The blogs are alive with the sound of swearing
Posted by: Mary
Bouncing around the blogs today are audio outtakes from Barack Obama’s self-narrated audiobook Dreams from My Father, featuring quotations from Obama’s high school friend (but read in the voice of our president) using profanity and offensive terminology. This brings up a question I’ve often grappled with: Does hearing a shock-laden term affect an audiobook listener more than reading the same words in the book? To my mind, the answer is yes. Or maybe this is something that is an individual reaction. Do audio publishers take into consideration the swear-factor when deciding to acquire a print title for the audiobook market? Curious minds want to know!
