Iambik Giveaway

Unfortunately the competition is now closed. Congratulations to all the winners!
http://iambik.com/blog/2011/10/20/birthday-contest-winners/

Or alternatively pick up the Toby Frost bundle here.
http://iambik.com/books/chronicles-isambard-smith-by-toby-frost/

Click to watch original Toby Frost video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMHcz-urcnw

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[Chell532007]

Do you think there's a difference between reading the book and listening to an audio version? I mean if someone reads a book out loud (or even when you just read a book) you put your own inflection on it don't you? The way the characters sound, the way you pronounce certain words, the dialogue can be voiced a million different ways which changes the way you see the scene. Do you think you get a different sense of the book from hearing someone else read it or is it just the same?

[SableCaught]

@Chell532007 Oh definitely, I think there's an immersive quality in reading a book that you simply can't get having a book read too you. It's not something I could ever prove and arguably that is just my experience of reading vs listening but I think, for me, to truly enter the world of a book I have to read it myself.

That's not to say that audiobooks don't have their place. There are times when I can't read, times when I don't want to read, and for those times there are audiobooks.

[Nosaltypeanut]

Love audio books. I listen to them when I'm stuck in traffic, on the treadmill, etc. Can I enter to win some book? Thanks

[SableCaught]

@Nosaltypeanut Definitely click the top link in the video description and it will take you to iambik's site and tell you how ti win.

[micronoid]

I use audio books for nonfiction and for stuff that requires patience like Tolkien and the Wheel of Time series.

I’d be interested to hear your opinion on ebook readers like the Kindle. While i see the appeal of having a real book in your hand the little voice in the back of my mind tells me: the devices are small, ebooks are cheaper, it saves on space books take up and its echo friendly. I'm tempted to get one. Maybe this would be worth doing a video on like this audio book video you just did.

[SableCaught]

@micronoid And to be able to highlight and take notes really easily as I'm reading.

But the classics are free, I buy most of my books second hand so actually buying them for the kindle would be more expensive.

I just love owning things as well. Love my room full of thousands of books.

[Chell532007]

@SableCaught Has anything ever annoyed you about that, are there specific examples of things you've listened to where you just thought "Hang on a second, that's not right?" Also do you think if an author reads their own work that that's less likely to happen?

[Chell532007]

@Chell532007 Also, thanks for the tip off about this - I got third prize!

[Chell532007]

Terry Pratchett audiobooks might be good too, been meaning to check them out. Tony Robinson reads the abridged versions.

[SableCaught]

@micronoid There's part of me that's really opposed to them, I've spent so long collecting books it seems to completely invalidate my life up to this point. I'd probably be more sympathetic if you could take a book you already own and transfer it onto your ereader (like with cds).

Then again I am starting to warm to them. Just some of the books I want to read are so bulky and heavy, and all the classics I have to get through for uni, it would be really hand to carry around a load.