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Readers say audiobooks make finding passages difficult

Original: The downside of audio books. It's very hard to look for a passage. After listening "Raising Hare" I wanted to find somet

A reader who finished Chloe Dalton's nature memoir "Raising Hare" in audio form found it nearly impossible to track down a quote about a hare's helplessness against human cruelty. The anecdote points to a wider complaint about audiobooks: without page numbers or searchable text, listeners cannot easily revisit or cite specific passages.

Why now: Listeners are debating the practical limits of audiobooks compared with printed or e-book editions.

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• The downside of audio books. It's very hard to look for a passage. After listening "Raising Hare" I wanted to find something she quoted, something along the lines of a hare saying that if humans could be so cruel as to hunt a harmless creature, who just wanted to be left alone,… · chris108@mastodonapp.uk · 1

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