Audible Partners with chapters.indigo.ca in Canadian Audiobooks Download Feature; First Audible Boutique Also Provides Attractive Cash-Back Promotion On Apple iPods.WAYNE, N.J. & TORONTO -- Audible, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on SC: ADBL ADBL Agricultural Development Bank Limited (Nepal) ), the leading provider of digitally delivered spoken word audio, and Indigo Books & Music Inc. (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension : IDG IDG International Data Group IDG Integrated Drive Generator IDG Installation Design Guide IDG Internet Discussion Group IDG Inset Dielectric Guide IDG International Dangerous Goods (mail, shipping) ), Canada's largest book retailer, today announced that Audible's download service for audiobooks and other valuable spoken word programs is now available on chapters.indigo.ca, the Company's e-commerce site. Visitors to chapters.indigo.ca can now shop, download, and listen to best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best audiobooks, periodicals, radio programs, language learning, and all of audible.com's 55,000 hours of valuable spoken word audio. The "Listen to an Excerpt ex·cerpt n. A passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as a literary or musical composition, a document, or a film. tr.v. ex·cerpt·ed, ex·cerpt·ing, ex·cerpts 1. " feature on chapters.indigo.ca gives shoppers the ability to first sample a portion of the audiobook free of charge, then download and transfer Audible's audiobooks and other spoken word titles for listening on AudibleReady(R) MP3 players, personal digital assistants, or smart wireless devices. Listeners are able to supplement their reading time by listening to audio versions of print works a factory where cloth, as calico, is printed. See also: Print when they cannot otherwise read, such a when working out or commuting to work. The Audible feature is promoted on the homepage and integrated within the book-related navigation throughout chapters.indigo.ca. Audible maintains customer accounts, delivers the AudibleManager(R) software to new users, and serves audio downloads to listeners. Through this partnership Indigo Books & Music Inc. offers a service to Canadian booklovers shopping online this holiday season, while Audible benefits from a new channel with which to acquire customers. In addition, Audible is introducing a rebate program to customers at select Indigo and Chapters retail stores and online which offers $125 CAD cash-back on any iPods or other AudibleReady devices with a 12-month commitment to an AudibleListener(R) membership. The membership consists of any 2 audiobooks from Audible's inventory of more then 6,000 titles for $26.50 CAD per month, or 1 audiobook and 1 one-month subscription from Audible's Subscription Center for $18.50 CAD per month. "Indigo's partnership with audible.com enhances the booklovers' shopping experience online in that it provides not only an innovative new format to enjoy books but also critical decision support. What is more compelling than to hear the author read an excerpt from his or her own book?" says Jonathan Ehrlich, Senior Vice-President of Online Operations, Indigo Books & Music Inc. "Indigo continues to look for state-of-the-art services and features and the Audible service meets our standards for service and value that our customers have grown to expect." "Indigo Books & Music Inc, with its chain of elegant brick and mortar See bricks and mortar. stores, and its e-commerce site, is a significant Canadian institution," says Foy Sperring, Jr., Senior Vice President of Strategic Alliances, Audible, Inc. "We are very optimistic op·ti·mist n. 1. One who usually expects a favorable outcome. 2. A believer in philosophical optimism. op that this multi-channel relationship will allow Indigo's customers to experience the pleasures afforded by the audible.com service." About Indigo Books & Music Inc. Indigo Books & Music Inc., (TSX: IDG) is Canada's largest book retailer operating bookstores in all provinces under the names Indigo Books Music & More, Chapters and Coles. Indigo also operates www.chapters.indigo.ca, an online retailer of books, music, movies and gifts. As always, shopping at Indigo is made easy and joyful with service 'as you like it' -- in store, online or by phone. For more information, visit chapters.indigo.ca. About Audible, Inc.: Audible(R) (www.audible.com(R)) is the Internet's leading premium spoken audio source. Content from Audible is downloaded and played back on personal computers, CDs, or AudibleReady(R) computer-based mobile devices. Audible has 55,000 hours of audio programs from more than 175 content partners that include leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, and business information providers. Audible.com is Amazon.com's and the Apple iTunes Music Store's pre-eminent provider of spoken word products for downloading or streaming via the Web. Additionally, the Company is strategically aligned with Random House, Inc. in the first-ever imprint to produce spoken word content specifically suited for digital distribution, Random House Audible. Among the Company's key business relationships are Apple Corp., Bertelsmann AG Bertelsmann AG German media company. Beginning as a religious printer and publisher in 1835, the company grew steadily over the next century. Though virtually destroyed by Allied bombing in 1945, it recovered quickly after World War II. , Creative Labs, holtzbrinck networXs, Hewlett-Packard Company, Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, , palmOne, Inc., PhatNoise Inc., RealNetworks, Inc., Rio Audio, Roxio, Inc., Sony Electronics Sony Electronics Inc., headquartered in San Diego, Calif., is the largest component of Sony Corporation of America, the U.S. holding company for Sony's U.S.-based electronics and entertainment businesses. , Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. Inc., and VoiceAge Corporation. Audible, www.audible.com, AudibleListener, and AudibleReady are registered trademarks of Audible, Inc. and all are part of the family of Audible, Inc. trademarks. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. This press release contains information about Audible, Inc. that is not historical fact and may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. about the company. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, Audible's limited operating history, history of losses, uncertain market for its services, and its inability to license or produce compelling audio content and other risks and uncertainties detailed in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. |
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