about audio books

i just told you i love to read right

one day, i was talking aloud...who in their right mind would buy audio books????
it takes away the pleasure from reading...i said...
ms lai walked by just then, and she turned to look, but we really do not know if she heard what i had said....
Then someone told me that ms lai is a great fan of audio books which she listens to in her car....
i cringed....well, i am still working here, so chances are - she didnt hear me...

i came across this article about audio books...some snippets

* An enormous number of Americans read by listening these days — listening aloud, I call it. The technology for doing so is diverse and widespread, and so are the places people listen to audio books.

* In the early 19th century, about the time of Jane Austen, literate families and friends read aloud to each other as a matter of habit. Books were still relatively scarce and expensive

* one of the most basic tests of comprehension is to ask someone to read aloud from a book.


SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? ARE AUDIO BOOKS GOING TO GAIN POPULARITY?