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00:00And so when we think about audiobooks, yes, there's the aspect of it that it's, you know, the movie in your mind and it's a way for people who are more of an oral learner than a visual learner to have the same kind of like thrilling access to books as they do to any other format.
00:15But there is also a way in which audiobooks are extending a hand to people who look at a book and think, that's not for me. That's not about me. There's nothing in those pages for me. And that we can welcome them into their stories and their histories and introduce them to a new way of consuming that knowledge.
00:32That just, I can't tell you what it feels like when someone gets in touch with me and says, you know, because I narrate for Star Wars. I'm a Princess Leia voice and a few other characters in that universe.
00:45And like, I get emails from moms who'll be like, my child would not touch a book. Wouldn't touch a book. And then I gave them a Star Wars audiobook and now they're like, mom, I need more books. I need more books. Where are the books? I get emotional about that.
01:03And then I'll tell you.
01:18And it's a long timeline.
01:21So now, look at that.
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