audiobooks an improvement over the prose. Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey and Maturin series, especially with Patrick Tull narrating, becomes much easier to understand with someone else pronouncing the nautical terms (not to mention the French, Spanish, Catalan, Latin and whatever other tongues are lurking).

On the other hand, I remember vividly an Inspector Morse book in which the British narrator attempted a Southern accent. The result was the worst disaster for the South since the “Dukes of Hazzard” remake.

By: May

May — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 12:25:04 +0000

I like ebooks, despite it not having the ‘hold-it-and-smell-it’ tangibility that Ms Coulter referred to. For me, it’s about seeing the words. Hearing it just doesn’t do it–plus I lose track frequently.

Pricewise, ebooks are typically only worth it for shorts and hardcovers, which is rather sad.

That, and there’s the which format’s gonna win question still hanging over my head.

By: Brenda Coulter

Brenda Coulter — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 06:05:07 +0000

Thanks, Booksquare. I had a lovely first blogiversary.

For the cost of an audiobook, she can buy a lot of Starbucks products.

Absolutely. And don’t mouth this around, but I’m not as unique as I like to pretend. In fact, I’m quite boringly average, so if I prefer the hold-it-and-smell-it type of book over an audio book, you can bet millions of other people feel the same way. If publishers want me and my kind to buy audio books, they’re going to have to seduce us with low prices.