Audible is an online provider of verbal information, education programming and audio entertainment. It sells audio books, TV and radio programs and audio translation of newspapers and magazines. Audible is listed in NASDAQ and works under corporate profile. The Company is founded in Newark, New Jersey in 1995. it has more then 200 employee, it went public on 21st of July, 1999.

The Company introduced first Audio Player with digital quality in 1997. Next year it published a Website from those audio files in its proprietary. The format of the Web site is downloadable. The company has several patents in this field. Audible licensed the Algebraic Code Excited Linear Prediction (ACELP) codec for its quality downloads of level 3 in 2000.

In 2003, Company made a special deal with Apple computers to give their index of books on the iTunes Music Store. Books bought on iTunes Music Store have .mp extension and have Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) audio covered by Fair Play Digital Rights Management of Apple.

The company launched Audible Air Software in 2005 that makes it potential to download audio books over the air – directly and wirelessly to devices like Smart Phone or Personal Digital Assistance (PDA). This software eliminates the requirement of downloading audio books (Copy Controlled) first to the Mac or Computer and then transmits it to Windows, Palm OS and Symbian Mobile Devices. The contents of this software update automatically. Audible also launched its education program called as Audible Education. This program is based on the idea that hearing to texts may be the powerful way of learning. This service offers study guides, lectures, teaching aids, test preparations resources and skill builders across a spacious range of subjects.

Website, Catalog and Pricing: - Audible has more then 40,000 titles by over 293 providers, amounting to more then 125,000 hours of verbal programming. These contents include books of all types, radio shows (current and classic), speeches, stand-up comedy, interviews, and Audio version of journals like the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.

For pricing for these audio, Audible has two types of customer Subscriptions- Gold subscription and Platinum Subscription. Price for Gold Subscription is 14.95 US Dollars and for Platinum Subscription is 22.95 US Dollars. You can purchase one or two audio with this credit.

Device Support: - Audio files of Audible are compatible with more than 230 models of PDAs, Audio Players, Streaming media devices and Mobile Phones. The titles may also be played on your PC (using Windows Media player, iTunes, or Audible Manager). Audible has copyright for all of its contents.