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Amazon Buys Audiobook Seller Audible.com for $300 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 31, 2008 - 8:27am.

Seattle - Online retail giant Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) announced on Thursday that it will acquire Audible.com, a distributor of audiobooks and other spoken word audio content, for $300 million. Founded in 1995, New Jersey-based Audible offers over 80,000 programs on its websites in the U.S. and U.K., and through alliances in Germany and France.

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Audio Evolution Debuts Independent Audiobook Label

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 7, 2006 - 1:03pm.
Stratford, Conn. - Audio Evolution on Monday announced the launch of its independent audiobook publishing label. The label's first three titles are currently available for download from retailer Audible.com, including "The Botany of Desire: A Plants' Eye-View of the World" and "None Dare Call It Stolen: Ohio, the Election and America's Servile Press."
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