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Major publishing houses were not yet involved with audiobook production books, consequently confined to one medium, remained for the most part in the format they had been in for as long as they existed.

However, these were limited to famous historical works or literary classics - things like Shakepearian plays or the American Constitution - and were not produced for the mass public. In 1933, the Library of Congress started recording audiobooks. Audiobooks were first introduced in 1932 by the American Foundation for the Blind with the purpose of allowing blind people to experience literature. “I do like them because I can multitask while also listening to a novel which is very nice.”ĭespite how well-known and easily-accessible audiobooks are today, they were not always this way rather, they have grown in popularity significantly over the past 50 years. “I just started listening to audiobooks this summer,” Tara Weber ’25, an avid reader, said.

They have transformed the way in which books are consumed and created a more accessible, alternative avenue that modernizes literature. Audiobooks provide a service that is unique from physical books: they allow the listener to multitask, something that has become increasingly necessary with our modern, busy lives.Īudiobooks have risen in popularity dramatically since they were first introduced and have become accessible with a few clicks on a smartphone. Readers have begun to swap podcasts and music for narrated versions of literature of all kinds. From purchasing options on Audible to library-based apps like Overdrive, the digital world has adapted to audiobooks rather quickly over the last decade.