First Report

- Members of the group:

  
  Andres Betancur

  Alejandro Parra

  Alejandro Posada

  John Jairo Alzate

- Topic:

  Audiobooks

- What will we do?

Through a presentation, we going to explain in a few words the topic, like a             introduction to audiobooks.

- Who is doing what?

  Each group member will have to tell a character.


- Table of contents

  1. Introduction

  2. History

  3. Production and formats

  4. Distribution and popularity

  5. Use

  6. Listening practices

What is an audiobook?

An audiobook is a recording of a text being read. It is not necessarily an exact audio version of a book or magazine.

The spoken audio has been available in schools and public libraries and to a lesser extent in music shops since the 1930s. Many spoken word albums were made prior to the age of videocassettes, DVDs, and compact discs, often of plays rather than books. It was not until the 1980s that the medium began to attract book retailers, and then book retailers started displaying audiobooks on bookshelves rather than in separate displays.