Audible.com Offers Affiliates Direct Access to Thousands of Audiobooks; Small and Medium-sized Web Sites to Sell Interest-Specific Downloadable Audio Titles.

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WAYNE, NJ--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2001

Registrations at www.audible.com/affiliate Averaging 80 New Sites Daily

Audible, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBL) announced today that affiliate sites are now able to link directly to any of Audible's(R) downloadable audiobooks. Responding to requests from an affiliate partnership network of more than 1,000 sites assembled in the past two weeks, Audible is now providing direct access to audiobook titles. A button or link at the affiliate's Web site takes end users to a page where they can purchase and listen to a featured audiobook. Audible is the leading provider of Internet-delivered spoken audio (www.audible.com(R)) for computer-based listening or mobile playback on AudibleReady(TM) PC-based portable digital audio players. Audible's affiliate program for third-party sites is hosted by Commission Junction (www.cj.com).

"Anyone can build a mini-Audible service at their own site, by linking to any selection from our industry-leading audiobook library that is relevant and of interest to their site's visitors," stated Foy Sperring, vice president and general manager of audible.com. "Response to our affiliate program has been outstanding, with some 80 sites requesting membership every day. Our affiliate partners wanted this enhancement to the program, so we've quickly delivered it. We consider this enhanced affiliate program another important step for our growth strategy."

Audible's third-party affiliate program is the latest aspect of a multi-tiered affiliation-based distribution initiative. Direct affiliates such as Amazon.com and Britannica.com are also offering Audible content to their customers in an integrated manner. In the case of direct affiliates the shopping experience is co-branded and all of Audible's 28,000 hours of downloadable audiobooks, audio digests of newspapers and magazines, radio shows and original content are available. Audible also recently announced the launch of its Tell A Friend customer referral incentive plan, in which any Audible user can offer an audio title to a friend for 50% less than the normal price. Once the friend purchases an Audible title, the referrer receives a $5.00 coupon that is valid toward any of Audible's content, hardware or services.

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 28,000 hours of audio programs and 160 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 Casio Inc., Compaq Computer Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics, RealNetworks, Inc., SONICblue Incorporated's Rio Audio Group, 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.

This press release contains information about Audible, Inc. that is not historical fact and may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements 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.