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Do you listen to audiobooks? Advice wanted

I’m in talks now with O’Reilly Media about producing an audiobook for Confessions of a Public Speaker. I’ve never done one of these things before, and the few I’ve heard were mixed bags.

Here are some questions:

1. Do you prefer to have the author do the reading?
2. What factors make one audiobook better than another (besides the quality of the book itself)?
3. Is it important that the audiobook is identical to the printed version?
4. What are the top annoyances you wish audiobooks would avoid?

For reference, here’s a sample of my voice from NPR.