Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com to Buy European@feddit.uk · 16 hours agoList of all the companies owned by Bezoswww.thomasnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1171arrow-down11cross-posted to: youshouldknow@lemmy.world
arrow-up1170arrow-down1external-linkList of all the companies owned by Bezoswww.thomasnet.comBlaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com to Buy European@feddit.uk · 16 hours agomessage-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: youshouldknow@lemmy.world
minus-squarewhatsisface@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up42·edit-215 hours 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-up11·14 hours 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-up7·14 hours agoIts so cost prohibative, use your library.
minus-squareSeptimaeus@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoSupport your local library by voting and donating. Support your global library by scanning, ripping, and seeding.
minus-squareDiddlydee@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours 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.