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Audible.com
| shop5 Rank: | 1 of 5 Audio Books |
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| Headquarters: | 1 Washington Park, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA |
| Year Founded: | 2007 CEO: Donald R. Katz Stock Code: ADBL |
| What We Say: | Audible has a story to tell. It sells downloadable audio versions of books and print publications such as The New York Times. With more than 120,000 hours of content, Audible also offers radio broadcasts, speeches, and performances. The service has some 37,000 titles and programs. Users can either buy individual titles or subscribe to AudibleListener and download content at a discount. Users can listen to programs on their desktop computer, or via an MP3 player or PDA. Customers who subscribe to a recurring title (newspaper, magazine, radio program) can have it automatically delivered to their PC, or wirelessly to their handheld device. Audible also offers a CD burning feature for listening on CD players. |
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Reviewed on May 09 2008 by Ja1969 I'm confused by this site 3 stars and it's number 1, but the number 2 site is 4 stars? |
Worth Knowing
| Ownership | Purchased by Amazon.com in January 2008 for $300m. |
| Print Catalog | HTML catalogs are available for download. They are designed so that you can easily scan this massive library, online, saved to your HD or as a printed document. |
| Useful Tools | Audible offers a number of downloadable "Audible Managers" which help you to easily download audio to your computer, transfer/listen to audio files seamlessly between your computer (PC or Mac) and/or MP3 player. |
| Useful Services | Audible can forward purchases or even regular subscriptions to your cell phone or PDA device. Audible's content is also available at the Apple iTunes Music Store, where Audible is the exclusive provider of paid spoken content, and at Amazon.com. |
| Mobile Site | www.audible.com/adbl/store/audibleAir.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes |
| $$$ | Join AudibleListener for just $7.49 a month for your first three months. |
| Affiliate Program | Standard commissions start at $3.50. 60-day cookie duration. |
| Pros | "Consumers are able to enjoy Audible's digital content on more than 200 different mobile devices made by more than 40 manufacturers." And there's so much to choose from! |
| Cons | No streaming radio, but many radio programs can be downloaded individually or on subscription. Downloading requires you to download free software, available from the site. |
