Audible.com Launches the Soundview Executive Book Summary For Download.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WAYNE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 2003 Audio Summaries of Top Business Books for Busy Executives Now Delivered Directly to Listener's Computer for Mobile Listening Audible, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :ADBL ADBL Agricultural Development Bank Limited (Nepal) ) and Concentrated Knowledge Corporation, publisher of the Soundview Executive Book Summaries(R), today announced the availability of a monthly collection of business book summaries for download. Audible is the leading provider of digitally delivered spoken word audio. Each month, Soundview Executive Book Summaries give business people an easy way to familiarize themselves with the key points of today's top business books. Audible and Soundview are collecting three 20-30 minute audio summaries in each monthly program. "The Soundview Executive Book Summaries help busy executives gain a competitive edge by quickly getting to the heart of the latest techniques and ideas in business, and are ideal works for Audible's on-the-go customer base," said Brian Fielding, Executive Vice President, Content, at Audible, Inc. "We are pleased to bring our summaries to Audible's savvy and rapidly-growing user base," added Rob Carter Rob Carter is professor of typography and graphic design at Virginia Commonwealth University. He has received numerous awards for his work from organizations such as the American Institute of Graphic Arts, New York Type Directors Club, Society of Typographic Arts, Creativity, and , Vice President, Marketing, Concentrated Knowledge Corp. "Audible's 'always on' and direct to consumer business model is a great fit for our audiobook summaries." 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 and playback on personal computers, CD or AudibleReady(R) computer-based mobile devices. Audible has more than 34,000 hours of audio programs and 135 content partners that include leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, 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 im·print tr.v. im·print·ed, im·print·ing, im·prints 1. To produce (a mark or pattern) on a surface by pressure. 2. To produce a mark on (a surface) by pressure. 3. to produce spoken word content specifically suited for digital distribution, Random House Audible. Among the Company's key business partners are Apple Corp., Casio Inc., Handspring hand·spring n. A gymnastic feat in which the body is flipped completely forward or backward from an upright position, landing first on the hands and then on the feet. , 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, , Palm, Inc., Royal Philips Electronics, RealNetworks, 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. and VoiceAge Corp. Audible, www.audible.com, Audible Otis, 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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