Digital Audiobooks! They're There!

Today I'm grumpy because I forgot that digital audiobooks, uh... exist.

This was an incredibly embarrassing twitter exchange with a friend in which I, lamenting that I couldn't finish my audiobook until I had access to a CD player, complained that audiobooks weren't my cup of tea for that very reason.  And to be honest, I do prefer reading over listening because of my own concentration issues - but that's an entirely different post.  Of course, my friend then reminded me that I can listen to audiobooks on my phone.  With headphones or earbuds.  Whenever I have an opportunity, which is in much greater supply than my access to CD players.

I felt silly because.  Well, that's obvious, I can't believe I didn't think of that.  (Pretty clear that I do not listen to audiobooks on my phone.)  But what made it even worse - and honestly kind of embarrassing for me - is that the library where I work does offer audiobooks digitally.  We have apps!  And I recommend them to patrons all the time.  Anytime someone's looking for an audiobook on our shelves I'll suggest trying the app, as well.  Anytime I sign someone up for a library card I go offer all the digital services we have.  I help people set up their phones and tablets with the audiobook app.  But apparently I don't use it enough to remember it outside of work!  Oops.

I feel like I can redeem myself a little because I do check out e-books frequently, but this just goes to show that maybe I should take more time to actually use what I'm recommending...

(For anyone interested, it was The Death of Mrs. Westaway that I was listening to.  Yes, on CD.  The audiobook was fantastic - I mentioned it briefly in my entry about the book.  I absolutely recommend it!)