Reasons to choose audiobooks over other book formats in the U.S. 2012

The statistic provides information on reasons why audiobooks were chosen over other book format in the United States in 2012. The Audio Publishers Association found 57 percent of surveyed audiobook listeners chose audiobooks because they could listen to them in their cars.

Why do you choose audio over other book formats?*

Characteristic	Total sample	Recent audiobook buyers
I can listen to the book in my car	57%	62%
It is portable	30%	46%
It helps me multi-task	25%	31%
I can listen to the book on my PC	16%	26%
I like being read to	10%	17%
Hard for me to read print	6%	11%
More environmental than print books	5%	10%
Other	4%	3%
None	18%	3%

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Release date

December 2012

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2012

Number of respondents

n = 4,000 (2,000 audiobook buyers and 2,000 non-buyers)

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

* The source does not provide detailed information regarding the question. The chosen wording here might therefore differ slightly from the survey.
A more specific date of survey was not provided by the source.

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