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Audible, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBL)(www.audible.com), the leader in spoken audio entertainment, information, and education on the Internet, and Seton Hall University today announced a new mobile learning initiative. All of Seton Hall's more than 1,100 incoming freshman will receive an audio download of former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins reading his work at Peter Norton Symphony Space. Published by Random House Audio, the recording will serve as the keystone to the University's Progressive Freshman Reading Program. This effort highlights a step forward for the University and for Audible as they seek to demonstrate the importance of listening as a building block to literacy. Audio downloads tailor curriculum to students' busy lifestyles by engaging them in a familiar and relevant medium. Audible Education enables students, educators, and professionals to download and listen to spoken-word audio study materials, guides to classic works of literature, test preparation resources, and more to meet the individual's mobile learning needs. This enables students not only to develop their skills and knowledge during times that they are unable to look at a page or screen, but helps to improve their overall comprehension of required texts and general interest reading while on the go. "Our work in the field shows that digital audio can help students to comprehend, make inferences, and engage in critical thinking about a text," said Brian Fitzgerald, Vice President of Audible Education. "Instructors have told us that students are delighted with the experience of listening to audio, and that many instructors have pointed to improved student performance from the effectiveness of the audio learning experience. We are very excited about providing this experience to freshman at Seton Hall." About Audible, Inc.: Audible (www.audible.com) is the leading provider of spoken entertainment and information on the Internet. Content from Audible is downloaded and played back on personal computers, CDs, or AudibleReady(R) computer-based mobile devices. Audible has 105,000 hours of audio programming from 334 content partners, including leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, and business information providers. Audible.com is the Apple iTunes Music Store's preeminent provider of spoken products for downloading or streaming via the Web. Among Audible's other key business relationships are Bookspan, Creative Labs, Dell, iriver, Microsoft, Palm, SanDisk, Texas Instruments, and XM Satellite Radio. Audible, www.audible.com, www.audible.co.uk, AudibleListener, and AudibleReady are registered trademarks of Audible, Inc. and all are part of the family of Audible, Inc. trademarks. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. About Seton Hall University: For 150 years, Seton Hall University has been a catalyst for leadership, developing the whole student, mind, heart and spirit. Seton Hall combines the resources of a large university with the personal attention of a small liberal arts college. Its attractive suburban campus is only 14 miles by train, bus, or car to New York City, with the wealth of employment, internship, cultural, and entertainment opportunities the city offers. Seton Hall is a Catholic university that embraces students of all races and religions, challenging each to better the world through integrity, compassion, and a commitment to serving others. For more information, see www.shu.edu.