Listening
Where?
When?
How intently?
Professional narration
Good audio prices
Convenient file format
iPods
Podcasts
ear or eye
Ear comes first biologically
Ear is more widespread in nature
"The Universal Sense" by Seth Horowitz
"Space Between Words" by Paul Saenger
Prof. Sue Slick, reading emeritus: more people can hear than can read well
Getting audio books
Libraries: public and academic here and elsewhere
McMillan Library in Rapids is impressive
Libraries are connected these days
Audiobooks are downloadable
OverDrive, Amazon, Audible.com, Great Courses - all have apps, web sites
Library and purchase
Library can be free but possibly long waits
Get enough going and the wait is irrelevant
Notifications
Best prices I have found: Audible.com with annual membership
Also narrative on Amazon along with ebook
Attention and retention
Amazon touts its Whispersync
Five good audiobooks
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
The Demon Under the Microscope
Lab Girl
Outsmart Yourself
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Author died right after final volume
Another author took up the story
The Girl in the Spider's Web
Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Demon Under the Microscope
Lab Girl
Outsmart Yourself
12.5 hours
by Prof. Peter Vishton, PhD
Up-to-date psych research
Great Course