Are Audio Books Cheating, Brian?

A friend of mine who will remain nameless, but lets refer to him as Brian Black for the purposes of this post, has started downloading audio books and listening to them in the motor vehicle as he trundles along the roads. His question is "is this reading".

I would say, "no", it's more like listening really. However, for those who can't read I think audio books are marvelous. OK, I'm only joking. Audio books have been around for years and our kids have some examples of them that we've listened to in the car; Harry Potter books read by Stephen Fry are great examples. We've also got the Chronicles of Narnia. I enjoy listening to them in the car and it makes a chance from music when you're on long journeys.

I might start having a look through iTunes for books for work. Good idea Brian (I main nameless person who is definitely not Brian Black or anything).