How lazy have we become as a people?!! LOL!!
I used to read all day, every day, at ANY spare moment I could find, and read whatever I could find, but now you'd be hard pressed to catch me with more than 1 sheet of A4 paper in my hand at any one time!
And yet NOW I would jump at the chance to download an MP3 book and listen to it being read to ME! I think it's because I'm able to multi-task while listening, like I can do housework, or scan the internet, drive my car, cook, eat, shower, pretend to listen to my kids . . . spend time with my husband . . .