In times of coronavirus confinement, reading a book is for many a good option. But listening to a book instead of reading it can be a great alternative, both for people who have vision problems and for those who are simply reluctant to read.
While audiobooks have been around for years, this health crisis has begun to gain ground. In fact, Storytel indicates that subscriptions have more than tripled since the quarantine began.
Thus, gradually grows and installs the habit of listening to books, allowing you to “read” while cooking, doing sports, household chores or simply in a space of rest and entertainment.
This trend began to settle in 2014, but has grown substantially over the past year in Spanish-speaking countries.
Although this format has not been widely disseminated in our country, e-books and audiobooks are already part of the literary offer, and some publishers, such as Editorial Forja, have not been left behind.
All his books are in ebook format, available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Patagonia Books, among others, and a few months ago, a dozen of his titles can be downloaded as audiobooks from https://www.storytel.com/es/es/search.
“It’s not easy or cheap to develop an audiobook. That’s why we’re so happy that Storytel has chosen Editorial Forja to publish audiobooks from our Chilean writers. This shows that they are highly valued titles, of quality and international interest,” says Editorial Director Forja, María Eugenia Lorenzini.
Currently Editorial Forja has themed audiobooks for all tastes. The novels “Friend of Mine” by Teresa Calderón, “Love of Clones” by Alicia Fenieux, “White Stones” by María London, “After Yesterday” and “Listen, Heart” by Maria Eugenia Lorenzini. The storybook “Vida de perras” by Teresa Calderón and the essays “Through a Tunnel” by Sara Arcos, “Goles son historias” by Juan Moya and Sebastián Ubilla, “La niña liberated” and “Notes on childhood, migration and gender” by Is Pavkraez, “Socialism, is made way to walk” by Ernesto Benado and “This body, is she mine?”
“I am convinced that the audiobook is not a competence for reading. On the contrary, he is an ally, a different way of approaching the book. For the same reason, I invite you, especially the readers of Editorial Forja, to know this format, to try this new literary experience, which also has a test system that is free for the first 14 days”, adds Lorenzini.
For some, it’ll be like going back to the radioteatro eras. For others, remembering the years when parents told us bedtime stories. Anyway, a good alternative to entertainment and recreation to spend quarantine times.”
