Audible and Audio Renaissance Launch Exclusive Internet Audio Relationship.Business Editors WAYNE, N.J. and LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 2000 Renowned Audiobook Publisher's New Releases and Backlist back·list n. A publisher's list of older titles kept in print. tr.v. back·list·ed, back·list·ing, back·lists To place (a title) on a backlist. Titles Available for Online Delivery from Audible.com(tm) Audible, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADBL ADBL Agricultural Development Bank Limited (Nepal) ) and Audio Renaissance, a division of Renaissance Media, Inc., today announced an exclusive Agreement that makes hundreds of Audio Renaissance's audiobook titles available for purchase and listening from www.audible.com(tm). Audible is the leading provider of Internet-delivered spoken audio for PC-based listening or mobile playback on AudibleReady(tm) digital devices. Audio Renaissance is a leading audiobook publisher, since 1986, of best selling nonfiction and fiction titles. &uot;Audio Renaissance sustains an exceptional level of quality in the audiobooks they produce,&uot; stated Brian Fielding, Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs for Audible, Inc. &uot;We are delighted to welcome them to the growing list of Audible's premium content providers, and we look forward to bringing Audio Renaissance's impressive catalogue to our customers. Audible is committed to maintaining its leadership position in the digital spoken-word category on the Web.&uot; &uot;The Internet and direct download of audio content represents a new frontier New Frontier President John F. Kennedy’s legislative program, encompassing such areas as civil rights, the economy, and foreign relations. [Am. Hist.: WB, K:212] See : Aid, Governmental for audio distribution, and Audio Renaissance is pleased to announce our exclusive arrangement with Audible, Inc., the industry leader for online delivery of spoken word audio,&uot;said Joe McNeely, Associate Publisher of Audio Renaissance. &uot;With Audible as our scout for electronic distribution, I believe we've created a three-way partnership between Audible, Audio Renaissance, and Audio Renaissance's authors that will ensure the highest audio standards, copyright protection, and profitability.&uot; Some of the Audio Renaissance authors whose work is included under this agreement are: Orson Scott Card Orson Scott Card (born August 24 1951)[1] is an American author, working in several genres, but primarily known for his science fiction work. His Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead , Dave Barry For the English musician, see . 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Mosley has written a series of best-selling historical mysteries featuring the hard-boiled detective Easy Rawlins, a black private investigator and World War , Anthony Robbins and Kurt Vonnegut Noun 1. Kurt Vonnegut - United States writer whose novels and short stories are a mixture of realism and satire and science fiction (born in 1922) Vonnegut . Audiobook titles include: Behind the Oval Office and Vote.com by Dick Morris, Doing Less and Having More by Marcia Weider, Just Revenge by Alan Dershowitz, How We Believe by Michael Shermer, Opening the Eye of New Awareness by The Dalai Lama, and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig. About Audible, Inc. Audible is the Internet's largest, most diverse provider of premium spoken-audio services for content download or playback on personal computers and AudibleReady(tm) mobile digital audio devices. Audible allows customers to take advantage of their commute, travel and desktop computer time by delivering premium entertainment and information audio while their eyes are busy but their minds are free. Audible's content partners include leading audio book publishers, broadcasters, magazine and newspaper publishers, business information providers, and educational and cultural institutions. Visitors to www.audible.com(tm) can browse, sample, purchase and subscribe to more than 20,000 hours of audio programs. Among the company's key business partners are Casio Inc., Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. , S3/Diamond Multimedia Systems Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics, and RealNetworks, Inc. About Audio Renaissance/Renaissance Media, Inc. Audio Renaissance is the audio publishing imprint of Renaissance Media, Inc. a media publishing company which also includes the Renaissance Books imprint. They are distributor by St. Martin's Press. It has been at the forefront of audiobook publishing since 1986. Their audiobook bestsellers range from the classic motivational Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill; to the warmth and humanity of James Herriot's complete works All Creatures Great and Small All Creatures Great and Small was the title given to a compilation volume first published in 1972 comprising James Herriot's first two novels, If Only They Could Talk and It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet and All Things Wise and Wonderful. Audio Renaissance is best known for the quality and strength of its nonfiction selections including Anthony Robbins'Powertalk!(tm) series; Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman; How to Argue and Win Every Time by Gerry Spence; Larry King's Powerful Prayers; The Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav; How to Meditate med·i·tate v. med·i·tat·ed, med·i·tat·ing, med·i·tates v.tr. 1. To reflect on; contemplate. 2. To plan in the mind; intend: meditated a visit to her daughter. by Laurence LeShan, and You Can Negotiate Anything by Herb Cohen. It also maintains a very strong audio fiction library including such authors as Sidney Sheldon, Robin Cook, Herman Wouk, Walter Mosley, Umberto Eco, Kurt Vonnegut, Ed McBain, and Janet Evanovich. AudibleReady and audible.com are trademarks of Audible, Inc. |
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