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 50,000 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 More >>
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 50,000 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.
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 our 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 our AudibleListener plans that offer significant savings from what consumers will find at any other traditional or online retail store. Our 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 hundreds of thousands of hours of audio content, or more than 50,000 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, science fiction/fantasy 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, 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.
