Best Buy Retail Stores to Offer Audible Subscriptions to Pocket PC 2002 Buyers.

Business Editors

WAYNE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 2002

Audible, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBL), announced today an agreement with Best Buy in which Audible's daily audio digests of leading national newspapers will be offered at Best Buy's more than 500 retail locations to purchasers of all Pocket PC 2002 personal digital assistants.

Audible(R) is the leading provider of downloadable spoken audio that informs and entertains anywhere and at any time with audio editions of books, newspapers, magazines, radio programs and original shows.

Beginning later in Q4 2002, Best Buy will offer a three-month subscription for $14.95 to both daily audio editions of The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times -- automatically available in time for the daily morning drive to work -- to everyone who buys or has bought a Pocket PC 2002.

"We applaud Best Buy's vision and their commitment to providing state-of-the art services to their customers," said Foy Sperring, senior vice president, Strategic Alliances, Audible, Inc. "This co-marketing partnership combines the clear merchandising advantages of retail store distribution with the economic and consumer benefits of digital delivery. This agreement advances one of Audible's key strategic focuses for 2002 -- to open new distribution partnerships and increase awareness and usage of our category-leading Internet audio service."

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 125 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 to produce spoken word content specifically suited for digital distribution, Random House Audible. Among the Company's key business partners are Apple Corp., Card Access Inc., Casio Inc., Compaq Computer Corporation, Handspring, Hewlett-Packard Company, Microsoft Corporation, Palm, Inc., Royal Philips Electronics, RealNetworks, Inc., SONICblue Incorporated's Rio Audio Group, Sony Electronics, Texas Instruments and VoiceAge Corp.

Audible, www.audible.com and AudibleReady are registered trademarks of Audible, Inc.; AudibleListener 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 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.