This doesn't have to be a luxury—I use an Audible credit to download the audio, and borrow the book from my local library. But another way I love doing long listens is to take something I read long ago and re-experience it as spoken word. A few years ago I did this with my favorite book of all time, Moby-Dick. With the contours of the story already mapped out in my mind, new details jumped out to surprise and delight me. Ishmael was funnier than I remembered!
Starbuck more dramatic! Queequeg more charming! Ahab more eeeeevil! The entire experience gave me tingles. Rather than taking it down in one big gulp, I listened to a few chapters here and there between other listens, which was just right.
Editor Sean, Dark Age , 33 hrs 58 mins:. The latest in the Red Rising series speeds along despite the hour runtime. Heroic but flawed, brave but impatient, altruistic but alienated, he serves as the focal point of the narrative with other characters orbiting him in varying distances like moons to a planet. Editor Courtney, Radical Acceptance , 12 hrs 15 mins:.
To colleagues who know me as a "serial unfinisher," it should come as no surprise that my longest listen is a fraction of most of theirs. In accessible, relatable, and revelatory language, Dr. Tara Brach an accredited therapist and meditation instructor makes a supremely logical case for accepting yourself despite any perceived feelings of inadequacy—even a chronic inability to finish anything in your Audible library.
As a result, I've learned not to "give up" on a listen after straying from it. I've accepted that I need a vast buffet of listens in my library for me to dip in and out of depending on my mood, energy level, and circumstances. And is that really so radical? Rachel Smalter Hall. Here are the longest audiobooks we've ever listened to. Is there any research on cognitive processes, information intake preferences, and reading platforms that you can point us towards?
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Remove the glossary, footnotes, and the bibliography. Add opening credits with the title, author name, and narrator name. Add closing credits with those items, such as the copyright year and copyright holder , and the production copyright year it was recorded. Create a table of contents and record audio files one chapter at a time.
Test read the script before recording. Some folks say that you only need a decent USB microphone and a free audio editing program to make an audiobook. However, if your goal is professional quality, there are other considerations.
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