Audiobook An audiobook is a recording that is primarily spoken word. It is often based on a recording of commercial printed

Audiobook
    An audiobook is a recording that is primarily spoken word. It is often based on a recording of commercial printed material. / It is not necessarily an exact audio version of a book. / It was not until the 1980s that there began a concerted effort to attract book retailers. / As publishers entered the field of spoken-word publishing, / the transition to book retailers carrying audiobooks became commonplace on bookshelves / rather than in separate displays.