Strange behavior. To me at least. I very rarely buy and its only if I feel I want manually skip through the pages and draw inspiration. Otherwise it's always an audiobook.
The physical act itself of hunkering down with my head pointed downwards is just so unappealing doing more than enough of that with programming. Being able to take a walk and enjoy the outsides while listening (or in general filling the empty slots when i have to take a bus, go to the store etc) is just so liberating it has become an integral part of my life.
I don't like audiobooks that much. It's glacial compared to reading it myself. They can be good for long commutes but I'm not going to pay 2-3 times the price to spend 2-3 times as long to "read" a book.
The physical act itself of hunkering down with my head pointed downwards is just so unappealing doing more than enough of that with programming. Being able to take a walk and enjoy the outsides while listening (or in general filling the empty slots when i have to take a bus, go to the store etc) is just so liberating it has become an integral part of my life.