Post by K'Sennia Visitor on Jul 31, 2021 0:48:04 GMT
I was watching a booktuber review, the other day, and the reviewer said something I thought was interesting. She said that people who listen to audiobooks are a lot less harsh in their judgement of your book than if they were reading it with their eyes.
The author she was reviewing had released the audio book a week before the ebook and paperback came out, and she thought this was a sneaky method of getting lots of positive reviews right out of the gate. I'd never heard this theory before, and was wondering what y'all think?
I can sort of see it as being true. When you're just listening to a story while you drive, run, wash dishes, or whatever, you're in a more passive mood, and probably won't notice as many things that might annoy you while you read. Such as repetitive words, awkward phrasings, and typos.
Audio books are so expensive to produce unless you have a pleasant radio voice and are tech savvy enough to record them yourself. Plus, with the whole "audible stealing half your royalties" fiasco I wasn't thinking there were any upsides to audio books, at all. But maybe there are some.
