Books: Heard Any Good Books Lately?

Literature on cassettes is a best-selling business

"You could drive from here to California on a Dickens," claims Jeanne Sullivan, a librarian in Oak Park, Ill. The point is well taken; the library's copy of David Copperfield is 22 cassettes long. Says Birmingham Photographer Mike Clemmer: "I haven't made any long car trips, but when I do, I'll buy a book on tape. No more lousy radio music or CB chatter for me." Lynn Kirk, a real estate investor from Ojai, Calif., admits, "I am definitely addicted to books on tape. I cannot get into my car without them. There are no commercials, you can listen to whatever...

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