In Germany, audiobooks are insanely popular
Each year, Germans buy more audiobooks than e-books, and the voice actors are as big as rock stars.
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Each year, Germans buy more audiobooks than e-books, and the voice actors are as big as rock stars. This past summer, 20,000 Germans filled a Berlin stadium just to listen to the most popular audiobook series. Tomas Urbina gets inside the audiobook craze.