Audible.com Delivers Valuable Spoken Audio to Microsoft's Windows Powered Pocket PC 2002.

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WAYNE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2001

Audible to be Promoted to Millions of Users as a Premier

Spoken Audio Service Enhancing Benefits of Pocket PC 2002

Audible, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBL) announced today that Microsoft's Windows Powered Pocket PC 2002 software is shipping with the ability to seamlessly play back spoken audio files downloaded from www.audible.com(TM).

Handheld computers running Windows Powered Pocket PC 2002 have multimedia capabilities enhanced by valuable audio, ranging from Stephen King and John Grisham to learning and custom business content.

Handheld computers from Casio Inc., Compaq Computer and Hewlett-Packard that run on Pocket PC 2002 can play Audible.com's 32,000 hours of audio, including audiobooks, newspapers, magazines, public radio and original programs. These units ship with free AudiblePlayer 3.1 and AudibleManager 3.1 software and valuable introductory offers for new listeners.

Freeing the listener from the PC, handheld computers running Pocket PC 2002 are transformed into go-anywhere audio playback devices, easily storing six hours of downloaded spoken audio from audible.com on internal RAM and many more hours on optional CompactFlash(TM) memory cards.

Audible.com listeners can download audio on-demand or automatically via subscriptions, and listen to leading business and news content as well as entertainment programming wherever they go.

In addition to the audio available to the individual listener at audible.com, the combination of AudibleEnterprise(TM) and Pocket PC 2002 gives corporations the unique capability to convey audio versions of research, news, strategy and training to mobile employees and clients. A client corporation's mobile audio `channel' would feature audio programs specific to their audiences as well as offer targeted branded news and business content, such as daily audio editions of The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.

"Developing mobile audio computing solutions is new to many organizations," said Andy Haon, Director of Product Planning, Microsoft Corp. "AudibleEnterprise provides services for financial, pharmaceutical and other major vertical markets. These markets are rapidly adopting Pocket PC 2002-based solutions that increase users' productivity by providing access to need-to-know, proprietary audio content when they can't otherwise read, such as when a sales person is driving from sales call to sales call."

"Pocket PC 2002 productivity-enhancing devices are a perfect fit for Audible's productivity-enhancing audio services," added Guy Story, Chief Scientist, Audible, Inc. "AudibleEnterprise is sure to be embraced in the growing number of corporate environments enjoying the benefits of these powerful handheld devices."

About Audible, Inc.:

Audible(R) (www.audible.com(R)) is the Internet's largest, most diverse provider of premium spoken audio services for content download or playback on personal computers or AudibleReady(TM) PC-based mobile devices. Audible has more than 32,000 hours of audio programs and 165 content partners that include leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, magazine and newspaper publishers and business information providers. Audible.com is Amazon.com's (www.amazon.com) exclusive provider of spoken word products for downloading or streaming via the Web. Additionally, the Company is strategically aligned with Random House, Inc., to pioneer the first-ever imprint to produce spoken word content specifically suited for digital distribution, Random House Audible. Among the Company's key business partners are Card Access Inc., Casio Inc., Compaq Computer Corporation, Handspring, Hewlett-Packard Company, Microsoft Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics, RealNetworks, Inc., SONICblue Incorporated's Rio Audio Group, Sony Electronics, Texas Instruments and VoiceAge Corp.

Audible and www.audible.com are registered trademarks of Audible, Inc.; AudibleReady is a trademark 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 that is not historical fact and may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements. 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.