From: goran.thisell@yahoo.com   
      
   Did you know that audio books are becoming more and more popular   
   by each day? For example, in 2004, over $124 million worth of   
   audio books were sold in the UK and $120 million in Germany   
   during 2005. Experts say that this year the market is expected   
   to rise by 20% in Europe, and audio books seem to be even more   
   popular in the USA.   
      
   But why are audio versions a convenient way to "read" a book?   
      
   1) You save time, because you can listen to an audio book   
   anywhere and everywhere, and you can even do other things at   
   the same time. You can listen when driving to and from work,   
   when walking the dog, cycling, working around the house or at   
   the computer, exercising, and so on. The possibilities are   
   endless.   
      
   According to a recent survey, in the USA a person is driving   
   an average of 1 hour and 13 minutes daily, which means over 440   
   hours a year for each driver, or 11 full-time work weeks. This   
   is huge! Imagine how many things you could learn during this   
   time by simply having your MP3 player with audio books at hand.   
      
   2) If you love reading but don't have a enough time, audio books   
   can give you the opportunity to read many more books that you   
   would otherwise have time for. Audio books are a great way to   
   fill the "dead" moments we all have in our lives.   
      
   3) Audio books are good for older, ill or recovering people and   
   can be a wonderful gift for someone in a nursing institution.   
   This is a gift they can remember and enjoy time after time.   
      
   4) Audio books can be a blessing for blind people, disabled   
   people or people with impaired vision. Everyone should have the   
   chance to experience and enjoy a book and in many cases, this is   
   the only way for such persons to do it.   
      
   Spoken books can help these people improving their education,   
   help them developing new hobbies and habits and greatly   
   enriching their life, both personally and professionally.   
      
   5) The most important skill a child can ever acquire is probably   
   the ability to read, and audio books can be easily used to   
   stimulate literacy in children. Books can be listened to by   
   children while following the story in the paper book. Or they   
   could listen just to gain and improve vocabulary and   
   communication skills. If you want to instill in your child the   
   love of reading, audio books can be a excellent start.   
      
   There are many more benefits of using audio books, but even   
   these few reasons should be enough to convince you to enter the   
   exciting world of the spoken books.   
      
   http://www.circumonline-audiobooks.com   
      
   -Goran   
      
      
      
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