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I read way more ebooks than paper books. The convenience, portability, low light control, and text size manipulation are big wins with ebooks over paper. There's also simply tons of ebooks available from public libraries.
I'm something of an audio book guy, so I can "read" while also doing mindless household chores like folding laundry or loading the dishwasher.
This is where I've ended up apart from the articles I read and the very very occasional ebook. The only issue I have is sometimes I can't handle the narrators style or voice and so I can't get into the book, even if I really want to.
Also if the book is set in Sydney, Australia maybe hire a local of the country to narrate it Amazon. FFS who wants to listen to a yank narrating an Australian character.
@maniacalmanicmania
Yanks want to hear Australian characters being voiced by Yanks.
An Aussie character, voiced by an Aussie, will be heard as British by a Yank.
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works
Damn Americans