Benefits of Audiobooks

In response, Williamson County Public Library has been able to increase individual audiobook check-outs on hoopla from four per month to six check-outs!

We also offer up to five hard copies of audiobook formats (mp3, cd, playaway) that can be checked out from the library, at one time. Similarly, up to fifteen electronic items – including audiobooks (eAudio) from Tennessee R.E.A.D.S, using the Libby or Overdrive apps, can be checked out at a time.

With the start of the Summer Reading Program for Children’s, Teens, and Adults, listening to audiobooks is a great way to earn some cool prizes and books!

There are so many upsides to using audiobooks, it is hard to not get caught in the weeds numbering all of them; I will try to be brief so you can get to browsing —

1. Alleviating boredom on family road trips; you may find the ride flies by when the whole family can enjoy and discuss the stories together.
2. Accessibility with smartphones and devices have increased, making the process of checking out digital audiobooks simpler.
3. Listening to someone else read aloud can reduce negative thinking, which may help with anxiety and depression. (8 Mental and Physical Benefits of Audiobooks – Libro.fm Audiobooks)
4. Relaxing your eyes after spending so much of the day looking at digital screens.
5. Positively impacting sleep; listening to the book allows the eyes and mind to relax.
6. Improving time management by listening to books while driving, cleaning, and exercising. And, finally, perhaps, one of the biggest reasons –
7. Increasing and enhancing literacy (which gets it’s own infographic):

https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0675-19.2019
https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:145348534
http://eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED253865.pdf
https://www.rewire.org/audiobooks-arent-cheating/
www.readingrockets.org/article/benefits-audiobooks-all-readers
http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/resources/authenticlistening