Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com to Buy European@feddit.uk · 6 days agoList of all the companies owned by Bezoswww.thomasnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down11cross-posted to: buyfromeu@feddit.orgbrainworms@lemm.ee
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minus-squarewhatsisface@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up34·edit-26 days ago“Amazon must have recognized the potential success, as 73% of people listen to audiobooks daily.” Well that’s a lie. They even posted a reference for the statistic but clearly didn’t bother to read it. The number their source gives is 45% (for US and no mention of daily), with 73% of those people listening during their commutes.
minus-squarewhatsisface@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·6 days agoAlso, that “Fresh” audiobook statistics article is from 2021, but they slapped “(2025)” onto the title to preserve the freshness.
minus-squareDiddlydee@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoI can’t deal with audio books as they are spoken much slower than I like to read. If they spoke as fast as I read, however, it would sound awful.
“Amazon must have recognized the potential success, as 73% of people listen to audiobooks daily.”
Well that’s a lie. They even posted a reference for the statistic but clearly didn’t bother to read it.
The number their source gives is 45% (for US and no mention of daily), with 73% of those people listening during their commutes.
Also, that “Fresh” audiobook statistics article is from 2021, but they slapped “(2025)” onto the title to preserve the freshness.
I can’t deal with audio books as they are spoken much slower than I like to read. If they spoke as fast as I read, however, it would sound awful.