Week 11 Prompt

I think that the rise of audiobooks and eBooks, has done a lot to change appeal factors.  I would like to first focus on eBooks, I don’t think not having a physical copy of a book changes much about knowledge of the genre. Some factors I do think can be changed are that an eBook doesn’t have the thickness of a large book, which can often make a book look more intimidating. I do not think changing the font changes pacing or tone all that much. However, if a font is distracting in the way it looks, it might change the pace at which I read a book. Changing the line spacing might make a paragraph look less intimidating. I feel like using a big font might result in feeling like you read a lot faster and might change your reading speed.

When it comes to audiobooks on the other hand, I think they have many ways of changing appeal factors. I think this is particularly true when it comes to who is reading the audiobook. For me, I think narrator choice can greatly affect your enjoyment of a book. For example, I think the tones of memoirs are much clearer when the author is reading their own work. It shows you which jokes are supposed to be funny, what parts are meant to be emotional or thought provoking. I don’t like a particularly slow read audiobook, I think it can throw off the pacing. I often listen to audiobooks sped up because it makes the running time of a book feel less daunting. I think music would be very distracting. Additionally, I like shorter audiobooks unlike e-books which I don’t have length preferences. In my opinion, audiobooks enhance dialogue, they really enhance the unique voices of characters, as well as help readers to be able to pin down the tone of the book by paying attention to things like inflection, volume, etc. Because of this I feel audiobooks affect appeal factors more than eBooks