[blondin]

you are making a good point imo. strange to me to read that audiobooks cost so much more than printed books. about the same amount of work goes into both. and i don't think people buy audiobooks because their favorite actor is narrating it. if they do then yes, they should be charged a lot. i also think maybe text to speech software makers need to get into that business. will drive the cost down a little.

[macintux]

I assume the price of audiobooks reflects the fact that far fewer are purchased, so all of the engineering and voice work has to be recouped somehow.

I've done a little voice work before. It is insanely tedious, even for a book I loved.