Is Listening to a Book the Same Thing as Reading It?

A few years ago, when people heard I was a reading researcher, they might ask about their child’s dyslexia or how to get their teenager to read more. But today the question I get most often is, “Is it cheating if I listen to an audiobook for my book club?” Audiobook sales have doubled in the last five years while print and e-book sales are flat. These trends might lead us to fear that audiobooks will do to reading what keyboarding has done to handwriting...
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/08/opinion/sunday/audiobooks-reading-cheating-listening.html?source=Snapzu