Audible Exclusives limit disabled audiobook fans like me

Throwback notes. This was previously published on the Libro FM blog. I've edited one word, and have chosen not to link to the audiobook I am mentioning because of what surfaced about this author in 2026. I’ll be the first to tell you that I have a list of audiobooks for almost any reading taste. Comic books are a different story, though. Because I’m totally blind, and am just now learning grade-two Braille, I haven’t found many accessible comic books I can read offline. Graphic Audio is a publisher that often adapts comic books into elaborate audio productions. ‘Movies in your mind,’ they call them, but Graphic Audio doesn’t have as many titles as I’d like, due to audio publishers turning to Exclusives. One in particular really vexed me. A sighted friend suggested I check out the recently released Audible Original The Sandman, by Neil Gaiman. It’s narrated by a wide cast including Kat Dennings and James McAvoy. I didn’t know it was an Audible Original. Upon looking it up, though, I…