>>54665834No hold on man I'm way too bored to give up now.
You're correct that it's not an inherent limitation, but to be honest I fail to understand why one would choose an audiobook over a printed one if they have the option. When it comes to the format of a book I think it would matter to me only in extreme or very specific circumstances. You would probably enjoy a book less if they chose to print it in Chiller or Papyrus rather than Times New Roman or Garamond, I think. Or if the text was so large only a few letters could be fit on each page. But in general those differences are, as you said, incredibly minute. The important aspect is immersion and the ability to see the story laid out before you on a page. As for the story itself being identical you're correct, however I don't believe that's relevant to my argument; I'm only concerned with those phenomenal aspects which format does alter (though I do believe that the change of those aspects will, on a certain level, alter your mental framing of the story and in the end your subconscious analysis of it).
To me it's not about things being in their most raw or original form. It's about the artists intended method for their art's consumption and the fact that I generally trust that it will give me the experience which most directly communicates their artistic intention for the work as a whole..
Now, as a disclaimer I think some artists may be wrong about their own art, and perhaps create it in an unsuitable format for one reason or another, but that's another discussion.
