Audible, Inc. is the leading provider of spoken entertainment and
information 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.
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) direct...
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Audible, Inc. is the leading provider of spoken entertainment and
information 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.
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.
Audible customers can also have their Audible
content wirelessly delivered to their smart mobile devices every day,
even while they are asleep, taking the computer out of the equation. In
addition to Audible's Web sites, Audible's content is available at the
Apple iTunes Music Store, where Audible is the exclusive provider of
paid spoken content, and at Amazon.com.
In addition to content, Audible offers
customers value, convenience and flexibility. Customers have the option
to buy Audible content either on a per-program basis (a la carte) or to
join any one of AudibleListener plans that offer significant
savings from what consumers will find at any other traditional or
online retail store. AudibleListener program provides customers
with access to 30% discounts on any individual program, exposure to
periodic sales, and six free channels of content all for the low price
of $9.95 per year. For even greater savings, customers can join the
AudibleListener Gold or Platinum programs for a fixed monthly or annual
fee that provides them with a predetermined number of credits to be
used for downloading Audible content. These credits may be rolled over
month to month, should members elect to do so. Gold and Platinum
members have the option of receiving complimentary daily audio editions
of either
The New York Times or
The Wall Street Journal. Audible customers may also subscribe to any one of close to 50 daily, weekly, or monthly subscription products.
At audible.com, customers can select from nearly 100,000 hours of audio
content, or more than 30,000 different programs. The selection of audio
in our stores ranges from more than 12,000 audiobooks and performances,
to audio editions of national periodicals such as
The New York Times,
The Wall Street Journal,
Forbes,
The New Yorker,
The Atlantic Monthly 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 200 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, Philips, Samsung, 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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