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FEB 1, 08 Audiobook Seller Audible Sold to Amazon for Estimated 300 Million

Announced today Amazon to purchase Audible.com with final details to be completed in the second quarter of this year.

The last few years Audiobook downloads and sales have increased steadily.

In a recent study Independent research firm Lewis & Clark Research surveyed audiobook publishers during the summer of 2007, analyzing reported consumer sales data from 2006 and comparing current statistics against the previous year's findings. This year's survey showed a 6 percent increase over 2005 with audiobook sales now estimated at $923 million

Amazon.com Inc., seeking to expand its digital-content offerings, agreed to acquire audiobook seller Audible Inc. for about $280-300 million. Earlier in 2007, Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. said it acquired Brilliance Audio, a publisher of audiobooks.

It seems that Amazon knows something that perhaps may have previously escaped the attention of a few people.
Maybe it shouldn't be such a BIG surprize after all. Faster internet access, demand for mp3 players, the iphone, and a time
crunched world are a just few factors driving this trend.

Marketing expert Seth Godin has previously said "There are three types of people in the world, those that like audiobooks, those who don't, and those who have never tried them"

It seems that more people are trying them and like them. It least Amazon thinks they will.

In addition to Amazon and other large retailers, there are many smaller sellers and sites with niche offerings. These sellers often have many of the same titles as there larger counter parts and prices comparable as well.

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Reports that "commuting creep" is changing the lives of ten of millions of Americans. In 2000, 1 worker in 9 was out the door by 6 am. In 2006, that climbed to 1 in 8. It may not seem like a huge jump, but it means 3 million more additional drivers are now on Pre-dawn patrol.

Affecting everything from the breakfast food industry,newspaper delivery,fitness routines, car pool habits,and family life.

US drivers spend 3.7 billion hours stuck in traffic delays. Gridlock caused by unexpected accidents can add to commute time. One contributing factor is more families have moved further out from cities to find affordable homes. As flex time increases, it further increases traffic at times of the day that were once much lighter.It's a matter of shifting routines and is not predictable. One day you might be right on time, the next 20 or 30 minutes late.

With all that traffic, and not much that can be done one could just plan to make the best of it. Listening to an audio book while you drive or "wait" in traffic could make the whole thing more bearable.
Who knows you could even learn some new skills or a new language.

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When Pride Still Mattered is the quintessential story of the American family:

How Vince Lombardi, the son of an immigrant Italian butcher, rose to the top, and how his character and will to prevail transformed him, his wife, his children, his players, his sport, and ultimately the entire country.

It is also a vibrant football story, abundant with accounts of Lombardi's thrilling life in that world, from his playing days with the Seven Blocks of Granite at Fordham in the 1930s to the glory of coaching the Green Bay Packers in the 1960s.

It is also a study of national myths, tracing what Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer David Maraniss calls the fallacy of the innocent past, and an absorbing account of the myth makers from Grantland Rice to Howard Cosell who shaped Lombardi's image.

By the time he died of cancer in 1970, after one season in Washington during which he transformed the Redskins into winners, Lombardi had become a mythic character who transcended sport, and his legend has only grown in the decades since.

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According to Doug Andrew, the bestselling author of Missed Fortune 101, too many Americans are being led down the wrong financial path. Even worse, many Baby Boomers find themselves panicking-fearful that they've already fallen too far behind to ever catch up. In this indispensable and eye-opening guide, Andrew provides fresh new pathways to reaching financial security.

Centering on his Three Miracles of Wealth Accumulation: the Miracle of Compound Interest, the Miracle of Tax-Favored Accumulation, and the Miracle of Positive, Safe Leverage, Andrew explodes many of the commonly-held myths about 401ks, pensions, paying down one's mortgage, and other forms of retirement planning. Along the way, Andrew offers unique strategies that will not only increase your wealth, but also help readers enjoy their best years while securing their future.

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Sure we all wish we could be a little smarter. They say that who you are or what you will become is determined by the books you read and the people that you meet. Well, since we are all living in this fast-paced world there just isn't time to read everything we would like to. That's where audio books come in handy. Maybe you can never be as smart as Mr Einstein, but You can get thru more books in less time. Isn't that a great idea. I think Albert would be proud of YOU!

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" Visualizing YOUR Success".

What would you do today if you knew you could not Fail?

If you had an absolute guarantee of Success
(whatever you conceive that to be),
what would you do?

How would you act? What would you think? Would you
celebrate your victories in advance? Would you enjoy your endeavor more? How would you live your life and how would you conduct your business?

My guess is that if you had such a guarantee, you would do things much differently. You would not let 'fear' of anything hold you back, no fear of failure, no fear of success. You would not let 'doubt' creep into your thoughts and immobilize your actions. You would not compare yourself with others and underestimate your own contribution.

If you had some rejection along the way, you would blow it off and go on, because it wouldn't matter because you were going to succeed anyway. If someone doesn't see that, it doesn't hurt you because you have a guarantee of success.

You would proceed and live with the confidence, poise and passion that would absolutely propel you to your dream of success. You would take the necessary and the extraordinary actions to make
your dream a reality without any thought because you cannot fail and of course, even when success is guaranteed, action is required.

So why not pretend? Use your imagination. Pretend like you have the ironclad, rock-solid guarantee that you will have theSo why not pretend? Use your imagination. Pretend like you have the
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It's your fantasy; make it real in your own mind. Play the game and visualize the outcome. Start 'acting as if' you have that guarantee.
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Most of us were never taught how to win the money game and if we were, most likely we were taught by people who weren't very good at it. The first critical element in winning the money game is knowing exactly how to do what rich people do to get and keep wealth.

