Audiobooks

  Reference:  Unnamed, U. (2015). College Success. University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing.  http://open.lib.umn.edu/collegesuccess/ ***  Relevant Material : " An   audiobook   (or a   talking book ) is a recording of a book or other work being read out loud. A reading of the complete text is described as "unabridged", while readings of shorter versions are   abridgements ... Spoken audio has been available in   schools   and   public libraries   and to a lesser extent in   music shops   since the 1930s. Many   spoken word albums   were made prior to the age of   cassettes ,   compact discs , and   downloadable audio , often of   poetry   and   plays   rather than books. It was not until the 1980s that the medium began to attract book retailers, and then book retailers started displaying audiobooks on bookshelves rather than in separate displays..." ( Audiobook - Wikip...

  Reference:  Unnamed, U. (2015). College Success. University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing.  http://open.lib.umn.edu/collegesuccess/ ***  Relevant Material : " An   audiobook   (or a   talking book ) is a recording of a book or other work being read out loud. A reading of the complete text is described as "unabridged", while readings of shorter versions are   abridgements ... Spoken audio has been available in   schools   and   public libraries   and to a lesser extent in   music shops   since the 1930s. Many   spoken word albums   were made prior to the age of   cassettes ,   compact discs , and   downloadable audio , often of   poetry   and   plays   rather than books. It was not until the 1980s that the medium began to attract book retailers, and then book retailers started displaying audiobooks on bookshelves rather than in separate displays..." ( Audiobook - Wikip...