Broadband Service Provider Grande Communications to Market Audible.com's Internet Audio Service.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

WAYNE, N.J. & SAN MARCOS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 2003

Audible, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADBLC) today announced a marketing and promotional partnership in which its membership-based audio service will be promoted to Internet customers of Grande Communications, a Texas-based broadband service provider of high-speed Internet, local and long-distance telephone and cable television services. 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.

Grande will promote the Audible.com service to its customer base via an integrated marketing campaign that will include television, print, the Internet, telephone sales, direct mail and on-site demonstrations of Audible's service by Grande's installation specialists. Potential subscribers will be directed to a co-branded Web site where Audible will promote the AudibleListener(R) membership plans and demonstrate the value these plans bring to broadband subscribers.

Audible's website, www.audible.com(R), is the leading source for best selling and classic audiobooks that can be downloaded for listening anywhere on any number of AudibleReady(TM) portable digital audio players (www.audiblecom/buyaplayer). In addition to a selection of downloadable audiobooks which dwarfs that of any other online resource, listeners can choose from a collection of audio subscriptions to newspapers, magazines and public radio programs including audio digests of The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Scientific American and National Public Radio. Audible's system allows customers to enrich commuting and exercise time with first-class information and entertainment that can only be viably delivered over the Internet.

"Grande is committed to providing our customer with high quality, value-added services to further build loyalty and retention," said William E. Morrow, vice-chair and CEO of Grande. "Audible offers a unique service, one that allows our high-speed Internet customers to maximize their connection and provide hours of entertainment."

"Grande's broadband service and Audible's audio service share a dedication to extremely high levels of customer support and positive customer experience," noted Foy Sperring, Audible's senior vice president for Strategic Alliances. "Grande's intent to market the Audible service in the same way cable access providers have built HBO and other premium service franchises represents a major step in our efforts to increase awareness and distribution of our award-winning audio service."

About Grande Communications (www.grandecom.com):

Headquartered in San Marcos, Grande Communications is building a ground-up, deep-fiber broadband network to homes and businesses. Grande delivers high-speed Internet, local and long-distance telephone and cable television services over its own advanced broadband network to communities in Texas. Grande's service area for bundled broadband services include Austin, San Marcos, San Antonio, Waco, Corpus Christi, Midland and Odessa. Grande's wholesale service division, Grande Networks, serves the integrated communications needs of other service providers and carriers by providing the underlying network products, services and professional support staff for carriers, ISPs, CLECs, VoIPs, ESPs and ASPs through Grande's ATM, voice and data switching platforms and SONET/fiber networks.

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.