Comments on: Amazon Hears the Future, Buys Audible.com http://gigaom.com/2008/01/31/amazon-hears-the-future-buys-audiblecom/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:47:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Blue RidgePro http://gigaom.com/2008/01/31/amazon-hears-the-future-buys-audiblecom/#comment-192548 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:46:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11349#comment-192548 I have to laugh at Leo Laporte and his TWIT podcast, where he rails against DRM, yet promotes Audible.

I guess that it illustrates how money overcomes a moral position….

I tried Audible, only to find that it had DRM and none of my 3 MP3 players could play the books.

The first DRM-free audio book site will get me as a customer.

]]> By: Vic http://gigaom.com/2008/01/31/amazon-hears-the-future-buys-audiblecom/#comment-192547 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:33:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11349#comment-192547 The fact that Amazon bought audible.com surely says a lot about the future of audio books.

It stands to reason that as the younger generation (a generation that has grown up with todays technology)grows up they will be adding audio books to their play lists. This will increase the demand for audio books many times over.

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]]> By: brave http://gigaom.com/2008/01/31/amazon-hears-the-future-buys-audiblecom/#comment-192545 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:59:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11349#comment-192545 $673 per customer seems like a lot of money to me. I’m an Audible subscriber and I already use their MP3 download service, so I wonder how much crossover there is with the existing Audible subscriber base. (Dune on audio-book is great, by the way!)

]]> By: Zac Garrett http://gigaom.com/2008/01/31/amazon-hears-the-future-buys-audiblecom/#comment-192544 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:38:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11349#comment-192544 This doesn’t surprise me as I think that amazon will be able to do great things with audible. I just hope that they finally rinse the audible files free of DRM. I put up with the DRM on audible as the books are that good.

]]> By: Andy Wood http://gigaom.com/2008/01/31/amazon-hears-the-future-buys-audiblecom/#comment-192543 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:58:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11349#comment-192543 Strikes me as a very smart move. It will be interesting to see how they square up to iTunes.

]]> By: Murray Williams http://gigaom.com/2008/01/31/amazon-hears-the-future-buys-audiblecom/#comment-192542 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:05:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11349#comment-192542 I wonder what this means for Leo LaPorte and his TWIT netcast network. Audible has been a sponsor of many of his shows for long time now. Will Audible go away as a sponsor or will Amazon take on a larger presence in the netcasting ad space?

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