The apps play a significant part of audiobook reading practices. Four common user practices emerged in the interview material: adjusting the speed, selecting a track, setting a sleep timer and rewinding the audiobook.Ĭonclusions.
There were ten to twelve features each in the different players. The focus was on affordances of the different app features, and how these related to audiobook reading practices. The player functions in the apps were explored using a feature analysis and the interview material was analysed using qualitative content analysis. The article builds on an interview study with ten young Swedish users and a study of the apps from subscription services Storytel, BookBeat and Nextory.Īnalysis.
This article contributes to an understanding of the audiobook player function and the features therein. While these apps are part of audiobook practices, there is scant research on this topic.
Audiobooks are increasing in popularity and are now widely used through apps from subscription services. Audiobook apps: exploring reading practices and technical affordances in the player features
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