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Audiobooks.com launches as Spotify for audiobooks
If you listen to enough audiobooks that the Audbile Platinum plan of two books a month is not enough, Audiobooks might the service for you. Today Audiobooks.com has launched as a subscription audiobook service. For $24.95 a month you get to listen to a unlimited number of audiobooks from the collection. It’s like Spotify for more »
Bookmark for iOS updated to version 1.5; brings plenty of improvements including faster start times
buttons Podcasts display and are sorted by release date New ‘Sound Settings’ lets you set volume and optional vibration for sound effects New, easier to use Sleep Timer Share what you’re listening to via Twitter, Facebook, or email Added “Expanded book search” setting for searching the Music library for tracks of genre “Audiobook”, “Audiobooks”, or more »
Audible.com Audiobooks now available wirelessly for the Amazon Kindle
While the Kindle has long been a supported device with Audible, there is a bit of good news on that front — you can now download those books wirelessly over Wi-Fi. And the news there, in the past the Audible audiobooks had to be transferred over using a USB connection. Bottom line, its now that more »
Audible app for Android leaves beta, now available in the Android Market
The Audible app for Android has left beta and is now officially available in the Market. The app itself is free to download, however getting those audiobooks will come at a price — an Audible membership. That said, if you are into audiobooks and have an Android smartphone you likely will not care, or you more »
Audible quietly launches beta Android app
With phones like the newly-released EVO 4G and the Nexus One, Android has slowly been making it much easier to switch from the iPhone. There have always been things that the iPhone had that Android phones lacked. Some apps still aren’t available for both, and Android doesn’t have nearly as many games. For some, however, more »
Rumor: Microsoft Zune to soon have Audible support
Some potential good news for any Zune user and Audible fan, a recent posting from Paul Thurrott has ‘confirmed’ the upcoming support for Audible playback on the Zune. Thanks to an email that he received, we are now learning that the deal has been completed and although a specific date has not been announced it more »
Amazon makes move to acquire Audible.com
Today, Amazon announced that they have bought out the popular digital download site Audible.com. Audible is best known for their wide variety of digital content such as digital audio books, newspapers and magazines, television, radio programs and original programming. Audible boasts over 80,000 media files and is sure to help Amazon on their quest to stand atop the digital model.
“Audible.com offers the best customer experience, the widest content selection and the broadest device compatibility in the industry,” said Steve Kessel, Amazon.com’s senior vice president for worldwide digital media. “Working together, we can introduce more innovations and bring this format to an even wider audience.”
















