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Audible, Inc., an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN), is the leading provider of premium digital spoken audio information and entertainment, on the Internet. Audible specializes in the spoken experience, providing digital audio editions of books, newspapers and magazines, original programming, and TV and radio subscriptions. Content from Audible is downloaded and played back on personal computers, CDs, or AudibleReady computer-based and wireless mobile devices. Audible has over 40,000 audio programs from more than 470 content providers that include leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, and business information providers. Audible is the preeminent provider of spoken-word audio products for Apple's iTunes Store.
Consumers shop, purchase, and download audio content from
www.audible.com
(United States),
www.audible.co.uk
(United Kingdom),
www.audible.de
(Germany), or
www.audible.fr
(France) directly to personal computers for listening in a variety of ways. Most of our customers download audio to their PCs and Macs and then transfer the audio to MP3 players, personal digital assistants (PDAs), or to smart mobile devices (SMDs) for listening on the go. Others transfer, or "burn," the content to audio CDs, while some customers simply listen at their computers or through a digital home entertainment network.
At audible.com, customers can select from hundreds of hours of audio content, or more than 40,000 different programs. The selection of audio in our stores ranges from audiobooks and performances, to audio editions of national periodicals such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The New Yorker and Scientific American; to radio and TV programming such as Fresh Air, Charlie Rose, Car Talk, Marketplace, The Bob Edwards Show, Opie & Anthony, This American Life, and The Ricky Gervais Show. Language instruction, personal development, stand-up comedy, children's audio, study guides, historic speeches and readings, fiction, business, mystery, and romance are also categories of listening available to our customers.
Consumers are able to enjoy Audible's digital content on more than 500 different mobile devices made by more than 40 manufacturers. These devices include MP3 players, PDAs, smart mobile devices, and entertainment systems made by leaders in technology such as Apple Computer, Creative Labs, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, Palm, SonyEricsson, Garmin, TomTom, Sandisk, and Sonos. Our device-manufacturing partners support us by including our AudibleReady software on their devices and may also include audio samples on the device, as well as insert marketing brochures in the device box. They may also provide point-of-purchase sales support, after-market promotions, and web-based and e-mail customer outreach. Audible also works with original equipment manufacturers of mobile audio devices, original design manufacturers, and integrated circuit vendor partners to simply and rapidly adopt Audible's technology for use in manufactured devices.
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