Facts about audio books
If you are new to Audio Books field, you may have some questions regarding to what it is about. People have been asking these same questions since the early day of audio books, and they still do ask these same questions now. Therefore, we have compiled some of the commonly asked questions and answers them for you here.
Below are some of these questions and their answers:
- Audio book is a recording of the contents of a book reading aloud in audio format. Instead of reading a physical hardcover or paperback books, you will be listening to the books.
- What are the formats of audio books?
- Audio books come in 3 formats cassette tape, CDs, or downloadable audio books. Downloadable audio book comes in several file formats. See below question
- What are the files type of downloadable audio books?
- There are currently 3 different file formats for audio books in the industry. The leading format is WMA (Windows Media Audio), MP3 (M-peg layer 3), and AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format).
- What is an unabridged audio book?
- An unabridged audio book is one that was narrated word for word. Unabridged audio books have the exact same content in audio format, word for word, with that of the printed book.
- What is an abridged audio book?
- An abridged audio book is one that is shortened and doesn't contain the exact word for word narration as the printed book.
- What is a dramatized audio book?
- A dramatized audio book is a dramatized "play-life" version of the printed book, with usual full cast, music and sound effects.
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