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The audiobook industry is absolutely flourishing, and now, more than ever, independent authors are wondering how to make an audiobook. Fifty percent of all Americans, aged twelve and older, have listened to an audiobook, according to a national annual consumer survey by the Audio Publishers Association.

All this may be relevant to the audiobook vs. book debate because, like digital screens, audiobooks deny users the spatial cues they would use while reading from printed text. Get our Health Newsletter. Sign up to receive the latest health and science news, plus answers to wellness questions and expert tips.

In 1994, the Audio Publishers Association established the term "audiobook" as the industry standard. Caption reads: "The phonograph at home reading out a novel." From Daily Graphic (New York), 2 April 1878.