EXHIBIT 8
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, each of Bertelsmann, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Bertelsmann,
Inc. "), Bertelsmann Multimedia, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned
direct subsidiary of Bertelsmann, Inc. ("Bertelsmann Multimedia"), Random House,
Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of
Bertelsmann, Inc. ("Random House, Inc.") and Random House Ventures L.L.C., a
Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of
Random House, Inc. ("RH Ventures"), agrees to the joint filing of a Statement on
Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto) with respect to the Common Stock,
par value $0.01, Class B Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and Class C
Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Audible, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and further agrees that this Joint Filing Agreement be included as
an exhibit to such filing. Each of Bertelsmann, Inc., Bertelsmann Multimedia,
Random House, Inc. and RH Ventures acknowledges that it is responsible for the
timely filing of its own Statement on Schedule 13D and any amendments thereto
and for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning itself
contained therein and that, as contemplated by Rule 13d-1(k)(1)(ii), no other
person shall be responsible for the completeness or accuracy of the information
concerning itself, unless such person knows or has reason to believe that such
information is inaccurate. The parties to this Joint Filing Agreement expressly
authorize each party to file on each other party's behalf any and all amendments
to such Statement on Schedule 13D. This Joint Filing Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and
the same instrument.
Date: December 20, 2003
RANDOM HOUSE, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
RANDOM HOUSE VENTURES L.L.C.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: President
BERTELSMANN, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: President
BERTELSMANN MULTIMEDIA, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: President
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