Audible to Offer One Free Month of AudibleListener to Windows Mobile 2003 Software for Pocket PC Users

Business Wire, June 23, 2003

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

WAYNE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 2003

$50 Worth of Digital Audiobooks and More Now Available to Windows

Mobile-based Pocket PC Users at Microsoft's www.PocketPC.com and

Affiliated Sites

Audible, Inc. (OTC BB: ADBL) today announced that its award-winning Internet audio service will be available to all users of the new generation of devices running Windows Mobile 2003 software for Pocket PCs. Pocket PC users who visit PocketPC.com will also be able to try a free month Audible service, a $50 consumer value compared to recorded cassette or CD products. Audible.com is the leading online retailer of audiobooks, audio editions of newspapers and periodicals, and public radio programs for download and mobile listening.

Audible's Internet audio service and AudiblePlayer(R) for Windows Mobile 2003 software for Pocket PCs was created for anyone interested in being more productive -- from commuters who want the daily newspaper read to them on the way to work, to others who want to gain precious reading time by listening to books whenever their eyes are busy but minds are free.

Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC users receiving a free trial offer of one month of Audible's membership plan, AudibleListener(TM), may select between PremiumListener(TM), consisting of any two audiobooks from Audible's industry-leading collection of 6,000 titles, or Basic Listener(TM), which allows the user to download any one audiobook and one 1-month subscription to any of the 28 subscriptions available in the Audible Subscription Center, www.audible.com/subscriptions.

"We are proud to have served the information and entertainment needs of Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC customers from the earliest versions until now," said Foy Sperring, senior vice president, Strategic Alliances. "Audible.com turns Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs into productivity tools for those who want to listen to content that allows them to get to work smarter, while also serving those who prefer entertainment. We offer tens of thousands of hours of spoken word audio that can played seamlessly from any Pocket PC."

"By providing users with a vast selection of great audio content, Audible takes advantage of the robust memory and enhanced multimedia capabilities offered in Windows Mobile 2003 software for Pocket PCs," said Mark Spain, director of the Mobile Devices Division at Microsoft Corp. "Windows Mobile users can now experience this award-winning service for themselves, through a compelling free membership developed by Audible."

About Audible.com:

Audible.com, recently named the best consumer Web service by CNet.com (April 2003), and one of the "Best of Today's Web" by PC World (August 2002) features daily audio editions of The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times -- available on a subscription basis in time for the morning drive to work each day--as well as Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Scientific American and Fast Company. The site offers a powerful collection of audiobook best sellers and classics by authors such as Tom Clancy, Stephen King, John Grisham, Mary Higgins Clark, James Patterson, the Dalai Lama, David McCullough, Stephen Hawking, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson and Jane Austen. There are also speeches, lectures, and on-demand radio programs including Marketplace, All Things Considered, Car Talk, Fresh Air and This American Life, and original shows such as RobinWilliams@audible.com. All of the programs at audible.com are available for computer-based playback, burning to audio CD, and on-the-go listening using numerous AudibleReady(TM) portable digital audio players offered by leading consumer electronics and computer manufacturers.

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 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, Hewlett-Packard Company, Microsoft Corporation, Palm, Inc., Royal Philips Electronics, RealNetworks, Inc., Sony Electronics, Texas Instruments and VoiceAge Corp.

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