I guess point is that you can do something else while listening, like I commute with a car so reading a book is out of the question, but listening to audiobooks

I guess point is that you can do something else while listening, like I commute with a car so reading a book is out of the question, but listening to audiobooks and podcasts fits well. Besides commuting you can do other things like house chores. For me audiobooks have opened reading in a whole new way. I used to think that I was dyslexic, but I've since discovered that the right term is subvocalization. I was slow reader as a kid and never grew out of it. So reading is really slow for me, I've tried to work on it, but in the meanwhile I might as well be listening audiobooks.