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Nice to read an author confess to doing most of her reading on Kindle. Like she says, after Kindle its hard to go back to paper books as much I love them. For me, ebooks got me into audio books. There are times I need to be on the move and its great to be able to combine that with enjoying a book. Travel was when I used my Kindle the most but that has not happened in a while. I am part of a larger trend here with audiobooks but reasons vary

Smart speakers are becoming increasingly popular from products such as Amazon Echo, Google Home or Apple HomePod. In a recent poll from the American Audiobook Publishers Association found that 60% of respondents own a smart speaker, and 46% of smart speaker owners have used it to listen to an audiobook, which is up 31% from 2018.  Although the automobile is still the number one place where people listen to audiobooks, the home is where audiobooks are played for longer durations. 

I find myself getting to a logical end when I am on an audiobook and just returned home from a walk. As with anything else there are personas among audiobook listeners with very different needs and wants. Combining a book with a walk is a great efficiency for me and makes me look forward to the walk which can be mundane - the route is the same everyday on weekdays and its the same number of miles I try to do. It is easy to find a reason to skip the walk but the book provides and incentive not to do that. 

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