Phonic Audio has received many inquiries regarding “Whats the difference between Abridged and Unabridged Audio Books?”

Abridge - An Abridged audio book is a condensed version of the actual written book. The editing is done by the Publisher, normally with the consent of the Author. Generally the editing is to remove text that is considered to be reading adjectives, references and sometimes a complete chapter can be removed as it is consider irrelevant to an audio book production.

Abridged audio books deliver the information much quicker, which is popular with many audio book consumers. Written books can take up to 20 to 30 hours to read, when converted to an abridge audio books the listening time is approximately 4-5 hours. Publishing a narrated audio book of 20 – 30 hours is an expensive production, which normally makes abridged audio books cheaper than unabridged audio books.

Unabridged – An Unabridged audio book contains every word of the actual written book. These unabridged audio books are huge entertainment for all, and are a great educational tool.

Unabridged audio books are very popular with the Vision Impaired, people with reading disorders and the disabled. Unabridged audio books are normally more expensive than abridged audio books. When published unabridged audio book titles are normally available in abridged audio book format also.

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