Audiobook narrator and storyteller
YOU’RE stuck in endless traffic for what can seem an eternity — day after day.
Or perhaps you’re cramped in an overcrowded and over-heated train.
Either way you’ve time to kill — and you’re bored.
So here’s a suggestion . . .
Download an audiobook and time will fly.
One word of advice, though.
If you’re driving it might be wise to choose non-fiction.
You don’t want to become so involved in the story that you become distracted.
AUDIOBOOKS are the fastest-growing format in the book business today, says the Wall Street Journal.
The Association of American Publishers say downloaded audio sales were up by 37 per cent in January and February this year, compared with the same period in 2015.
Sales of eBooks dropped by 21.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2016.
Books for adults were down by 10.3 per cent, children’s books b 2.1 per cent, and hardcover books by 8.5 per cent.
MANY of us remember snuggling under the bedclothes while our mother read us a bedtime story.
Or gathering at the feet of our infant teacher, eager to hear the next episode in the adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
I’m not sure how many of us still do this, but for those who don’t have the time, the perfect answer could be audiobooks.
On Amazon there are no fewer than 60,000 listings under “children’s audio books”.
And for grownups, about 1,275,000 possibilities.