According to the 2007 APA (Audio Publishers Association) Sales Survey the size of the audiobook market is estimated at $923 million, an increase of 6 percent. Formats such as downloads continued to increase as the adoption of new technologies increases and mp3 players become more widely used

Now you can download audio books and listen to your favorite book on your computer or on CD whenever and wherever you want. You can listen to someone else read while you do other activities and enjoy the story. Many fictional audio books are narrated by famous actors or people with intriguing voices to bring the characters of the book to life. So, you can listen to your favorite audio books about romance, comedy, suspense, or even horror stories with a sense of 'being there' and living out the story!'

With a fast pace of life and work on the increase, many find it hard to find the time to read. The combination of audio books and MP3 players is making it possible for people to now get their reading in where ever they go. The easy listening of to-go audio books enables multitasking while exercising, commuting, or cleaning house.

Books are good for older, ill or recovering people and can be a wonderful gift for someone in a nursing institution. This is a gift they can remember and enjoy time after time. There are many more benefits of using these books, but even these few reasons should be enough to convince you to enter the exciting world of the spoken books.

These books can be a blessing for blind people, disabled people or people with impaired vision. There are approximately 10 million blind and visually impaired people in the United States alone. Audio books can enhance their life personally and professionally.

First, audio books can help blind people enjoy the experience of reading books.

Secondly, audio books can take blind people's education one step forward. Learning foreign languages, poetry, literature, English grammar etc. could be optimized using audio books. Did you know that there are approximately 93,600 visually impaired or blind students in the United States?

Thirdly, blind people can develop habits and hobbies using audio books. Whether you belong to the blind and visually impaired people or not, we strongly advise you to join the audio book experience now.

The most important skill a child can ever acquire is probably the ability to read, and books can be easily used to stimulate literacy in children. Books can be listened to by children while following the story in the paper book. Or they could listen just to gain and improve vocabulary and communication skills. If you want to instill in your child the love of reading, books can be an excellent start.

NoPaperback is the blog of Audado.com. Audado offers over 5,000 downloadable audio books from major publishers such as BBC, Harper-Collins, Simon and Schuster, and Time Warner. Books are organized by categories like biography, fiction, history, humor, religion, and self help.