Comments on: Amazon acquires Audible for $300 million

The deal for the audiobook seller, another indicator of the online retailer's confidence in the digital-content market, is expected to close midyear.

[ibeetle]

Wonder What Will Happen On iTunes

Audible provides the audiobook content for the iTunes Store.
With Amazon and Apple in near direct competition it will be interesting to see if Audible will still be iPod compatible and/or if
they will continue to be sold on iTunes.

[wratbatblue]

Yeah, Me Too

Since the Audible-iTunes marriage first prompted me to buy and then stick with the iPod family, I'll be less than thrilled if there comes a divorce.

[-fjtorres-]

Buying Mobipocket let to Kindle...

Buying Audible will lead to...?
Isn't there an Amazon-branded DAP coming?
(Of course, Kindle already supports Audible format audio ebooks--though only those sold by Amazon).
Basically it looks like Kindle has been (in Amazon's eyes) a success and they're gearing up for round two.
Should be interesting to see what the followup is: an audio-only "Kindle", a baby Kindle, or a Kindle 2.0 with stronger media capabilities.

[jatstuff]

Hope this means the service will improve

I have been an audible.com subscriber since 1999, and their site has always been the *slowest* one on the web. Let's hope they use some of the $300 million to make the customer experience as good as amazon's.