The old corded method of getting audiobooks onto your Kindle is now a thing of the past.  Today on the Kindle blog, Amazon announced that readers (and listeners) can now directly downloaded audiobooks from Audible.com via wi-fi connection. Audible.com, bought …

Some acquisitions are real headscratchers, leaving onlookers wondering why one company bought the other or how so much money became involved.  It seems pretty reasonable, though, that Amazon has put around $300 million towards the purchase of Audible.