Audiobooks vs. Reading Books

I have often wondered if listening to an audiobook counts as reading it. I mean, do hardcore book snobs look down at you if you didn't actually sit in a corner and read it with your own eyes?? Can you still be counted as an avid reader if you listen to books more than read them?? I just wonder what the consensus is on that.

It's actually kind of a dilemma for me. I work 45 minutes from home so I listen to a lot of audiobooks. Every time a book comes up in conversation, I wonder if I can say I've read that book or do I need to clarify: "well, I didn't actually read it, but I did listen to the audiobook". 

It's not like in high school when you were supposed to read Hamlet and you decided to watch the movie and hope it was close enough (I mean, not that I ever did that). Audiobooks are still the complete book (if you get the unabridged ones) - so nothing is left out. In this case, someone is just reading it to you instead of you reading the words yourself. So, does that count as reading the book or is it somehow still not quite the same?? I want to know - what is everyone's opinion??

Now "abridged" audiobooks...that is another discussion altogether...I'm not sure how I feel about those myself.