Call me old fashion but I prefer the silent paper novel or book, Wifey on the other hand loves Audio/Visual books. I prefer a regular novel for several reasons, first is the feeling of nostalgia ( smell, feel ) when “curling up with a good book”. Second is the mental benefits you gain ( spelling, grammar, memory, deduction). Third and most important to me is …I want the characters of the book or novel in reading to sound a certain way ( I want my Lower East side Cockney to sound like Dick Van Dyke, and my oriental detective to sound like Hiroyuki Tagawa, and my cowboys to sound like Sam Elliott) sry that’s just my preference