Celebrating the pioneer of audiobooks, oral traditions supported by audiobooks in India, out of print books become audiobooks in Iceland, AI thoughtfully debated by intelligent humans and a brief post-pioneer evolution of the audiobook.

The joys of listening to poetry on audio, statistics for Canadian listeners, how the pandemic changed our reading habits and promising projections for our audiobook future.

Audiobook sales help the homeless in Ireland and audiobook sales soar in the UK.

The controversy over using AI voices for some audiobook productions looms, but many argue that only human narrators have the skills and life experience to bring the most out of the text. Real humans and their voices are still encouraged to pursue voice acting and will continue to be celebrated for excellence. And those who require audiobooks for reading request that the question, "is listening to an audiobook really reading?" be laid to rest.

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