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From the ancient teachings of Buddha and The Bhagavad-Gita, to the early American wisdom of Emerson and Thoreau, to such contemporary giants as Wayne Dyer, Joseph Campbell, Daniel Goleman and Norman Vincent Peale, these are the most influential thinkers and motivators spanning the world's religions, cultures, philosophies and centuries.

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Downloading of audio books is a growing trend. Now more than ever people are learning about the many benefits of listening to audio books.

You can you listen to all kinds of different authors and learn new things. Learn about how to succeed in business, you can develop your self faster, learn a new language, even hear Winston Churchill's most famous speeches or Ben Franklin's biography. Is Stephen King more your style? Many of his books are available on audio too.

If you are a multi-tasker, and many of us are, you can more books and extremely large books in a fraction of the time that it would take to actually read them. Think of using the time you have in your car, doing your workout, or just have them playing in the background as your work around the house and while you are on the computer.

One real cool thing about downloading and listening to audio books is that it really puts you in to the story.Combining the story with hearing the vocal performance of the author himself and even special sound effects can make an audio book much more exciting than the regular book version.

Who can benefit from audio book downloads? just about anyone. Students that have a lot of homework and perhaps a part time job, children can be educated and entertained at the same time. Business people that are busy and those interested in improving themselves. People who do yoga or meditate. Would you like to break some bad habits, like smoking? There are audio downloads specifically for that.

Here's something else to consider. We now live in a knowledge and information-based economy. You aren't paid for what you do anymore; you are paid for what you know. So it stands to reason that the more you can learn and the faster you can do that the better off you will be.

If you don't embrace the rate of change by putting the right stuff into your brain, you'll might be left out. Who you hang around with and what you read is how you are going to end up. On that note, stop reading this and find an audio book to download that will teach you, entertain you or give you some inspiration.

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The Four Hour Work Week Audiobook by Tim Ferriss

" I would have called it the 2 Hour work week, if any one would have believed it"

The Four Hour Work Week is a new book out by Tim Ferriss.The Four-Hour Work Week explains what a lifestyle entrepreneur is and why you should want to become one. Tim Ferriss is an extraordinary young man on a mission. The twenty-eight-year-old serial vagabond and successful entrepreneur has been teaching a wildly popular course at Princeton University for the past four years.

In a recent interview, Tim gave some highlights of his new book The Four Hour Work Week. In the book you will be guaranteed to find some true nuggest of gold as far as business, time management, and LIFESTYLE are concerned.

Tim Ferriss states that it isn't really money or the million dollars that we really want, But what the lifestyle will provide. He also suggests that it's not happiness that we all seek, but excitement. Doing the things that inspire us and provide that excitement is what makes us happy.

Tim also says that the Million dollar lifestyle can be had for less and that waiting until that million is in the bank before you realize your dreams could be call "The Deferred" life plan.

From the Four hour work week you will learn that having an abundance of Time vs. having possessions is most desirable. He gives specific examples on how "The NEW Rich" mangage their time, activity, and business with his DEAL formula.

The Deal formula definition, elimination,automation, liberation. Strategies for outsourcing your important tasks using geo-arbitrage and Managing By Absence or (MBA) are given with individual case studies.

Mr Ferriss states that it is just as important to know what things you are Not willing to do yourself and than what you should do. One important aspect is knowing your hourly rate, and if you can pay some one half of your hourly rate to accomplish a task it IS advisable to Do so. It is about establishing ambitious goals, which he says are easier to obtain than small ones because you are more inspired.

This is a book about having, being, and doing what you want by design.

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What You SAY is What You Get
How to Speak Your Way to Success
by Jack Canfield, America's Success Coach
In order to be successful, we must first define what success means to us; and that means getting CLEAR about what you want, writing it down, and thinking BIG!

If you are going to be successful in creating the life of your dreams, you have to believe that you are capable of making it happen. You have to believe you have the right stuff, that you are able to pull it off. You have to believe in yourself. Whether you call it self-esteem, self-confidence, or self-assurance, it is a deep-seated belief that you have what it takes - the abilities, inner resources, talents, and skills to create your desired results.

Ultimately, you must learn to control your self-talk, eliminate any negative and limiting beliefs, and maintain a constant state of positive expectations.

Control Your Self-Talk Researchers have found that the average person thinks as many as 50,000 thoughts a day.

Sadly, many of those thoughts are negative - I'm not management material... I'll never lose weight... It doesn't matter what I do, nothing ever works out for me. This is what psychologists call victim language. Victim language actually keeps you in a victim state of mind. It is a form of self-hypnosis that lulls you into a belief that you are unlovable and incompetent.

In order to get what you want from life, you need to give up this victim language and start talking to yourself like a winner - I can do it... I know there is a solution... I am smart enough and strong enough to figure this out... Everything I eat helps me maintain my perfect body weight.

You Are Always Programming Your Subconscious Mind
Your subconscious mind is like the crew of a ship. You are its captain. It is your job to give the crew orders. And when you do this, the crew takes everything you say literally. The crew (your subconscious) has no sense of humor.

It just blindly follows orders.

Jack Canfield, America's Success Coach, is the founder and co-creator of the billion-dollar book brand Chicken Soup for the Soul and the nation's leading authority on Peak Performance. If you're ready to jump-start your life, make more money, and have more fun and joy in all that you do, get your FREE success tips from Jack Canfield now at www.JackCanfield.com

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