Tag archive: Audible

This is technically a guide to the best Kindle Fire apps, but really, it's a guide to our favorite apps on Amazon's Appstore for Android. Most of these apps are available on Android smartphones and tablets as well, but not all of them. The Kindle Fire is quickly becoming the hottest device outside of the iPad and at $200, it's the first one that almost anyone can afford, if they save up. Below are our favorite apps and games… Read More

Amazon purchased online audiobook seller Audible way back in 2008. The move came only a few months before the online mega-retailer released its Kindle e-reader, which has supported the Audible audio format since its 2007 launch. Now, Amazon has officially announced that, moving forward, Kindle users will be able to download audiobook purchases straight to their device over Wi-Fi. Previously, Kindle owners had to go through the convoluted process… Read More

Microsoftseems to be planning to support audio books from Audible.com on its Zune line of portable media players by the end of 2008. According to sources at both companies, Microsoft and Audible have worked out a deal that will enable Microsoft to support Audible's audio book format. Neither company has offered any information on when Audible support might be available to Zune owners, save to note that it should be available by the… Read More

Returning to the focus on books that launched its now behemoth retail business, Amazon.com announced on Thursday that it had purchased Audible.com, a New-Jersey-based provider of spoken word content. The company reportedly paid $300 million for the company, which will bring its library of audiobooks under Amazon’s flag. “Audible.com offers the best customer experience, the widest content selection and the broadest device… Read More

iriver has revved up its T10 portable media player: the diminutive units now sport a 2 GB memory capacity, and now offer direct support for spoken word content from Audible.com—and also ship with and offer for a free selected Audible.com book download. The iriver T10 is a PlaysForSure-compatible flash-based digital media player offering up to 45 hours of music playback time on a single AA battery. The T10 supports music subscription… Read More

Digital audiobook provider Audible, Inc. and book marketer Bookspan have announced the launch of "audio boutiques" featuring Audible digital content at six of Bookspan's biggest Web sites, including Book-of-the-Month Club, Quality Paperback Book Club, Literary Guild, and the Doubleday Book Club. The Bookspan sites now feature full-blown Audible online browsing and purchasing features, enabling customers to sample audiobooks… Read More

XM Satellite Radio and spoken audio source provider Audible announced today they had launched a joint download store featuring content from both companies. The new website is known as the XM Audible Store. The XM Audible Store, XM said, will allow consumers the ability to download the popular XM programs "The Bob Edwards Show" and "Opie and Anthony" as some of the 25,000 to 35,000 audio books, audio magazines, newspapers and radio… Read More

The new handheld portable players will hit the market sometime in 2006 and will allow you to play Audible spoken word content which is downloaded using your PC, as well as the XM satellite radio service. Audible will also offer popular XM talk programs via the Audible Web site this year, beginning with The Bob Edwards Show and Opie and Anthony. Also this year, XM will produce a new Audible audiobook program for broadcast… Read More

“The recordings will be available for purchase through Apple's iTunes Music Store, which has an existing relationship with Audible, and other sites that sell audio over the Internet, according tothe NFL and Audible. The first recordings of football games for sale under the agreement will be this Sunday's NFL conference championships, which will be available on the Internet the following morning.” Read more at Silicon… Read More